£50 is a lot of money to pay for a race, there's no denying that. It's more than most marathons are charging as an entry fee, so when the British 10K London put places on sale for exactly that they had a lot of work to do to make it worth runners parting with their hard-earned [...]
A move from running into triathlons brings with it a whole new world of jargon to get your head round. I may be fluent in marathon speak, but my triathlonish needs some work. On Sunday, though, I learn that instead of saying "went out on the bike for a bit and then ran around the [...]
There's one sentence that winds me up more than anything else when it comes to running: "I haven't really trained." It's heard a lot around the start and finish line of races and, and in the days either side of a race, and it needs stamping out.What you're saying to me when you say "I [...]
We may have been friends for more than half our lives, we may have been training buddies, and we may have run Brighton Marathon 2012 together - but for the next 10 days, SportyGirl and I are rivals. Not since Seb Coe and Steve Ovett battled each other in the 80s has running known such [...]
Capri or not capri? That is the question when it comes to summer running kit. While winter running kit is about getting the delicate balance of not being too cold when you start out but not being too hot once you get going, summer kit is more fun and has only one rule (if you're [...]
As I rounded the final corner to the finishing sprint of the Edinburgh Marathon, something finally made sense to me. I've read countless books and magazine articles on pacing your race, fuelling right and getting the right kit, hungry to know what I needed to do to get better.One piece of advice stuck out at [...]
I'm lucky enough to live and run in one of the world's best cities, and this summer athletes from across the world will be playing in my backyard. We're preparing to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games and every day something else is going on as London gets itself ready to play host.It doesn't [...]
Ex-smokers are supposed to be the most fierce anti-smokers. I think it's also fair to say that reformed couch-potatoes like myself are some of the most evangelical when it comes to extolling the benefits of running. And so when one of my friends who hasn't run in 15 years suggested in the pub on Saturday [...]
Running a half or full marathon this Autumn or thinking about it? Want some company training and an extra kick up the backside when it gets tough? Well step this way because I've got something you might just like...This October I'll be doing the Venice Marathon; whatever race you're doing this autumn you can train [...]
Nobody likes commuting. It's a fact. So when you're trying to find time to squeeze a run into your calender, ditch the bus or train and run-commute to or from work. Here's a few things I've learnt about the run-commute over the years so you can enjoy your run and feel smug knowing you don't [...]