Indoors: not just for the elites

While the outdoor track and field competition season lasts only three to four months, we runners have to train all year...

Gemma Steel: the pressure from others’ expectations

Gemma Steel, one of the best on the road and cross country, is the third athlete in this series that asks...

6 alternatives to the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc

The Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) is one of the marquee events of ultra trail racing, but with any lottery...

High performing master runners better at pacing, study says

A recent study into the pacing strategies of older marathon runners came up with some interesting results – if only to...

Elle Vernon: 
the negative impact of outside stresses on running

In the second of a series that asks top runners what they’ve learnt from bad race experiences and their advice on...

Could Kilian Jornet run a 2:10 marathon?

Innocents Day on 28th December is the Spanish version of April Fools, and one story that appeared involved famed Catalan mountain...

Dewi Griffiths: How do you bounce back from a bad race?

Fast Running wanted to ask top runners what they’ve learnt from their bad race experiences, offering advice on how to deal...

Marathon pain lessens over times, study says

Everybody hurts, sometimes – but do we all hurt equally and why does a runner, after vowing never, ever, again to...

Pitfalls to avoid with New Year resolutions

New Year Resolutions are made, and broken, every January. Can anyone even remember the lofty ideas they set themselves last year?...

Broken dreams: why we need to break the cycle

Energy deficit, menstrual dysfunction, osteoporosis, broken dreams… the Female Athlete Triad and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). The Female Athlete...