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 UK

Editor’s letter

Warm-Ups • The tips you need to get up to speed

Fitness

Nutrition

Mind & health

Injury

Human race • Ordinary runners doing extraordinary things

Victoria Sutton and Dennis Simms • An A to Z run of local hotspots in Nottingham

It’s horses for courses at this Welsh classic

Your world

Kirsty Pell • This month’s RW Club member uses running to stay fit and push herself after multiple health scares

I’ve been chewing over race nutrition

Race you there!

Stronger together • From club runners to elites, the power of connection and community is uplifting women to achieve ever greater things in our sport

Blood, sweat & fears • It’s a terrifying statistic: by 2030 more than half a billion people worldwide will have diabetes. Today, in the UK alone, an estimated 5.8 million people – with another 1.3 million undiagnosed – are living with the condition. Of these, some 400,000 adults and children have type 1 diabetes. Although the statistics are concerning, there is hope – and running can play its part. Here four runners, including regular RW writer Adrian Monti, share their own diabetes journeys.

RUNNINGMAN • Inside the wildest wellness event you’ve never heard of Why runners are flocking to this race-slash-festival where distance doesn’t matter and everyone wins

SWEAT: THE DETAILS • Profligate perspirer Duncan Craig wipes his brow and dives deep into the science of sweat to discover how savvy moisture management and strategic hydration can boost running performance

UNKNOWN PLEASURES • Elite runner turned award-winning science journalist and author Alex Hutchinson on how running fulfils a human need to explore the unknown that’s hard-wired into our DNA

Coach • Reach your personal best

Knowledge is power • A pre-race recce can be the secret to a great performance

Permission to walk • Reframing your perception of walking and mixing it strategically into your running can enhance performance and enjoyment

Strength on a plate • Masters runners need protein and calcium more than ever

Potatoes • At its root, the humble spud remains a nutritional powerhouse. Here we unearth its true potential

Red-S alert • Relative energy deficiency in sport is real, but its causes are varied and complex

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!’

Shoe Awards • The best road shoes you can buy right now to elevate your running, expert tested by the RW team

Join Men’s Health SQUAD

Cometh the hour • Pat Kinsella takes on the Hourglass, a race against time where runners must be both tortoise and hare

Kendal Trail Run • Race director Shane Ohly guides you along this rugged, largely off-road 10K Cumbrian loop

Slide away • Soundtracked by an Oasis tribute...