Making Progress
Below are our 10 articles in the 'making progress' category:

The primary consideration when deciding to step up to the start line and compete in a race for the first time is: why do I want to do this?
There is bound to be even just a little anxiety about ...

Introducing a range of training routines into your running will help keep your regime fresh. Alternatively, you could always opt for taking the cross-training route. Take, for example, the demands ...

One of the great benefits of running specific race distances is that it enhances the amount of discipline that you have to build into your performance. Not surprisingly, different distances present ...

Whether you are entering in order to test the level of your running ability, simply for the fun of enjoying the moment, surrounded by fellow fitness enthusiasts or your participation and training are ...

First things first; congratulations. Bet you never thought you were going to get there? And for those who may not have gone the distance, you deserve praise as well for the effort put in both on the ...

Such is the level of organisation attached to marathons, that once you have signed up to the run, it is likely that there will be a support network in place to offer both advice on training and ...

Runners in the first few months of their new exercise regime will feel that they are coming along nicely, adding a little more distance at a time to their route, even upping the pace a touch as ...

Many people come to running almost kicking and screaming, either because they feel they must lose some weight or their doctor has advised them exercise is essential for their long-term health. ...

Remember how you began your running career by taking increasingly long walks before graduating to jogging? The process was all about re-introducing your body to physical exercise and building up its ...

The marathon is as much a state of mind as it is a test of physical endurance. The body may indeed be willing even after 18 miles, but all too often the psychological pressures can be enough to make ...