to be more motivated to complete them.KEEP IT PERSONALTime-effective training does not mean that you need to do every session at maximum intensity. It means that your training should be dependent on your strengths and weaknesses, and the type of race you

, and this summer he will again test his endurance to the limit on behalf of Unicef while attempting to run barefoot across Australia.Kirste SnellgroveWhen Kirste Snellgrove was diagnosed with breast cancer, the first thing she asked was, “Can I still run

particularly motivated by veterans’ running. When she takes a break from her teaching job to spend summers running in Italy, she races in the open category. "I hold my own," she smiles. "A race is a race. I don’t really think about the age thing." It’s hard

at night is to make yourself visible. Even in the summer months you may be finishing your runs in darkness.Let colleagues know what you’re doing Kristan Haywood, a consultant with the Arthur Andersen accounting firm, works long hours at client companies

packed away and everyone had gone - a demoralising and humiliating experience that left me with little motivation to ever run again.By 16 years old, all I did was play video games and eat junk food. As a result, my weight had ballooned to 17 stone, and my

and exercise psychologist at Sheffield Hallam University, to develop strategies that will enable him to reach his Ironman goal.This summer he'll take part in small triathlons to become used to the atmosphere at races. "Rob is helping me to develop strategies

itI started running at age nine, and am still running now – 19 years later. With my club as a junior, I used to train twice a week (Monday and Wednesday) and then race in cross-country or on the track in the summer, or go out for my own run. My

UPDATE: We had an amazing response to our Inspired To Run competition, launched in the summer by RW along with Reebok and two of our sister magazines.Among the stories you sent us were tales of first-time marathons, extraordinary race day

. This philosophy is transferable to the rest of us: training with company can be just as beneficial in helping you to achieve your particular goals. A partner could encourage you to adopt more variety in your running and thereby foster greater motivation

was up and running. "If you stop running for too long after an injury you get thoughts about never being able to run again, so you need to prove you can still do it," he says. And prove it he did. Naylor first raced in the summer of 1961. The Lake