Half marathon recovery week begins the moment you cross the finish line on race day. The most important thing to remember during this time, and it does depend on the temperature on race day and how long your individual race took, is to hydrate. Ideally consume beverages that contain some electrolytes because your body will most likely be deficient in …

You chat to a runner during a social run, park run or at a race, or even these days through social media channels, and ask them why did they start running. For everyone of us ‘runner types’ you will find a slightly different story and we often find that the reason we are still running years later is unrelated to …