UAN:198 Article type:-->Runners and injuries are frequent bedfellows. If you run long enough or often enough, you will almost inevitably run your way into a problem. Some, of course, are unavoidable, but a large majority are self inflicted – the result of poor judgement, overent...

By its very nature, running is simple: put one foot in front of the other; quickly repeat; keep going. That formula is burned into our brains. For our ancestors, running meant the difference between eating or being eaten, so the skill was there from day one.We don't need gloves, ...

This week’s questioner needs your advice on kitting himself out on a rainy day – that way, he’ll have no excuse to forego a training run on account of the weather. How do you tog yourself out if the clouds are looming?"I'm not keen on running in the rain. If it’s raining before I...

Growing older doesn’t necessarily mean running slower, but when you combine a few more candles on the birthday cake with an enforced break from training, it’s only natural that re-donning your trainers might leave you apprehensive as to what to expect. Can you help this week’s qu...

A friend told me recently, “I don’t care about getting faster. I just want running to be a little easier for me.” I’ve known this person for years, and running has always been a chore for him. Not painful, just difficult.What’s more, the last thing my friend wants to do is train ...

The marathon is the most rewarding and exciting event you’ll ever enter. It’s also the most challenging and potentially the most debilitating. A marathon can result in exhilarating personal triumph and fulfilment, or injury, nausea, cramps, dehydration, heat exhaustion, constant ...

UAN: Article type:uan153-->It was our prep school cross-country, November 1947; the few of us who were serious athletes were running through the streets of Saltburn-on-Sea, back towards the school. There was me, the Robinson twins and a boy called Firth. One of them asked, “Shal...

This section is adapted from the Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running by Dagny Scott. Buy this book!There’s a name for women who try to pursue a career, family, exercise, spirituality, and social life. They’re called superwomen. But by that measure, what woman isn’t a ...

Winning gold at the British Masters Athletics Championships 2006Most of us can only dream of becoming a world-class athlete. For regular forumite Ceal (aka Cecilia Morrison) though, life as one of the global elite is a day-to-day reality.Her performance at last year’s British Mas...

For some runners, the road to success is long, bumpy and choked with traffic. Others appear to find an easier, alternative route; they just cruise along. Is it sheer luck, or do these runners have a secret road map? To find out, we contacted dozens of real-life runners – from Ru...