to maintain these exercises as injury prevention techniques for their whole running career. Dicky - great advice! I have a gait analysis tomorrow hopefully and I will buy proper training shoes then. I am following the couch to 10k which gives lots of rest

to attend the training weekend and ask this question, as I don't know any triathletes, but it falls the same weekend as the Brighton Marathon.  Yours daftly, Anna Anna,yes you will need both.  Tri-suit is worn under the wetsuit.  You'll need a triathlon

!!!?????Many thanks again nikkiWhen I started running I was told that if you train regularly you will keep on improving for the first 7 years. This is independent of the level at which you train.Its always tempting to try to improve as quickly as possible but its

training run up to about 12 miles, anything further and there might be trouble.I usually suffer after races (most distances).I have tried diocalm, I am currently experimenting with colpamin - peppermint tablets - having one before I go, and 2 when I get

, the more willing I am to trust my own judgement. I realise that I can’t live every moment of my life as an adult. So I don’t.When I run, I run as I did in childhood. I run because it makes me feel good.I tell my friends that I’m training or working out. I

, I immediately went out and bought racing flats. Shoe spinach! I wouldn’t have to train better or harder, I’d just lace up the shoes and voilà – I’d beat all the Bluto runners.When I read that a certain chemical would reduce body fat, I bought

, the participants. I had permitted myself the utter arrogance of believing that it was our being out there that made running so great, and that it was my training, my determination and my talent that made me a runner. But, in one instant, I knew better.What actually

.” He went on to say that he struggled against his limitations just as I did. He was honest enough to tell me about his frustration as he tried to break the 35-minute barrier, and then the 34 and 33. As he talked about his training, he was telling me

to change your life, you're just starting so of course it will make you feel tired.  Running is like any other hobby/passion, it needs to be habitual over a long period.  Try to give yourself some occasional running targets to motivate some of your training

competed in my first sprint last year, I would recomend joining a Tri club if you have one nearby as the training and advice is invaluable and the social side is great too. I am also planning on joining my local cycling club for the same reasons as above, I