TendonitisWhat it is Tenderness in your lower calf near your heel that usually strikes when you push off your toes.Who's at risk? Men with a BMI of 25 or higher (a man who is 5'10"and weighs 12.5 stone [80kg], for example) who run a nine-minute-per-mile pace

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-term speed) for long-term gain. If that's your goal, here are four open-water techniques to practise in the pool - and use next time you're racing.1. Hug the surfaceMost swimmers instinctively lift or swing their head in rougher water. This increases drag

to their normal lengths. Then when you start to exercise, your muscles stretch even more to about 10 per cent longer than their resting lengths. This means you have a 20 per cent change in muscle length from the time you get out of bed until your muscles are well

choice. Wallow in self-pity, lose your aerobic base, put on weight and make yourself and everyone around you miserable – or get a life. Here's the plan...1. No whining If you love to run, there's no denying that injury downtime can be a

Ron Hill doesn't have to think about running today. It's a given; he's going to do it. After 38 years of running every day without a break (which through to the beginning of December 2002 amounted to 13,880 consecutive days) he's not about

. In the same way, "only use your running shoes for running – this is what they were designed for," says Exley. Other sports can ruin your running shoes – for example, cycle clips can damage the soft uppers of running shoes. But Route 1 to wrecking

running for decades, you’ll learn something from their answers. Every beginner asks at least a few of these questions at some point. Here are the answers:How do I get started? Start walking for an amount of timethat feels comfortable - anywhere from 10

with this by dilating capillaries close to the skin. This allows more blood to get close to the surface to help cooling. Your heart rate will often rise whether you're exercising or not. When you are running, the muscular work you're doing increases your body

There’s no single 'best shoe' – everyone has different needs. All sorts of things - your biomechanics, your weight, the surfaces you run on, and obviously, the shape of your feet - mean that one person's ideal shoe can be terrible