It's true: adding strength and resistance drills to your training can shave minutes off your 10km PB. Here's how. 1/ Stabilise Your Stride Why? Sprinters, triathletes and shoplifters know the merits of hardworking hamstrings. “they are fundamental to running with the...

Nature’s incentive programme still isn’t fully understood. Greg Gerdeman, an assistant professor of biology, explains the current theory. 1/ Get In The Groove When you run past your comfort level (i.e. after 30 minutes at about 80% max heart rate), special cells...

Maybe it’s the views. Or the sheer space around you, empty and vast. Or the rain, and the mud, and the rocks and the steepest rock faces you’ve ever seen, or the dark, and the feeling of being absolutely alone. Maybe ultra trail runners are just mad. Who else but the...

Running is an easy, relatively cheap way to stay in shape and keep the kilos from coming back

Take it from these four brainiacs – running regularly will improve your memory and your mood, and boost the growth of brain cells. The Atomic Physicist “I run six times a week first thing in the morning. Afterwards I’m energised: I’m more spontaneous and I’m more...

Mpumelelo Mhlongo was the boy from Klaarwater who was never supposed to walk. Now he has his sights set on gold in the high jump.