and targets, and enter events? How do you help a 12-year-old through the low times and disappointment?"– Raymond McMillan (by email)Your best answersMake it an enjoyable family activityMy two daughters aged 11 and 14 have come running with me – just light

started working in the running business. After starting life as a junior reporter, he rose through the ranks to spend 12 years as the editor of Runner's World - a period which saw 12 consecutive increases in circulation and the launch of its award

This New Year, resolve to change your running for the better. It can be anything you like, from trying a new race distance to buying new shoes. To make sure you have no excuse for not vowing to improve, here are 20 ready-made resolutions to inspire

research and discovered there were a few very good British marathon runners, but none were even close to being in the same league as the Kenyan or Ethiopian runners. In 1985, 105 British men had run under 2:20 for the London Marathon, but only a handful had

UAN:196 Article type:--“I haven’t got the time.” It’s the number-one reason people give for not running. Or not running as much as they’d like. After years of hearing how important regular exercise is to our health, everyone knows they should run

When you first take up running, what gets you out the door is sheer enjoyment. It's this that motivates you to complete your first race (and fans the desire to target your second and third...) and gives you the immense satisfaction of putting a hard

their perceived limits, and this is a natural reaction designed to conserve energy," says sports psychologist Dr Barbara Walker of the Center for Human Performance in Ohio, US.But you can conquer tough moments with fast-finish workouts: run three to 16 200-400m

was created with these findings in mind. The result? A 60-minute pop mix to rhythmically guide you through your training. RUNNER'S WORLD Playlist no. 3: Pop Mix Power Run:The sequence of songs corresponds to an interval session made up of 10 four

. (Stickless)I chose to join the running club with the most good-looking women in the team pictures on their website. Fickle? Yes. Shallow? Yes. But great for motivation! (Coops10)Enter a race that's in six to eight weeks' time, and a teensy bit further than

UAN:193 Article type:--David Hays lives in the South-West, an area of the country that for much of the winter is very grey and wet. Three times a week he meets his running partners at the ridiculously early time of 5.15 am – although he lies