that offered up some very fast times in 20035 Wokingham Half-Marathon, Berkshire, FebruaryWith a winning time a shade under 69 minutes and nearly 1700 finishers, the Wokingham Half is a perfect early-season warm-up.

H (left) and WolfySupporterWolfy and I came down from rainy Manchester to support at mile 17 and had a fabulous day. Despite wrapping up warm in various layers and woolly boots it was glorious and I even managed to get a sunburn (but only down

whilst supporting at FLM! H. and I dragged ourselves out of our beds at 5am and drove down to London from an icy Manchester. We met up with the URWFRC crew at mile 17 and spent the following four hours cheering and clapping all the very warm runners. We

So whose bright idea was it to run the London Marathon? After all, there are better ways to celebrate being 50.Anyway, having 'made my bed' I lined up (or rather cuddled up) with all those other runners who'd decided that the best way to celebrate

Hearty, healthy and as hot as you like, Jamaican jerk spices will warm you up after a winter run. And if you can't stomach more turkey, try chicken, pork or tofu to beef up the traditional Caribbean side dish of fibre-rich rice and peas. Serves: 2

," says Andrew Kastor, coach of the ING New York City Marathon online training programme.5. Warm-up properlyTreat yourself like a runner - from day one. That means taking time to properly warm up and cool down. "A good warm-up makes it much easier

pedalling at 90rpm to warm up and I'm lulled into a false sense of security. Then he leans down and turns two dials; one to increase the resistance and another to start the vibrations. The first few blasts of 30-second intervals on resistance level one

Colgan. Elite Secret # 2: Get LooseElite runners take their warm-up seriously. "You need to spend at least 20 to 30 minutes warming up, jogging two to three miles interspersed with dynamic strides and drills," says Richard Holt, elite coach at momentumsports

.swimfortri.com).Pool session"This session involves holding race pace over an extended period and will help to simulate race-day conditions," says Bullock. "Do this 10 days before the triathlon." Warm up, doing 6-8 x 50m, with a 10-second rest between each. Do front crawl

, with this tension transferring to the head and face," says Greg Whyte, from the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science at Liverpool John Moores University. The fix: Warm up your neck and upper back with self-massage, as well as doing neck and shoulder