it off Want a simple way to help you stick with your training? Mark an 'X' on your calendar on the days you exercise. In a recent Canadian study, exercisers who did this fared better than those who didn't keep track at all.Put it in writingCrafting a four

is knowing just what to tweak and how to tweak it. This is the challenge we issued to our panel of experts: tell us the little things that will help us train and race smoother, easier and faster. No suggestion is too trivial. Individually, some of these tips

At some point early on, a beginner learns that 99.9 per cent of runners are pleasant, helpful people.This realisation usually dawns when a beginner meets a veteran at a race or on a training run, and theveteran starts sharing his or her enthusiasm

on shorter races early on, I’m convinced I’d have a faster marathon PB and fewer injury problems." Eileen Portz-Shovlin, 53. Years running: 22 Keep a training log "I wish I’d kept running logs when I first started running, and that I’d done a better job