and health questions. Here are a few of the highlights just for women: My running is dreadful after pregnancy. What now? Sacro-iliac pain after childbirthHow do I help my 10-year-old in his running? You'll also find stacks of useful information in our BIG Q
’t find 30 minutes to devote to a run, head out for a quick 10-15 minutes in the morning, then slip in another 10-minute trot later on that evening.Tip from the trenches: “I recently bought my seven-year-old daughter a bike, and she now rides
Check!Can you tick all 10 boxes? If not, your child is probably running too much. This checklist from KidsRunning.com helps you determine whether or not the running your kids are doing is appropriate. You should be able to put a tick next to each
I went to support a few club mates in a local 10K recently and watched the kids' fun run before the main event. What struck me as I clapped and cheered 100m from the finish was that all the children - fast, slow, fat and thin - crossed the finish
there will probably be one training night a week for the under-12 or under-13 team, plus a race of some kind. If there is a local club, boys and girls should be encouraged to go along and join in. Two training runs a week, plus a race and the other games activities
When Isla Lough was born, the bookies offered odds of 100-1 that the daughter of the marathon world-record holder Paula Radcliffe would one day win the Flora London Marathon. A safer bet would have been to predict that Radcliffe would give birth
as I was pregnant. Have since had a baby girl (22 Jan 2007) and am getting my fitness back. But I've read that I shouldn't be doing an 'active' sport like running until five months after the birth. Can anyone advise me on how I can get back into running
positive effect on all heart-disease factors, according to a German study of 12,000 people published recently. Cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, heart rate and body weight were all improved by intense exercise. Among women in the study
Eat This, Not That! is an extremely useful food manual from the editors of Men’s Health and Women’s Health. It analyses restaurant menus and supermarket products in superb detail, so that you’ll come away with a better knowledge of what to eat
If you are new to running, or only want an approximation of your maximum heart ate, you can use the formula of 214 – (0.8 x age) for men and 209 – (0.9 x age) for women. Unfortunately for 5-10 per cent of the population, this figure can be wrong
