It was the same old story - I'd not done quite the running I anticipated at the start of the year, so rolled up expecting to finish between 3:15 and 3.30. I also thought I ought to be able to pace myself without a watch (the real reason - it had

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before the triathlon. The sooner you start, the easier it will be in the long run.If you're thinking about your first triathlon, why not sign up for the Tri Together triathlon, an award winning series of triathlons for people of all ages and abilities

New Forest Marathon: Sunday, September 22WHY RUN IT?Scenery, value for moneyThe 21st running of this popular event passes through woods and countryside with three miles of forest track. The course starts at New Milton, on the edge of the New Forest

Lucy says: The stretch fit is of these tights is really effective, they are incredibly comfortable and definitely feel like a second skin. They were also really easy to take off thanks to the handy zip along the calf.Once I started running

I planned to run at some point in the day, but left it until the evening and then abandoned it because I was too tired. Either that or I managed only a light jog. It doesn’t hurt to take a break to recover from injury, or simply to start afresh

consistent 10K – my pacing is way off. Should I divide my target time by 6.2 and run level pace, or start faster and then hang on in miles four, five and six?Wilson: Try to run close to level pace for the first few miles. If you can hold this to five miles

I was an old man when I started running. Not that 43 is all that old, it’s just that I was living an old man’s life in an old man’s body, dreaming an old man’s dreams. I’m much younger than that now.Before I started running, I could count the years

, but at a pace faster than you do for your longer runs. Follow that up on Sunday with a long, relaxed run – eventually running at least half-marathon distance, and if possible a couple of miles more. I’d plan your training schedule at the start of each week

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