or perceived – is the biggest barrier to getting in a run or running as much as we would like. Well, we feel your pain. And we’re here to help.The way we see it, time problems fall into three categories: making time (questions of when, where and how); saving

people so you motivate each other. Do a road or cross-country race and use the treadmills together at your local gym. Join a tri club and use the sessions and advice on offer." - Tim Don "Tell yourself that training in the miserable winter makes you a

.personalbestgb.com), which organises triathlon training camps abroad. He says that as well as a much-needed dose of sunshine, training camps provide an opportunity to meet like-minded people. "We have a really mixed bag at our training camps, from Olympians to beginners

to become a routine reflex action – like brushing your teeth – that you don't question. If you train hard for six or 12 weeks and then go on holiday and do no training, you'll lose all the benefits. If you're finding it too hard, you're on the wrong

their goals over time as a runner, you need to make sure there's a group, at least at the start, that's on the same wavelength as you," says Fraser Smart from Kirkintilloch Olympians (kirkintillocholympians.co.uk). All clubs will claim to be 'friendly

. 17 Recruit a regular training partner and agree on time, place and distance. If someone is expecting you to show up, you’re more likely to – and less likely to claw around for excuses not to. 18 Evolution, not revolution. The prospect of getting up