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

Contributors

01 Gender splits • Women reign supreme in pacing a marathon

Fitness

Nutrition

Mind & health

Injury

‘I think of it as an awakening’ • A near-fatal shooting left Harry Berger with physical and emotional scars. But running helped him heal, he tells David Smyth

From labs to laps • How cancer scientists are teaming up to run

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How to age well? Keep raising the bar

Letter of the month

What’s the nicest thing another runner has ever done for you?

RW on the run • What the team have been up to this month…

There’s more to life than running

Johannes Mosehla • 84, from Limpopo, South Africa, is the oldest Comrades finisher

Alison Booth • This month’s member came to running later in life and is now in full stride

It’s never too late to start

Join Runner’s World Real coaches. Real plans. Real progress. • Whether you’re chasing a marathon PB or taking your first steps as a runner, you’ll find a training plan built for you. Designed by world-class coaches, our plans fit around your schedule, sync seamlessly with your devices and help you hit your distance and time goals. Plus, enjoy Runner’s World magazine delivered every month, packed with expert advice, practical training insight and the inspiration you need to keep improving.

‘I’M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WENT FOR THAT RUN’ • TV personality and mental health campaigner Dr Alex George on the life-saving power of lacing up your running shoes

Putting down routes • After lacing up her runners to find her feet in her new home, Sam Pyrah looks at the fascinating neuroscience that makes running a uniquely effective way to connect to new places – and how making the effort to explore on the run has major benefits for our brain health and wellbeing

7 ways to find your feet when running somewhere new

OUT OF THE DARKNESS • SEVEN RUNNERS SHARE HOW OUR SPORT HAS HELPED THEM SURVIVE THE SPECTRE OF SUICIDE, OR NAVIGATE THE LOSS IT HAS BROUGHT

FAST FORWARD • The sub-2:00 marathon barrier has been breached, thanks, in part, to advances in shoe technology. But innovation waits for no one, so what’s next? We spoke to insiders and experts to get a preview of the next iteration of super shoes that top athletes – and us PB-chasers – will be lacing up in the future…

THE NEXT STEP • Three directions your running shoes are likely to take soon

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF A HERO • After losing his father on 9/11, Keith Palmer spent decades searching for a way to live with grief – and a legacy that felt impossible to match

Coach • Reach your personal best

The power of choice • Why your training decisions are so vital – and how to make better ones

No excuses • When life gets in the way of your running, here are five ways to keep...