like the social pressure of knowing that a friend or a group is waiting for you to make you head out the door. It's also often more fun than running alone, especially if you're doing a long run or speedwork.Try something newThe fitness world is full

. This could have been because I was frozen. No, the best moment was getting the results and finding out that I had finished 907 out of 2841.The worst moment? Running through the largest, deepest puddle in the world at kilometre 41.The biggest surprise? My time

Westferry Road.What would I do differently? Get faster. I would like to achieve 4:30What was the key to your success? Support. From the crowds, my family and from Runner’s World, via your website and magazine. Back to main stories index 5 hours

At the last count, 132,000 runners had posted 1.6 million messages between them on the Runner's World forum. That's a ton of useful tips!Our readers already helped us pick out some of the best threads (or 'conversations'). Now we've gone a step

(JBSurrey)In Short: A must have for the serious runner!Strengths:Comfortable and simple design, very accurate data, instantaneous downloading and the ablilty to not only display your runs on a map or Google Earth but to analyse your performance in depth

ladies you are all so special to me. – Mini Me1Merry Christmas to you all. Special mention to the Runners Arms, the Wagon Train, Moderately Annoyed threads. And to NGL, Welsh Alex and Tickled Pink in particular for being supportive, non

phases over 18 weeks (out of the Competitive Runner's Handbook)My running will be done on all terrains including some treadmill running. Is there anything else I should do and is it possible for me to get sub 3:15 when all my other race times only predict

Send Us Your Story!Tell the world how your marathon went: we'd love to have your short, snappy stories to publish on this very site. If you're a forum runner or supporter, we may even be able to match you up with one of the 400 photos we took at the mile

dreading: Discovering it's not that fast; lactic acid. Favourite races: Henley Half-Marathon (despite the one-mile hill) Did you know? I hold the world record for migrating from adolescence to middle age (overnight). • My

: In the last few weeks, I've been reminded how much I enjoy running with other people - when I'm out on my own, it's so much harder to keep going and keep up the pace. I'm a morning runner, and after having to reschedule a long run I also learned the hard way