lean back to increase the stretch in the front of your thigh. Take care if you have ankle problems, and stay tall in your upper body to avoid compressing your lower back. 2. Bent-leg standing hamstrings stretchBe thoroughly warmed up before you attempt

Some runners are suspicious of tights. Not only do they show off your womanly curves (or manly bulges), but they are perceived to keep you a bit too warm, so that heat exhaustion becomes more of a threat than at the height of summer

thighs or knees, depending on how flexible your back already is. The key is to imagine your chest, not your head, leading you forwards – that way your back stays strong and straight and doesn’t hunch. Don’t bounce, don’t bend your head forward to touch

outstretched left arm. You should feel a wonderful twisting stretch, right the way from your outer thighs to your shoulders. Keep breathing slowly and deeply, and try to relax a little deeper into the stretch on each outward breath. If you like, use your right

practical that you won’t mind.Contact www.salomonrunning.comSalomon Windstopper Tight, £70 This heavy-duty tight uses Gore’s Windstopper material on the thighs to keep your working muscles warm, with breathable stretch panels elsewhere so you can move

weeks. I used the Runner's World emergency schedules, which were excellent. But work pressures and a nasty cold cut into this last-minute attempt at training. I had logged just 50 miles through my preparation... From 11 miles my left thigh began to cramp

in Runner's World was excellent - thanks guys.Angelina, 4:52Well it really was the race from hell. I passed out at mile 14 (how is it humanly possible to faint while moving?) and - a huge thanks to St John's - got going again only to throw up on 5 different

:30 your weekly mileage should be 30-35, and you should be clocking a regular 40 miles a week to start the sub-3:00 schedule. Sub-4:30 runners ought to be able to run comfortably three or four times a week by the start of the schedules; and if you’ve never

crouching down, and it wouldn't be the last time ! Run like a dream. Squeeze past that tricky Runner's World 8-minute/mile pace group! Get encouraged by all thanks to having your name written on your vest ! Have the time of your life before, during

-prepared, having trained for six weeks. I used the Runner’s World emergency schedules which were excellent. But work pressures and a nasty cold cut into this last-minute attempt at training. I feared for my life as I stood at the back of pen nine at Blackheath! I