Last week I read an interesting article about how regular exercise can help prevent you getting a cold and reduce the amount you do get by about half. A lot of born-again runners (those like me who have come to the sport later in life after reforming their once sedentary lives) know this from first-hand [...]
It has suddenly gotten a few degrees colder in London. I've finally had to turn on the heating in my flat and add a hat and gloves to my regular running wardrobe. I noticed that Paula Radcliffe had the same pair of blue Nike gloves on at the start of the New York marathon but [...]
I knew it would happen sooner or later, and I'm glad in a way that it happened sooner - yep, I've got a cold which has seriously hampered my efforts to stick to the training plan.I managed a grand total of 2 miles in week one of my training. This was on Tuesday in the [...]