ProfileNAME: Lee Healy and partner RachelSUCCESS: Introducing Rachel to runningHOW HE ACHIEVED IT: By doing it on her terms, when she was readyINITIAL ROUTINE: One-minute run/walkROUTINE NOW: Rachel and Lee run three miles, three times a week

- and I did not want to snap an achilles at this stage! I slowed to a walk waited for it to clear. Few hundred yards further it hit again and again. I was gutted. I was run-walking now.  My 5K times slowed from a little over 31mins to 44mins in the 5K

. Somehow you tell yourself that running is better than walking, even though those walking behind you seem to be maintaining the gap with far less effort than you. Once you start to walk – and everyone walks at some point on the climb – it's hard to make

stretches are just an excuse to walk. Was running just an antidote to work? Any ideas to help me find a more positive attitude would be appreciated.A The first thing you need to remember is that we choose to run. There is no great force that says we

If you’ve been training for weeks, you’ll want to make the last workout before your race count. Studies indicate the best way to prepare for a race is to reduce the volume of your running (mileage) while maintaining the intensity. These four

, but don't worry if you don't feel confident enough to run continuously from the get-go. Many new runners get started by combining running and walking and this is a great way to gradually build up your fitness. RW's Get Started Schedule is a brilliant place

-racing distances: the half-marathon, the 10K, and the 5K. You can squeeze this workout into 30 minutes, and at the same time train for three real-life road-racing distances.Jog two minutes.Run one mile at your half-marathon pace. Walk or jog two minutes.Run one

before (18 miles) at a reasonable pace, despite the heat, and then managing to run the last mile, finishing in good order.My worst moment: realising, having decided to walk for a while at mile 18, that both legs wanted to go into spasm and that from

The ‘Get You Round’ schedule A beginner’s programme, mixing some walking with running, over 4-5 days a week.The idea here is to get you fit enough to make it round the course, regardless of speed, so there’ll be very little fast work. You need

was injured, and I then experienced a car crash in mid-Januarywhich put an end to any idea of serious training.I decided to accept that I would have to throw a time target out of the window (even leaving the Garmin at home) and complete it using a run-walk