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

EDITOR’S LETTER

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Bag the benefits • Running with a little added weight may offer fitness and form gains

A simpler guide to speedwork

The missing piece • A new dimension in marathon training could be the key to success: resilience

Spread it on thick for gains without pains • Dreading DOMS? New research suggests fuelling up on nuts can help you secure a far smoother recovery

Smooth operators • Making nut butter at home is easier than you think

Enduring benefits • Get your kids off to an active start – the benefits will stretch into adulthood

Woods and water

Movement is medicine • Active recovery improves performance in your next workout

No arch? No issue • Flat feet aren’t the disaster you’ve always been told

Quick fixes • Physio Tom Goom (running-physio.com) recently identified common training errors – and how to fix them

PICK OF THE BUNCH • Meet the international-standard ‘plogger’ who’s cleaning up our coastline

JONNY DAVIES • 31, RAN THE LENGTH OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND

IS RUNNING BAD FOR YOUR KNEES? I HAVE THE ANSWER

The course of history • Step back in time on these five historic routes, created by running historian Sam Edwards

LETTER OF THE MONTH

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS • A MOMENT OF SIMPLE DECENCY WHEN IT WAS MOST NEEDED ON A HOT MARATHON DAY

#FAIRYTALEFINISHES • SHOW US A PIC OF YOUR PROUDEST FINISH-LINE MOMENT

WOULD YOU RATHER… • Based on an RW X poll with 219 votes

RUNNING REMINDS ME NATURE IS PAINFULLY BEAUTIFUL

WHY WE SHOULD BE BRANCHING OUT INTO TRAIL RUNNING

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24 REASONS TO RUN IN 2024 • How every step you take will change your life for the better this year

MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS… WILL I EVER RUN AGAIN? • WHEN THESE FOUR INSPIRING RUNNERS FACED DEVASTATING HEALTH NEWS, RUNNING MOTIVATED AND SUPPORTED THEM ON THEIR ROAD TO RECOVERY

‘I DECIDED I’D TRY TO RUN AFTER EVERY ONE OF MY CHEMOTHERAPY SESSIONS’ • GEORGIA CARRICK,, 43, FROM WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX

‘BEING ACTIVE HAS HUGELY HELPED ME TO DEAL WITH THIS DISEASE’ • KEITH WILSON, 72, FROM DARLINGTON

‘I’D BE LYING IF I SAID IT WASN’T SCARY THE FIRST TIME I RAN’ • TIM WARD, 50, FROM LONDON

‘NOT KNOWING IF I WOULD EVER WALK AGAIN GAVE ME A NEW DETERMINATION’ • HELEN BOULDEN, 33, FROM PLYMOUTH

BOUNCING BACK

LIQUID GOLD • WARMING AND WONDERFULLY TASTY, THESE BOWLS OF COMFORT FUEL DELIVER ON YOUR HYDRATION AND NUTRITION NEEDS

TAKE STOCK • THIS SOUP STARTER TASTES SO GOOD, IT’S WORTH SLURPING STRAIGHT OUT OF A MUG

MEAL PREP 101 • You put the work into your broth, so do your future self a favour and save some for later

LOAD IT UP • NOW YOU HAVE THE PERFECT FOUNDATION, IT’S TIME TO BUILD IN THE...