.DadsDash - Barnado's 5K (London, February 8) Consolidate New Year's resolutions with this feel-good 5K family fun run set in the iconic surrounds of London's Hyde Park. --Mizuno Liverpool Half-Marathon, March 29Filling Up Fast…Mizuno Liverpool Half
a taste for it then, and it was something I'd always wanted to do in my life. How long had you been running before you started running marathons?S: I had dabbled with running before, but not seriously - I spent more time partying! The year before my
disorientating!NOVEMBER 25 - AKAMAS 11K HILL RUN'Hill' being the operative word here. The Hill Run race starts at sea level in the Akamas nature reserve. After a flat first kilometre lulls you into a false sense of security, there's a right turn into the Avakas
racing is packed with beautiful, friendly fixtures offering an exhilarating sense of freedom and adventure.Getting StartedOnce synonymous with hardy veterans in their club vests through the depths of winter, trail and cross-country running is now hitting
This week a pioneering group of runnersworld.co.uk forumites set off on an epic adventure - to run around the coast of Britain.What is the Coastal Relay?The 'Coasters', as the relay runners are known, set off from Blackpool Tower and will run all
first thing will be slow and put me at risk of injury. Start slowly and let the run come to you – walk first, gently jog and then speed up until you hit the right pace. Your muscles will have warmed up by the time you run full pelt, and you won
be affecting your training.Many runners keep a training diary – noting the number of miles they've run, their splits, or their nutrition; you can benefit hugely from doing the same thing with the psychological side of your running. Start writing down what you
the colour-coding (does purple say 'tempo run' to you?).In the last few years, I've carted around dog-eared bits of paper (right from 'run for ten minutes. rest' to the RW Ultimate Marathon Schedule), dowloaded all kinds of apps and now? Now I have a beast
Waking up when it was still dark on Sunday morning, with screaming leg muscles and buses to the start leaving at 6.45am sharp, the prospect of taking on another race seemed impossibly cruel. But one thing spurred me on: the smug knowledge
is mental, not physical. Long runs, as well as building your physical strength, will give you the mental endurance to stay on your feet for anything from 27 miles to the length of the UK. Once the going gets tough on race day, you'll need distractions. Start
