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The relative comfort and safety of running around the local streets or park is a million miles away from the conditions faced by more intrepid...

Once you have got over the initial fear of building an exercise routine into your life, the next decision involves deciding where you want to take...

Too much, too soon will leave those new to running nursing an injury. So while there is no greater feeling than the first time you pick up some speed...

Take the wraps off that old motor in the garage turn the key in the ignition, and the likelihood is that there will no response from underneath the...

The organisers of the London marathon are again involved in promoting the health of young people and emphasising the positive effects of sport, this...

Whether you prefer a partner or running solo, there are benefits for everyone from joining an organised club, not least because however independent...

It is only in the last few years that athletes have been able to attract the levels of sponsorship needed to devote themselves full-time to working...

Let’s face it no one is going to be able to drag your bones from the welcoming embrace of the bedsheets if you don’t want to. Sometimes, and it...

It doesn’t matter whether you are embarking on your first or your five hundredth run: you’ve got to pay attention to stretching exercises because...

It is a real joy to run in the sun, but soaring temperatures can cause problems unless runners are well prepared. Dehydration, cramp and heat...

Computers at work, big-screen TVs at home: no wonder doctors are constantly bemoaning modern society’s sedentary existence and the consequences for...

Many people said goodbye to physical exercise when they left school. Others may have continued with sport into their twenties but after that the...

Head swimming, neck and shoulders aching, lungs feeling like a couple of very small brown paper bags, legs reluctantly dragging themselves along....