No matter how many older, wiser heads are there to to give advice, we invariably begin our running career by repeating the same mistakes everyone has made before us! In particular, the three mistakes everybody makes are increasing the mileage too quickly, choosing footwear that is a recipe for blisters and skimping on drinking water during running.

Let's deal with each of them in turn: Read more >>

One of the least recognized, but potentially most harmful situations that serious endurance athletes often land themselves into is the overtraining syndrome. The overtraining syndrome quite simply means the athlete has done too much. This is often due to the fact that almost all endurance athletes suffer from the same universal misconception: the fear of doing too little. Read more >>

The two hour mark may be the goal in sight for elite marathon runners such as current record holder Paul Tergat, but for many of us 'mortals' a sub three hour marathon is an achievement not to be sneezed at. Read more >>

Sri Chinmoy has utilised many modes of human expression - creative, athletic, bridge-building - to inspire his fellow world-citizens so that together they can all strive to a achieve a better world. Read more >>

Every year in June, a small group of runners arrive at a tree-lined street in Queens, NY at 6 a.m to begin an epic journey that will take them anything from one and a half to two months to complete. Every day they run for 18 hours, averaging anything between two and three marathons a day, around and around a city block measuring just over half a mile, in weather that can range from scorching heat to monsoon-like rain. Read more >>

We all know after a particularly tough run, there can be stiffness for the next day or two, and the next run can feel like dragging a piece of lead around. These effects are often accepted as part and parcel of running, but with a good post-run recovery program they can be alleviated, and you might be vary surprised how soon your legs start feeling fresh again. Read more >>

"Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event 9, the one-mile: 1st, No. 41, R.G. Bannister, Amateur Athletic Association and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, with a time which is a new meeting and track record, and which - subject to ratification - will be a new English Native, British National, All-Comers, European, British Empire, and World Record. The time was 3..." The stadium speaker never got to finish his sentence for he was drowned out by the thunderous roar of the crowd. Never before in history had any athlete broken the elusive four minute barrier in the standard mile. Today, May 6th 1954, changed all that. Read more >>