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