We’re still in strange times as runners. Many of you will still be pounding the streets, keeping your mileage up, having trained for...

How’s your running going? How do you know? Which measures do you use? How far? How fast? How it feels? Whichever measure you use, make...

The Olympic Games 2020 have started! Did you know that if you ran all of the ‘pure’ running finals in the Olympics, you’d cover just over...

Are you too old/slow/unfit/overweight to run? No. No you’re not. By allowing ridiculous stereotypes to judge you before you’ve even...

Several autumn races have been cancelled this week, including the usually popular Abingdon Marathon and the rescheduled Wokingham Half...

It’s hot and, if you’re training for a particular event, there might not be much you can do to avoid running in the heat. If you do...

How do you know how to train to get what you want from running? Do you have a training plan? Are you doing what you’ve done before,...

It’s race-day. You’ve had a knot in your calf for a fortnight but wake up and it only hurts a little bit. Do you run? You’ve been full of...

We’ve been talking about painful feet in training this week. As runners, we spend a lot of time on them, but how well do we care for...

You’re an athlete. You know that bones move because muscles pull on them. You know that the stronger a muscle, the greater the force it...

Someone asked me recently what they might get out of training with me as a running coach. As a teacher, I often answer a question with a...

If you’re just getting back to fitness, for whatever reason, start slowly. Signing up for all of the sessions at the gym or all of the...

There are pretty much as many different types of training shoe as there are person, so it’s almost impossible to advise which shoes you...

It’s not unusual for those just embarking on running as a hobby or get-fit regime to describe themselves as ‘not-a-proper-runner’ or ‘a...

Distance running is a strange sport: at the sharp end, the elites race each other to see who’s the best; the rest of us are left racing...

I probably ask this question more than any other… It’s not my favourite question, but the response can be quite telling. Anyone who has...

… permanent. Poor practice is just as good as perfect practice when it comes to training the brain. If you’ve ever seen a physio for your...