total beginner. I'm looking to build lung capacity and cardio-vascular fitness rather than calorie-burning. I run on a treadmill rather than road, and it's part of my gym programme which mostly consists of resistance machines. I'm a non-smoker, 5

on the treadmill. It was the best five minutes ever! Since then I've continued running, with the encouragement of my osteopath and chiropractic. I just completed a half-marathon (Burnham Beeches), and I really felt that I had reclaimed my running. My advice? Take

, with £200 as the target.Hundreds of RW members took up the challenge. "Normally a day off but felt compelled to run," said TG Trotter. "Mine were done a treadmill in Shanghai in 35 degrees and high humidity," said Nicedad. "It’s an excellent reason for doing

can tolerate, but the actual ceiling is very much an individual thing. You can find out a lot about someone’s endurance from a VO2 max test, but there are obvious limitations: first, you can’t force someone to run on a treadmill until they literally

own pace strategy and don't get distracted by anyone else's on the day. It's usually my undoing that I run/walk/crawl at someone else's pace and not my own. – Extreme MuzzyI did a treadmill stress test with a sports scientist, and he said threshold

of heel-raises and a bit of stretching on rest days. If you feel the weeks merge into one long treadmill, then you need to break it up with real rest days. – SticklessWeight training isn't 'rest'Weights do not count as rest. Your body needs a total rest

class or similar core stability class to learn good techniques? I would suggest doing Pilates, or perhaps an "abs" class or similar at the gym before your treadmill run. Once you are confident with Pilates or other techniques, you can incorporate some