Page 2 of the Your Run Guide blog with expert advice on marathon training, gear reviews, and inspirational stories from the global running community.
On 2 October 2004, thirteen runners and five volunteers showed up to Bushy Park in southwest London. Nobody came last because everybody finished. Twenty years later, more than 10 million people have registered to do the same thing.
Most half marathons go wrong in the first five kilometres. The start feels easy, the crowd is fast, and you run yourself into a wall by kilometre 15. Here is the pacing strategy that actually works.
Most marathon blow-ups are not bad luck. They are the same five avoidable mistakes, made by runners who were otherwise ready. Here is what actually goes wrong on race morning and how to make sure it does not happen to you.
The wall is not a myth and it is not a mental failure. Around mile 20, your body runs out of the fuel it has been preferring all race. Here is the physiology behind it and the three things that prevent it from happening.
You do not need a gym membership or any equipment to build the strength that keeps runners healthy and improves their performance. Four moves, two short sessions a week, done anywhere.
If your easy runs regularly feel like work, the problem is almost never your fitness. There are four common reasons easy pace feels hard, and the fix for each one is simpler than you think.
Current 5K world record: Cheptegei 12:35.36 and Chebet 13:58.06 on the track, plus road marks, progression tables, and sources.
Half marathon world record 2026: Jacob Kiplimo 57:20 in Lisbon, women's mixed and women-only marks, progression tables, and World Athletics sources.