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We may be slightly late to the party, but it’s never too late to improve your running with our ten New Year’s Resolutions for Runners. Enjoy!

1. Start running

The Nurvv run smart insoles are a top of the range insole which are placed beneath the footbed of your running  shoes  and give feedback on how you are running, how to reduce injury risk, and how to improve technique. Being a very injury prone runner, I am always keen to try out anything that may help add more consistency to my running and was excited to give these a go. They did not disappoint.

Richmond Runfest’s socially distanced 10k on September 12^th & 13^th is hailed as a superbly organised success. Here's Jimmy's story of his run.

After a long six-month layoff, races are slowly starting to pop up again. As soon as Richmond Run Fest got the go ahead to run their 10k I had to snap up an entry.

You’ve decided you want to start running. Maybe you’d like to lose weight, or get fitter, or maybe your friend signed you up for a 10k race in a few months. Whatever the reason, your first run can seem a bit daunting. Here at Sporting Feet, we’ve put together a little guide to help you get started.

 James McCormack of Flawless Physio gives some useful advice on a common running injury: Achilles Tendinitis

What Is Achilles Tendinopathy/Tendinitis?

John Ross, Senior Chartered Physiotherapist, of Physio4Life examines this common condition.

 James McCormack of Flawless Physio gives some useful advice on a common running injury: shin splints.

What are shin splints?

Claire Slater-Gallon from Get Strong physiotherapy explains why we shouldn’t underestimate the role of our big toes in running. 

Fauja Singh, 107, of London, took up running aged 89 and earned a place in the record books as the first centenarian and oldest person to ever complete a marathon. He ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds. Aged 100 he also set eight world age records including running the 5K in 49:57.39. There are similarly impressive world records in existence for every ‘veteran’ age group from 35 to 100.