chocolate coating on test – not disimilar to Rose's Orange Cream or Thorntons.Contact www.maximuscle.com; 01923 650 600PowerBar (Cookies and Cream) – £1.25Weight 65g; Calories 240; Carbs 45g; Protein 9g; Fat 3.5g; Fibre 2g.Main Ingredients High fructose corn

with a podiatrist - you might benefit from custom-built orthotics. If, though, you feel that your trainers could do with a little extra padding, or that a touch more stability will clear up your little niggle, here are eight we’ve tried and tested

removable arms to quickly become weatherproof vests.Gilets (from left to right)Concurve Air - £55One of the best-performing gilets on test. The Windstopper fabric really does protect your torso from cold breezes and, although it's only classed as water

To help you flash a little more leg we've put together a selection of some of the best shorts on the market.Brooks Element Notch – £22Silky shell and super-soft lining. A longer cut means that they aren't too revealing. (Men's + Women's) Contact www.brooksrunning.co.uk; 01903 817...

. But once you reset the chronograph, it’ll only hold the work-out until you start another. Pros Tested quality; large digitsCons Fiddly crown operation; lack of multi- session memoryTimex Ironman 100 HRM £100Key features 100-lap, single-session memory

With so many heart-rate and speed-and-distance monitors on the market it’s easy to forget that you can still buy sports watches that don’t receive signals from space or warn you that you’re in imminent danger of cardiac arrest. And if you’re happy to run unencumbered by chest str...

little easier, we have included a rundown of the information you need to know when choosing an energy bar, and the results of our test of 17 of the bars currently available.Bar ExaminationsWhen you’re running for long periods, you need to supplement your

So far this year we've printed three of our four quarterly Shoe Buyer's Guides. And that means we've already tried and tested an astonishing 63 pairs of brand new, or significantly updated, running shoes in 2004. As we still have one more guide

to an average of 83 and a maximum of 111 - the two-for-one sausages offer was pretty exciting. "I'm amazed by your shopping heart rates," says Dunbar. "I'd expect them to be higher, you must enjoy it more than most people."—Rob SpeddingAs well as keeping you

of support and a big medial post. It's a tried-and-tested technique, and it works. The Foundation Plus is an effective motion control shoe, suitable for most overpronators. It's simply great value, and it retains the responsiveness and firm, but supremely