I like a run that finishes in a stadium. It can bring a sense of grandeur, of occasion, to any
Running away: revelling in the birthplace of the marathon
How to train for the London Marathon 2012
1. Build a base The race may still be months away, but now is the time to start building your
How was your weekend running?
So. Six days to go. And you know you’ve run a few London Marathons when you have a whole ritual
Mara Yamauchi: ‘When you go out to run, there’s just nothing better’
So what have you been up to? I retired from elite competition in 2013 and since then I’ve been doing
The heat is on: running a 100km ultramarathon on the hottest day of the year
The half litre of water I had just gulped sloshed uncomfortably around my stomach and the energy bar stuck to
Should you stretch before running?
Running magazines have long extolled the virtues of stretching, so much so that it’s become an accepted part of many
‘For Kenyan runners, rest is a serious business’
I’m sitting on a plastic chair in a small garden. The new, eight-foot high corrugated iron fence that seals us
Running blog: How was your weekend running?
I laced up my running shoes early Saturday morning with eager anticipation and not a little trepidation. I wasn’t setting
Ed Balls: My body screams, ‘why is this happening?’
Hello! So, first things first. How do you fit the training in around the day (and night) job, and family
View from the top: learning to love those hills
I have never forgotten watching Kenenisa Bekele in the 2008 World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh: on the final lap