of spaghetti and sports drinks that puts the tiger in your tank. RW's BIG Weight-Loss Index Your guide to everything on this site for losing a little weight - from our best articles to our finest forum threads. Injury Escape from InjuryThe basic

minutes (then 40, 50 and 60). Don’t make the mistake of trying to get faster – don’t try to run your 20-minute course in 19 minutes. Increasing endurance is your first priority.Be a tortoise, not a hare We don’t have to retell the old children’s story here

Keith's solution: Self-talkRunners need to learn to manage their internal dialogue. The average person has 10-15,000 thoughts every day, and you need to get as many of these thoughts working for you as you can.There a couple of techniques you can try

up to jogging at least some of the way on race day.Training helpThere's further reading in our Best Beginners' Index, Best Weight Loss Index, and Best Women's IndexI've never run before...the best way to start is a little jogging with walk breaks

PB for 10K: 1:06 Half-Marathon: 2:28 Marathon 5:49 Strengths: Determination; not afraid to ask for support from friends; listening and taking in everything I'm told; passionate about encouraging new people to start. Weaknesses: Lack

be upgraded later.Feel the forceFollow these 10 simple tips to become more aerodynamic without the cost of wind-tunnel testing:1 Use a time-trial/triathlon bike - they have steeper seat-tube angles, helping you to achieve a more streamlined position, while

minutes by optimising your body position. That's a potential improvement of over seven minutes, and 100+ places, in an Olympic-distance race – all from improving your aerodynamics. A seven-minute improvement might take two or three years of hard training

to 10-15 seconds per mile slower than your current 10K race pace. Run at this pace for five minutes then increase the gradient to five per cent and run for two more minutes at the same pace. This should force your heart rate up by 10-15 per cent

If you're running a marathon this spring, you're about to enter the most critical – and difficult – four weeks of training, when 1) your weekly mileage is at its peak; 2) your motivation may be flagging; and 3) you're most likely to get sidelined

Sunday last – it’s a gruelling ordeal but it really works! - Skipper's MateDrinking beer and 40-50 miles per week - weight 11.5 stone and marathon time 3:20. No beer at all and 40-50 miles per week - weight 10 stone and marathon time 3:02 (I