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Nutrition & Hydration
Should I Eat Breakfast Before an Early Morning Run?

'Should I eat breakfast before an early morning run?' is a question many runners ask.

Nutrition & Hydration
Recovery Nutrition and Recipes for Runners

Here are our top recovery nutrition tips and three inspiring recipes to banish food boredom and maximise replenishment and recovery.

Event Day Tips
5 Great Tips for Great Run Fundraising

we’ve teamed up with our official online fundraising partner, Enthuse to share five quick and easy tips you can use to raise as much as possible.

Starting Out
Choosing trainers and keeping your feet run-ready

We’ve put together a guide to help you choose the right shoes and keep your feet in great shape so you can get the most out of your runs.

Motivation & Psychology
Finding time to Run

It’s so important to build running into - and around - your busy life. Once it’s part of your routine, it becomes a non-negotiable - and hard to say no.

Nutrition & Hydration
Top Pre-Run Nutrition Tips

With the right combination of reducing your running and tweaking your diet, you can fuel your muscles to have your greatest run ever!

Training Advice
How To Avoid A Stitch

A stitch is a pain in the side for many of us with 27 per cent of exercisers claiming to experience it at some time...

Training Advice
Why training is really important

When life is incredibly busy, weekday training is often squeezed into very early morning slots. ‘Should I eat breakfast before an early mo…

Training Advice
Training For The Great Manchester Run

Your 12-week plan to go from gentle jogger to 10 kilometre ace. With just twelve weeks to go until the Great Manchester Run now is the time to d…

Training Advice
Eilish McColgan’s Top Training Tips

Eilish McColgan shares her top training tips and advice for anyone who is working towards an AJ Bell Great Run Series event.

Training Advice
Best running routes for Brummie runners

When life is incredibly busy, weekday training is often squeezed into very early morning slots. ‘Should I eat breakfast before an early mo…

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