If you scan through any sport magazine, it is likely you’ll find its pages stained purple with mentions of beetroot.

When I was an elite athlete and battling plantar fasciitis, I remember my strength coach saying that the majority of running injuries are foot and lower limb injuries.

Remember the days when we could jet off at a moment’s notice to some far-away place, without worrying about social distancing, quarantine or self-isolation?

Since her early teens, world U20 mountain running champion Angela Mattevi has fully embraced the experience of running in the mountains.

Despite all the gloom of the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been significant positive things to come out of this crisis. We’ve been forced to think about what really matters and focus on what is important. One of those positives is an increase in physical activity, especially running, as a recent study by ASICS discovered.

Whatever your level of ability, it’s important to find suitable shoes to run in – especially if you plan on spending more time in your running shoes.

I started running eight years ago, with Couch to 5k. But because I’m now a fairly serious club runner (as in, I take my training fairly seriously, not “I cannot have fun when running, ever, or my club vest will be confiscated and I will be made to do 400 burpees as punishment”) people seem to assume I’ve been doing it forever.

To ensure the millions of new runners across the globe are – quite literally – setting off on the right foot, over the next five days we’ll bring you five key pieces of advice that every new runner needs to know.