The world’s largest running event returns for its 13th edition. Runners and wheelchair-users across the globe start together, all moving for one shared goal: to find a cure for spinal cord injury. In ...
Around 40,000 runners will take part in the London Marathon on Sunday 28 April 2019, with the aim of completing the gruelling 26.2 mile route. Most participants start training six to 12 months before ...
Easy running, by definition, should feel easy. But as any runner knows, those long, slow runs can sometimes be the most difficult of a training program—both mentally and physically. Some good news: ...
EXERCISE has long been celebrated as one of the most effective ways to prevent cancer and promote overall health. Regular physical activity is consistently linked to lower cancer rates across multiple ...
As legendary running coach Bill Squires once said, ‘the long run puts the tiger in the cat’ – and he’s right. No matter what your goal distance or time, adding regular long runs into your training ...
The ability to run fast at the end of a middle-distance race is a handy weapon to have, writes coach David Lowes What does a middle-distance athlete need in their armoury to be successful? An abridged ...
In 1985, the journal Nature made a stunning prediction: by 2000, women will begin to consistently beat men in long-distance running events that traditionally are won by men. Well, women aren't quite ...
There's no reason to make running any harder than it is naturally. We don't need to run in suboptimal, unsupportive, or downright uncomfortable shoes when we engage in the feat that is running any ...
Many people choose to use their Sunday morning for a tactical lie-in, often to recover from the night before. Some head out for a bottomless brunch. Others stay in their pyjamas watching cookery ...