Runner's World UK

Runner's World is an inspirational and motivational magazine for runners of all ages and abilities. In every issue of Runner’s World we inform, advise, educate, and motivate runners of all ages and abilities. We help every runner achieve their personal health, fitness and performance goals. Runner’s World shows you the best ways to get the maximum amount of benefits from running in the minimum amount of time. Big promise? Definitely. But you don’t have to take our word for it – we’d like to prove it to you!

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Runner’s World UK

EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS

A WINTER’S TRAIL • How running outside can help you to stop feeling SAD

DON’T HIIT IT TOO HARD • When it comes to HIIT, maybe you can have too much of a good thing

THE BEST INTERVAL SESSIONS

EAT ROOTS AND LEAVES • Spinach or swede? Kale or kohlrabi? We pit salad staples against starchy sides and determine which veg has the better ground game

MIND GAINS • Imagine yourself as a better runner. There, you already are

THINK YOURSELF FITTER • Three mental-imagery exercises for runners

WAKING NEWS • Sleep more, get injured less? It’s a bit more complicated than that

RUNNING THROUGH THE AGES • Encouraged by her daughter Liz, Judy Sheppard took up running in her seventies – and has even completed an ultramarathon

BLAZING A TRAIL • Girls on Hills helps female runners feel confident on the hills and empowered in everyday life

WHAT THEY SAID

WHY IT’S TIME TO GET SNIFFY ABOUT RUNNING KIT

WAYNE FLANAGAN AND CLAIRE NASH • Ran multiple marathons in memory of their daughter

FRANCIS BENALI • 52, SOUTHAMPTON, FROM FOOTBALL MAN TO IRON FRAN

A PULLED GROIN MEANS I’M IN EXILE ON A MAIN STREET

THERE’S NO LIMIT

#ONESHOT • What’s the running picture that means the most to you?

THE POLL • When choosing a race, what matters to you most?

IF YOU GET STUCK IN A RUT, HOW DO YOU MAKE RUNNING FUN AGAIN?

TIME TO STOP BEING ALL GRETA GARBO AND START GABBING!

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After The Fall • How a near-fatal accident helped ultrarunner Hillary Allen find a new way to live

HOW TO BOUNCE BACK • Advice from Hillary Allen on recovering from serious injury

SHIFT YOUR OUTLOOK • Hillary Allen on how to find acceptance, joy and gratitude in running and in life

Your running reset • INJURY? MOTIVATION DIP? OR JUST WANT TO SHAKE THINGS UP? RESETTING RUNNING HABITS CAN REAP BIG REWARDS: TRY THIS INJURY-PROOFING WORKOUT AND A BLUEPRINT FOR A PERFECT RACE

Reset… to prevent injury

Lightning round with Emma Coburn

TEST YOURSELF WITH THE SINGLE-LEG SIT-TO-STAND

Reset… to own race day

STEPPING UP Seven heroes • Empowering, connecting, elevating & working to ensure every woman has a safe space to run

POETRY IN MOTION • The Run Dem Crew founder, poet, DJ, mentor and all-round force for good in runners’ worlds Charlie Dark on positivity, creativity and inclusivity

The Victorian gentleman’s guide to FOOT-BASED AMBULATION at an accelerated velocity • Sound advice, perspicacious suggestions and dire warnings for men of means and good standing who choose to engage in the newly fashionable pastime of ‘running’, gathered in one volume by one ardent social climber

No-nonsense nutrition • Serving up everything from increased endurance and...