A Tactical Taper

Whether you love it or loathe it, reducing your training pre-race pays off – if you do it right.

The Second Shaving Shortcut

Will the two-hour marathon barrier be broken by… a motivational quote?

Once Bitten

There’s a runner in everyone, waiting to take flight like a beautiful…butterfly?

Belfast

THE TWO THINGS Belfast is famous for, unfortunately, are the Titanic (which was built here) and the Troubles (which tormented people for 30 years). But the city is safer now, and while we have the usual mob of headmelters, people here are generally good craic [fun].

On The Brink

Will a running shoe shave two minutes and 58 seconds off the marathon world record?

A Runner's Worth

A FORMER EMOTIONAL EATER LEARNS TO LOVE HERSELF AGAIN.

Anti Social

THE INJURED RUNNER DISHES OUT KUDOS FROM THE CYBER SIDELINES.

For The Love Of Trail

PHOTOGRAPHS ARE LIKE KEEPING AN ADVENTURE DIARY.

Take It Inside

TURN A TIRED TREADMILL ROUTINE INTO AN EXCITING PART OF YOUR SUMMER-RUNNING ARSENAL.

fast fixes

injured? these strategies help speed your healing.

have it all

how to be a family guy, a corporate wizard and a runner.

running while female

male runners may be shocked to learn how often women must endure on-the-run harassment. many female runners have come to just expect it – and that should upset us all.

second wind

skyrun participants embrace suffering. they’re often utterly miserable while they’re actually running the race – exhausted, bruised, swearing they’ll never do it again. but when they look back on the challenges they’ve overcome, they remember their race as the best thing they’ve ever done. these ultra-humans say life will never be the same again – that’s what keeps them coming back for more.

Monties Then & Now

This Year, I Had the Opportunity to Follow in My Dad’ S Foot Steps: I Took on the Old Mutual Wild Series Mont Aux Sources Challenge ( ‘montie S’, for the Cool Kids), Some 18 Years After He Tackled It. In That Time, a Lot Has Changed – but the Important Bits Are the Same as They Always Were.

Patience is a Virtue

How to cope with the agony of not running.

Treadmill Power

A DIEHARD OUTDOOR RUNNER FINDS THAT NEW APPS AND MACHINES MAKE POUNDING THE SLABS MORE FUN AND EFFECTIVE (FINALLY).

The Run-To-Lose Problem

TRYING TO SHED A FEW KILOS? YOU’LL WANT TO AVOID THESE COMMON DIETING TRAPS, SO YOU CAN RUN HEALTHY – AND HAPPY.

The Sensory Run

TUNING INTO YOUR BODY, INSTEAD OF TUNING OUT WITH TECH, CAN REVIVE A STALE RUNNING ROUTINE. HERE’S HOW.

For Dad And Depression

ZANELE HLATSHWAYO IS RUNNING 18 RACES – CULMINATING IN THE WASHIE 100-MILER – IN CELEBRATION OF THE MAN HER FATHER WAS BEFORE SHE LOST HIM TO SUICIDE, AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

The Running Safari

A veteran travel writer thought he’d seen and run it all – then he stepped onto a remote African savannah to experience the trip of a lifetime.

The Runway Queen

Tshepang ‘Twiggy’ Mollison is a wellrespected fashion blogger from Soweto, who has made her mark on the urban running scene – a movement that has attracted a younger, cooler crowd. It’s become commonplace to see millennials training on city streets in ‘crews’, wearing the latest running threads. Here, the South African style icon shares her fashion secrets for today’s runner.

Crush It. Then Cool It

New research suggests you may enjoy runs more if you get the tough parts out of the way early.

Stretch Your Limits

 Add yoga to get faster and sidestep injuries.

The End Of Pain?

A stubborn injury is a runner’s WORST NIGHTMARE. Luckily, sports-medicine experts are developing NEW TECHNIQUES to provide relief – without surgery. Here’s a guide to five CUTTING-EDGE THERAPIES.

(B)Roadies

A running bromance forged on tar.

Running The World - Siberia & Mongolia

THE WORLD’S DEEPEST AND LARGEST LAKE, AND THE FEARSOME GENGHIS KHAN

So Far, So Good

Run your best in a far-flung race by minimising the effects of long-distance air travel.

The Low Down

How do you maximise the benefits of running downhill while minimising the harm?

Get Off On The Write Foot

How a journal can help you plot your best running performance

The Supplement Story

What you take can actually be detrimental