When we launched our running blog, we asked you to tell us about your favourite sites. If this had been an Olympic event, then Fetcheveryone would have sprinted away with the gold medal – a huge number of you emailed, tweeted or commented about your love for the site. We asked the founder to tell us the story of the site and its devoted following – you can read that here.
Meanwhile, we’ve started to compile a list from your suggestions. We’ve organised them into various categories, but we still want more. Are there other sites with helpful injury prevention or recovery advice? What about specific organised events, such as the popular Park Run? And how about getting those trainers mucky? We have a couple of off-road sites on our list already but there must be many more.
A final note: many of you suggested individual blogs (sometimes even your own). There were so many of these that we are still going through them. We’ll add a list of them later.
Sites that cover everything
Fetch Everyone
Forums, training logs, race finder, blogs, reviews and more. Read more about it by the man who set it up here.
Running Competitor
Website of running magazine: reviews, articles, advice on nutrition and more
Running Times
Another online version of a magazine, with more of a focus on pro athletes and news from the world of competitive racing
Ultra Running
Website for magazine which deals with all things ultra, from training to nutrition and injury advice
Multi-day
Running and info hub on multi day and ultra events
Runner’s World
Website of the popular magazine: has everything you need from shoe reviews to training plans via pics from readers of their favourite events and courses. Great for finding races, and race reports.
Konkura
Social network for fitness challenges – you can compete against friends or indeed total strangers in various challenges
Targets, goals and training-focused websites
The Power of 10
Rankings for all UK runners – from pros to amateurs – listing results from all British Athletics- accredited races
findarace.com
Great resource for finding races near you – you can search by location, date, or type of event
Mcmillan Running
Simple to use running calculator and race time predictor. Also offers training plans and guidance as to training paces for different types of runs.
Running For Fitness
Another race time predictor
Runworks
… and another. Input recent race times and see what you could do in other distances.
Running Ahead
Free tools, including an online running log, to help you train effectively. You can enter data manually or synch with your Garmin.
Active Training World
Free resources, logs and training plans (not just for running: you can also use this site to find other events to enter)
Hal Higdon
Free training plans at varying levels for half marathons and marathons – from beginners who plan to walk it through to super speedy types. Higdon has contributed to Runner’s Worlds since 1966 and written no fewer than 36 books.
Run Britain Rankings
Site offers a handicap scoring system, designed to give all road runners othe ability to benchmark their progress and compare their results across a range of distances and terrains.
NHS Couch to 5K
The most popular app to get you started, also has accommpanying podcasts
Running route plotters
All the following do the same thing, with varying degrees of style and functionality: runningroutes.co.uk; gmap-pedometer.com; mapmyrun.com; gb.mapometer.com; runmyroute.com.
Running apps and tools
Runtastic
Tracks your run, analyses speed and features opportunity to be cheered along as you go. Also has cycling and winter sports options.
Endomondo
Community-based GPS tracking app and site which allows you to compete with or indeed support friends. Mini challenges every month, plus you can sync your data from a Garmin device.
Run Keeper
Another in-run app to track distance and speed
Strava
Running and cycling GPS tracker with competitive element that allows you to (virtually) race against others who have done the same route
Garmin Sync
Handy tool which allows you to synch up your data from Garmin Connect to Strava and/or RunKeeper
Walk Jog Run
Plan a route, find one someone else has entered near you, see how far you ran
Zombie Run Games
Turn your workouts (indoor or out) into a game of survival. Get fit for when the zombies take over …
Podcasts and music
Marathon Talk
A weekly podcast on – well, you can probably guess …
Audio Fuel
Music to run by, sorted by different genres, duration of work out and intensity
Jog FM
Another site offering music tailored to your running needs
Science of running
Sweat Science
Commentary on the science of training and exercise- Alex Hutchinson science journalist and former physicist.
Sports Science
Rehab Running
Injury Advice and rehabilitation
Off road running
Mud Sweat and Tears-World Wide Off Road Running; Fell Runner
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