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The Paarlauf Race is the perfect session for families to run together. It allows you to balance some serious interval training with taking your kids out for fresh air and exercise during lockdown.

Welcome to my lockdown Family Running Session! Trying to juggle your own running, taking the kids out for fresh air and exercise, and complying with the once-a-day exercise rule? You want to be a good, selfless parent. But you are still a runner, and human being, at...

Marathon training - What should you do next? – Part 3 Over the years my running mantra has always been “Don’t let the setbacks set you back”. Now it’s become a mantra for everyday life not just for running. But the big question is what should you do now? As an...

What should you do next in your marathon training? – Part 2 By now you’ve had a few days to let the dust settle on the news that your spring marathon has been postponed. Instead of being disappointed focus on the second chance and golden opportunities you’ve been...

Marathon Training - What should you do next? Part 1 Now your marathon training plans have been thrown up in the air what should you do next? If you don’t have a marathon coach you have probably found your 16-week marathon training plan is suspiciously quiet on what to...

All marathon runners know you should make your long run count. We take masochistic pride in them. We know we should run them at a slower pace.  But often that feels pointless and unnecessarily time-consuming. So most of us struggle to resist the temptation to see how...

Do you need to run on Christmas Day to be the best? No. Being the best is about more than one day’s training or not. It’s about commitment, determination and above all, self-belief.

Staying positive when injury strikes is one of the biggest challenges. Sadly as an athlete I’ve got a lot of experience to call on here. From not running for nearly a year after rupturing my plantar fascia the day after the Commonwealth Games, to frequently missing...

You might wonder if there are any similarities between a running coach and a social worker for people with severe mental illness. Sadly, the recent focus on the story of the young American athlete Mary Cain suggest otherwise. In fact, there are numerous positive...

In light of such an incredible achievement it seems incongruous to talk about failure. And I’m not one of those critics who argue it was all about the technology, the pacemakers and the shoes. Kipchoge is an athlete who has an unrivalled record of success in the World...

One of the most common mistakes made by new runners – or even by more experienced runners – is to do most of their running at one running pace. There’s a misperception that good runners run fast all of the time. It’s true that to get faster you need to run faster –...

Do you or anyone you know want to start running but you are put off by the thought of joining a running club? Then Run Together is for you. It’s been four years since I joined Run Together and started my own group as a Run Leader. In that time despite becoming a fully...