Hi. Let me introduce myself. I’m a 38-year-old, distinctly part-time runner, but with a decent base of strength and stamina. I’ve tried, but never managed to run 5K in under 20 minutes. There is, of ...

Is it important to have a running goal? Some folks need to work towards a marathon, or a personal-best 5K time, in order to maintain the motivation to train. I haven’t really felt that way in the five ...

She sails past me in the first few hundred metres of parkrun, fluorescent gloves flashing as she goes. I’m used to this now. Alice Riddell-Webster is a year older than I am and in the same age group – ...

Thanks to the proliferation of that 5K-long, free-of-charge running phenomenon which sweeps the nation and beyond every Saturday, better known as parkrun, running faster over 5K sits high on many ...