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me for telling you! Both my parents

came to running later in life. In fact

they ran the London Marathon for

the irst time on my dad’s 50th

birthday where he ran for Marie

Curie in honour of the passing of

his beloved dad Harry. Since then

my mum has raised thousands

of pounds for Children with

Leukaemia and is now clocking up

times that see her place in the top

10 per cent of her age group. All this

from someone who sufered with

lymph-gland problems in her legs

for most of her 20s 30s and 40s.

She’s a total inspiration.

Hannah Arrowsmith via email

FROM HUNTER TO HUNTED

My rather simplistic and I’m afraid

somewhat ruthless running strategy

used to be to ind someone faster

my work status and visa were

dependent on him. Running kept

me going got me to get up every

morning and ind a way to deal

with the pain and hardship of that

situation. When my grandmother

whom I was very close to died

exactly six months later running

continued to support me through

my grief. One month later a long

run was cut short because of a

stabbing pain in my pelvic bone.

After a month of not running

X-rays and an MRI I received

my diagnosis: a stress fracture.

I would be interested in hearing

from runners who sustained similar

injuries and how they got through

them and avoided re-injuring

themselves. I cannot wait to put on

my running shoes again and have

promised myself I will enjoy every

future run as if it were the last.

Julie Guillaume Paris

WE ASK YOU ANSWER

‘IT’S NOT THE DISTANCE THAT HURTS –

IT’S THE SPEED.’ DO YOU AGREE?

‘100 per cent agree. 400m

is tougher than a half

marathon.’

• Mark Burns

‘Deinitely. I can do

20 miles at 7:00min/miles

and feel I could turn round

and do it again. But I did

a 16:45 5K recently and

wanted to die in the last

half mile.’

• Kane Green

‘Long runs you enjoy

at the time; fast runs

you enjoy after.’

• Gavin Strathearn

‘I ind endurance harder.

I like speed. I feel more

tired from slower long

running and it takes me

longer to recover.’

• Catherine Daly

‘Speed only hurts if you get

your pacing wrong. 400m

pace doesn’t hurt if you run

it over 400m; it does if you

try it over 5K.’

• Martin McEwen

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Running has seen

Julie through

some dark times

to train and run with until I was able

to get past them then look for the

next victim. Now having reached

70 and picked up the cross-country

Scottish and GB masters prizes the

tables have turned and I am now the

target for many younger runners to

get past. I even heard a father telling

his 16-year-old son to make sure he

got in front of that old guy! On the

other hand there are some nice

compliments.

Alex Sutherland via email

RUNNING SHINES A LIGHT

Running is part of my identity and

is what brings extra light to life.

It became even more important to

me last summer when my husband

left me after nine years together.

That meant for me quitting my job

and moving back to France because

THE POLL

What's your favourite time

of year to run?

A. Spring

B. Summer

C. Autumn

D. Winter

A

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23%

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BCD

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24%

‘Clearly the harder your

heart has to work and

the more lactic acid

you produce by going

faster makes it hurt

more than miles at

lower intensities.

• Sam Paine

‘Absolutely. For me a

very fast 5K is harder

than a decent-paced

half marathon.’

• Barry Clegg

‘This is absolutely correct.

At steady pace most

distances are easy up to a

half marathon’

• Dom Reed

‘Blimey no. It’s the other way

around! I ran at much the

same speed for 5K or 10K.’

• Michele Tansley