Why you need to start running today – and how to do it

It gets you fit, can keep you slim, lifts your mood and staves off age-related decline. Not only is running the easiest way to exercise (you can even do it on the spot), it offers a wealth of rewards for body and brain that keep the UK’s seven million running enthusiasts hooked, long after they reach their fitness goals. In fact, in a recent survey of 1,100 recreational runners by RunTogether, 78 per cent of respondents said they’d lost weight through running and 74 per cent said it improved the