and cross country in the winter. Throw in a few parkruns and a couple of monthly handicaps and that makes a fullish race calendar. My long term goal is London marathon in 2012 so step one is done and I now

roads in the New Forest, where I have recently moved. This is much more enjoyable, but there is no street lighting where I live now, so the hours that I can run during the winter are much more restricted

, having already done London twice, this year it's Berlin. Much as I love London I find the training through the longer days of Spring and Summer so much more practical than in Winter, esp as a female

, not a heart attack, but, a cardiac event, a sevre angina attack. That winter, 2002/2003, i could barley walk any distance,january 03 had pace maker fitted, during the rest of '03 and all through '04 did

all times of the day and all the wrong stuff ,rolls ,chocolate ,etc ,so I am now again back on the road again ,I live in the Czech Republic which get s very cold during the winter and I would love

I'm back from a long layoff and looking to build the miles up long and slow this winter. In the new year I'll start adding back in some speedwork, once I know my knees are ready for it, and get

:34 - 1:33:53) --- Penmaenmawr Fell Race '04 (1:34:37) --- Llandudno 10 mile '05 ---- Sale 5 miler '06 (29:40) ---- Tough Guy (winter) '02 ---- Sandstone Trail-End To End-Jan '08 (5:44:27) ---- Leicester

. I'm going around the world next March as a career break and fully intend to pack my running shoes, until then I aim to run in road races over the winter with my goal being to run 10Km in around 50mins

to Fri. Now the winter is out of the way I'm getting my runs in during lunch.

fitter. I struggle in the winter so it tends to be the treadmill but find it thoroughly boring! Running with a friend is even better as you the company especially if you are the same speed and if you