ran for about 10 mins non stop and felt like crap, i stopped and walked the rest of the way. is this normal? I just want to get back to running 1 hour non stop. Could the fact i dont eat properly be a reason? and am i fit?PS. i dont smoke, drink

I am doing the Berlin Marathon in 2 weeks time and I would be keen to get an opinion on  how much fitness i would have lost due to not training over the past 3 weeks due to shin splints. I had been hoping to do a 3.30 hr marathon but providing i can

about 60 flights of stairs a day along with a 3ish miles of walkingDoes this sort of this 'challenge' the basic idea of fitness and health? Well, you've convinced me.....more mince pies please, waiter! Ivdo believe that you can be stick thin and very

greats - Mark Allen or Dave Scott - they dismissed it anyway - maybe they've got the person wrong.  I prefer to run outside, but I find the treadmill great for speed sessions - its easy for me to see what kind of fitness I have on there.  I certainly

Hi, I've just been out for my first run in 3 weeks after incurring a slight tear in my calf muscle. Just jogged 3 miles and it feels fine but, i'd totally lost my fitness (or so it felt). No energy and it was slow. The problem I have is...i have a

that the tightness and the bruised feeling in my calf is sub-siding so I aiming to run again Monday. However I would like advice as to know how much of my fitness will I have lost, I do feel like its probably going to be quite a significant amount and I haven't got

Hi all         Having trained hard for weeks building up to a 10k race at the weekend how do you stay race fit without burning out while hopefully inproving for your next race.My next race is 8 days away with one each month untill August

I recently enroled on a free course called "health for life" run by the local council. It's a basic course on the different aspects of physical fitness. Anyhow...you are required to keep a daily diary of any excercise you engage in. Before you do

Does anybody know what the formula is to assess your fitness for your age based on race time?I came across the figures following the Easter Bunny 10k at Yeovilton but don't know how it is calculated.It could be useful as it provides an index

's just not possible to lose seven minutes worth of fitness in just over a month - she says the difference probably has more to do with weight gain than lack of training. I'd be very interested to hear what others think about this.I also know that I should