By runner and coach Fiona Bugler ( www.sherunsshewrites.com ), who’s training for her 15 th marathon. 1. Don’t think about what you haven’t done… Get out the door and don’t worry about what you haven’t done....

1. Get into Marathon Season Even if you're not running a marathon lots of others are, so let them carry you along with their training plans, enthusiasm, and four-month target. On my desk I've got a box of running logs going back to 2005. Seven...

The Running Bug's Fiona Bugler, has decided November is as good a time as any to take a booze break. Taking a booze break is boring. It's boring because so many people seem to have had the same idea - and like me they're talking about it...

Editor Fiona Bugler, has had an exciting time recently. Three weeks after running a PB in Berlin, she was whisked off to Amsterdam to run the Half Marathon. This wasn't such a good one... After my success at The Berlin Marathon , I contemplated...

Editor Fiona Bugler, writes to us from her hotel in Berlin, on the evening she achieved her marathon PB It was a good one! And I’ve already told the entire planet (via text, phone, via Facebook, twitter, linked it) – ‘It was a good...

The Running Bug editor, Fiona Bugler, takes on marathon number 13 this weekend. She hopes to run a hatrick of sub 3.15s but is keeping an open mind – and writes her final checklist. I’m running the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. It’s...

Last week I ran the St Albans Half Marathon . It was my first run back after a 10-week period, where life got in the way, and training took a back seat. Not saying I didn’t train, but it was inconsistent. There were some weeks, for example the week...

As a runner who works and has kids, early starts are part of the daily routine, but when the wake up call is for something new, and a little bit earlier than usual, it becomes the stuff of dreams – anxiety dreams of sleeping through the alarm. ...

We at the Bug cannot wait to be amongst the exclusive club of UK reviewers to try out Polar’s RCX3 , the latest training computer for your wrist which is going to be in the shops from April, at an RRP of £234.50. This cut down version...

In this batch of marathon training, I’ve done three big races, two half marathons and a 20 mile race. Each race has brought its own unique challenge. Training for the London marathon? See The Running Bug's Virgin London Marathon 2012 guide...

I’ve run nine miles this morning in my new Kinvara 3s… A very slow 9:40 paced jog, as part of my pre-Worthing 20 race preparation. I felt a bit special! I had a little note that said: “You’re the first in the world to receive...

John Bishop has taken on a big challenge this week. Yesterday at 9am he began the first of three days of back-to-back marathons as part of The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Bishop’s Week of Hell. The comedian has already cycled and rowed across...

The controversy surrounding the extra half-mile at Brighton was all the chat on running forums , facebook and twitter yesterday. An accurately measured course, but some poor person placed the cone in the wrong place. As my friend Faye on facebook said...

Well actually - I'm not really mid-marathon training, but today it feels like it. In fact I've got 11 weeks to go, so really I'm only getting going! But I always forget about the last three weeks... So I've got two months; eight weeks...

The Marathon Support Unit at Brighton University was set up to help local athletes get the best training advice, and at the same time give the students real life guinea pigs to try and test on. The chance to be an experiment was something I couldn’t...

I used to hate January... When I didn't run! I felt depressed and down and got fed up of the short days and the weather and the lack of party spirit. Now that I'm a fully fledged runner... I love it. New year and a new incentive to train - and...

I’m so glad it’s 2012 and Xmas and New Year partying are done. I do enjoy it, but this year I was keen to get going again. In week one I got confirmation of my number for the London marathon , 512 and on the Championship Start. I see this...

I'm just coming to the end of my winter hibernation (also known as recovery from Christmas)... two days. Christmas is always busy for us, as the clan gathers and between us we feed 22, plus entertain my dad's friends who come for drinks....

I'm pleased to report that I have broken all of these barriers. Here's some of the key things I did to help me break through... TRAINING Upped the mileage – In 2009 I went from around 35 to 50 miles a week to a period of running...

Having recently reviewed a lot of running shoes, gear and gadgets, I found myself getting a tad obsessed, with each and every detail, and the gear took on a life of its own! Here’s a few sweeping generalisations I thought I’d share with you…...

Another week of running and another race done. I was fortunate enough to be a guest of Brooks Running, the organizers of the Brooks Brighton 10k. We stayed at the Thistle Hotel on the seafront and had a wonderful room looking out at Brighton’s seafront...

I hope you like the reviews we've posted here on The Running Bug. I've been editing reviews and checking out the details and features of lots of shoes recently. I've tried quite a few pairs myself and had the feedback from our testers to plough...

My life as a running journo is a tough one! I get to try out gear, talk to runners and hear about all the latest innovations. Yes...it's a tough job - but someone's got to do it! Over the last month I've had the privilege of talking to Born...