Training Advice

General Training
How to Track Your Runs Without Spending Money

By keeping a track of your training activity, you can monitor your progression and identify what works for you.

General Training
How to smash your PB

Keen to clock your fastest ever 10k this spring? Want to run so well that your social media will explode with likes? Ready to turn the tarmac beneath your feet into cinders?

General Training
How Does Gait Analysis Help Me As A Runner?

Gait analysis can identify bad habits which can lead to injury. Here is our handy guide from physiotherapist and runner Jenny Blizard

General Training
Why Massage Is So Good For Runners

Massage isn’t just a feel-good way to indulge or pamper yourself, it is a powerful tool to help you take charge of your health and wellbeing. Chartered Physiotherapist and Director of Blizard Physiotherapy, Jenny Blizard explains why.

General Training
Why running together is awesome

For the amateur runner, the prospect of joining a running club can be daunting.

General Training
Choosing A Bristol Running Club

With Great Bristol Half Marathon approaching, could joining a running club help with your pace?

General Training
Choose Yoga To Become A Stronger Runner

Yoga is best known as a stretching discipline, but regular practice of it is more than that. It can help you as a runner to sidestep injuries – and you can do it from the comfort of your own home.

General Training
Six smart steps to healthy joints

Physiotherapist Jenny Blizzard's advice on joint preparation and how to maintain good joint health.

General Training
How to Improve Your Running Posture

Want to improve your running posture? Here is our handy guide from physiotherapist and runner Jenny Blizard

General Training
3 Inner-City Manchester Training Routes

Inner-city training runs to keep your Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run training on track.

General Training
Common Running Injuries – and how to handle them

Shin splints have been causing problems for runners of all abilities for many years now. Here, physiotherapist Paul Noble talks us through how he successfully got one runner back to full fitness.

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