", but you do get a bit of recovery. Once your body gets used to it, the slow bits won't need to be so slow to get some recovery. – NessieStart running shorter distancesDitching the walk break is a mental step rather than a physical one. You have trained
the starting gun fires on the 25th GNR, almost 50,000 runners will surge over that line – and millions of TV viewers will tune in to watch.Now the world's biggest half marathon, the Great North Run is the brainchild of former Olympic 10,000-metre Bronze
. Then in January, I had a car accident and completely crushed my foot, and had to take several months off. I've now started to get back into running, but it feels so much harder than it used to! Am I literally starting from scratch? My body is a beginner but my
?"– PugheavenYour best answers...It takes two miles before my body realises I'm not going to stop! – Noel JonesMy planned warm up is normally about 10 minutes before starting on a run. Your questions made me think, though. On a 10 mile threshold run I often don
Jostling for space as the runners get goingYou’d have to run laps around the Queen’s bedroom to get an event more regal than 25th Windsor Half Marathon. With Lord Seb Coe firing the starting pistol, Windsor Castle rarely out of sight and a route
Ease into your running planHave you had a chance to look at the beginners' training plans on this site (the grey training tab at the top)? Going straight in to three 30-min sessions is quite a strong start, and it's important not to get injured at this stage
for the whole body and the whole of life, while fairly obviously the Triathlon book focuses on getting most speed from least energy. – More Haste, Less SpeedAnother vote for ChiRunningI used to heel strike and was very injury prone. Last year I started working
with you, and don't push it too hard.– Mike Saunders(Note from Jane: asthma is no bar to running, if Paula Radcliffe is anything to go by! Click here to find out what she told us about controlling her asthma back in September)Encourage him, but don't overdo
toenails hiking, and starting losing both big toenails when I took up running. I changed to larger shoes, wear double layered socks and lace my shoes up properly to stop forward movement of my foot in my shoe. The result is miles of bliss, no blisters
the string... – MeldyStarted with a pedometer – rubbish – then used map24.com, now use a Garmin. – Plodding HippoI use Accuroute software to plan routes, but also to measure wherever I've just been on those "gone for a wander" type runs. You can measure over
