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

Do you run with music?

EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS

PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES • Fancy footwear is not just for elites

GET THE JUMP ON RUNNING • Swapping a run for a plyometrics session could be a big leap forward

HOP TO IT • Four plyometric exercises to help make you a faster, more dynamic runner

INTO THE WILD • A runner’s guide to spotting, picking and cooking wild garlic

BEST DEFENCE • To reduce the chances of illness and injury, keep it just under 60

IN GOOD HEALTH

TIME FOR A DIGITAL DETOX? • Three signs your attitude to your fitness tracker has become unhealthy – and what to do about it

THANK YOU FOR NOT SHARING • Study says the combination of social media and fitness trackers may cause unease

SHARE IN THE COMMUNITY? • Sports psychologist Dr Josie Perry (performanceinmind.co.uk) makes the case for and against social media

‘AUTISM IS MY SUPERPOWER’ • Meet the man hoping to become the first professional triathlete with autism

THE RUNNING COMPOSER • Saunder Jurriaans uses running to see off his demons and to boost his desire to make music

A CHANGE IS NOT ONLY AS GOOD AS A REST – IT CAN BE BETTER

#HOARDERS • Show us the running item you should throw away, but can’t

FAST LOVE

THE POLL • On a casual run, you’re overtaken by a runner going a little quicker. What’s your response?*

TO RACE, LOSE WEIGHT OR JUST FOR FUN/IN A RHYME, TELL US WHY YOU RUN

YOU'RE AMAZING!

TOP DOGS • A round-up (or should that be hound-up?) of four breeds that would love to go for a run with you

AFTER 10 DAYS OF ISOLATION, IT WAS TIME TO BREAK OUT

TAKE STEPS INTO THE UNKNOWN AND OVERCOME YOUR FEARS

FOREVER YOUNG • Can running slow the ageing process? And how can you keep up the pace as the years roll by?

7 Ways TO RUN LONGER AND STRONGER • You’re already doing the most important thing to ensure you age well – running. But these strategies will help you do that to the best of your ability and stay healthier

SONIO BOON • How music can turn up the dial on your performance, enjoyment and recovery.

TOP OF THE TROTS • Top top 10 running tracks on Spotify’s Running UK Playlist. (Or there’s always Eye of the Tiger…)

MOBILE PHONES • Running headphones…

SMART FUEL • A well-constructed lunch, piled high with macros and micros, provides peerless fitness fuel to help you run – and recover – faster. It just takes a little know-how to get it right

For Deaf Runners Like Me, Inclusivity Requires More Than Lip Service

4 RUNNING SIGNS YOU SHOULD KNOW

JOGGING THEIR MEMORIES • The quest for a 100 Marathon Club T-shirt has taken Lisa Jackson all over the world. To remind us of the joys destination racing will offer when we can again travel, RW’s resident Flamingo and her running buddy – and hubby – Graham Williams share memories from the road

Grain & Bear It • Transylvanian Bear Race, Romania

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