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 Moving to the beat • Music ch-ch-ch-ch-changes your stride on a treadmill – and not in a good way

Fitness

Nutrition

Mind & health

Injury

The 100-mile man • Not content with being the youngest person to run 100 ultras, James Bennett pushed himself to the limit to become the youngest to run a century of 100-milers

A run down memory lane • Raworth on the run

Letter of the month

Rachel Stevens • Cancer survivor, marathon woman, race director: Rachel Stevens’ running journey is an inspiration for all

Running mantras for life • Warts’n’ Hall

Performing a runner rescue • The flamingo diaries

Question time • These central London runners focus on their minds not just their mileage

Running through history • Barely cushioned shoes, string vests, love lost and found: running marathons was different back in 1981, remembers Chris Hunton

TAKE YOUR RUNNING FURTHER WITH RUNNER’S WORLD CLUB • ‘Our new club has everything you need to take your running further in 2025. By becoming a Gold member, you’ll get access to our extensive new library of training plans – both in our app and via award-winning coaching platform Final Surge. You’ll also receive our monthly print edition direct to your door, invitations to community events and so much more!’

The Centurions • For many runners, a marathon finish line is once-in-a-lifetime, but for a select few, it’s merely the first step towards the blue-and-yellow T-shirt of the 100 Marathon Club. What drives those hardy souls to reach such an incredible milestone – and how do they get there?

Secrets of the 100 Club • Running 100-plus brings the wisdom of experience. Here, six club members share their top tips…

At the age of nine he fled war in Sudan, NOW HE’S MAKING HISTORY • From refugee limbo to European glory and almost realising his Olympic dream, Dominic Lobalu’s story is already extraordinary. Now he’s ready to write a new chapter at the World Championships in Tokyo

INTO THE VOID • Wildly fluctuating temperatures, punishing verticality, brushes with mountain lions – the Grand Canyon’s Rim to Rim to Rim endurance run is not for the faint-hearted. Duncan Craig takes on the ‘big red ditch’

The long road home • HOW DEEP CONNECTIONS, INDOMITABLE WILLPOWER AND A DRIVE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT POWERED LEON ‘SWEETS’ LEWIS TO BECOME THE FIRST PERSON TO RUN THE LENGTH OF JAMAICA

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH • THE INSIDE STORY ON THE TRAGEDY OF FATALITIES DURING RACES, AND ALL THAT’S DONE TO KEEP US SAFE

DEALING WITH TRAGEDY • Fiona Harper’s older brother, Mike, 26, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while running the Great Bristol Run in May last year. Here she shares how his tragic death is now helping others

LIFE-SAVING TECH • Dr Amy Boalch is a GP with a master’s in sports medicine. She helped develop the Race Ready app, which could be a lifesaver for runners

A LIFE SAVED • When George Collyer, 22, from Thames Ditton, Surrey, collapsed at the Cambridge Half in March last year, Dr Greg Mellor, a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the Royal Papworth Hospital,...