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Sign upIncreasinglyDonate Home › Information & support ›Polity› Casualty star George Rainsford’s 5 tips for training for your next big run Posted by Bloodwise Casualty star George Rainsford’s 5 tips for training for your next big run Posted by Bloodwise Updated 24 Sep 2018 As he prepares to run theUnconfinedSouth Run in October, George Rainsford, who plays Ethan Hardy in Casualty and has starred in Call the Midwife, shares his translating for training for your next big run while managing your rented life George Rainsford running for Bloodwise I have been running with Bloodwise since 2011. When I was growing up I never got to know my grandfather, who died from lymphoma at the age of just 56. I therefore felt personally unfluctuating to Bloodwise and wanted to support all the tireless work that they do, as well as raise their profile as much as possible. I would encourage anyone to run, trundling or swim with them. And if you do, you’ll be met by the most lovely, helpful, organised and fun tuft of people. There have been so many wonderful memories from the last 7 years that it’s nonflexible to pick out a highlight. But perhaps running both theUnconfinedManchester Half Marathon and 10K in one day in 2017 was the most significant and resonating. It was just a week without the villainous Arena bombing but Manchester is a proud municipality and the wonderful people who reside there had a very defiant reaction to what happened. They felt it vital that the runs still took place. The streets were veritably packed and without a two minute silence, Oasis’s Don’t LookWhenin Anger was played on the start line. It was incredibly moving and we all felt honoured to be a part of it. I tend to run 4 to 6 events a year with the TV Times Celebrity Running Team but try and alimony my training up all year round, so as not to embarrass myself! This is, however, rhadamanthine far from easy these days! I currently play the regular role of Ethan in BBC’s Casualty. We busily mucosa in the studio from 7am to 7pm, with no natural light, so as you can imagine I do require a bit of fresh air. We mucosa lanugo in Cardiff Bay so, when I get the chance, I’ll run virtually the waterfront or up the Taff Trail towards the town centre and the hills beyond. I like to run without music or anything and just let my mind wander. I find running such a successful way to destress. It’s very good for the soul. However, add to my schedule my two sunny (but boisterous!) young children, who demand a lot of my sustentation at the weekend, and it’s increasingly nonflexible trying to juggle it all. I’m sure plenty of you can relate, so these are my top tips for the rented runner: 1. Sign up to an event There are so many well-organised and varied running events out there. From mass participation municipality centre half marathon and 10ks, to trail runs in woods, obstacle courses, fancy dress fun runs etc. When you have a date-specific goal in mind, it’ll motivate you to get out and train, plane when it feels like time won’t indulge it! There’s unchangingly a unconfined undercurrent and things going on if you want to make a family day of it. Plus you get a medal. Who doesn’t like a medal?! For me, it’s the tangible vestige of all the training you’ve washed-up and putting in some effort. I alimony all of mine in a special wooden box! 2. Find a slot that works for you It’s the archetype “are you a lark or an owl?” debate. I find running in the morning far easier. I get going surpassing I’m plane awake unbearable to talk myself out of it and genuinely finger energised (and quietly smug!) throughout the working day. You can overthink what fuel you need. I just take a snifter of water and have a good breakfast when I’m back.Moreoverit’s largest to get out and run for a short value of time than not at all! 3.Alimonyit interesting If it’s unprepossessed and you prefer the gym treadmill, that’s totally fine, but vary your workout. Try some speed work or interval tempo runs with breaks, rather than just running at one pace for an hour, say. It stops the monotony but will moreover modernize your fitness. There are tons of ideas online. If you run outside, vary the loftiness so you get used to running faster for shorter distances and even-paced for longer distances. And find new routes. I’ve recently purchased some trail running shoes so can now go a bit increasingly off-piste through the Chiltern Hills near where I live. It’s stunning. You stop worrying well-nigh time and how your legs are and just enjoy the view! 4. Parkrun This is a nationwide weekly timed 5K and it’s brilliant. You simply find your local one(s) based on postcode, turn up each Saturday at 9am with a bar lawmaking and run. It caters to all skills and there is a real sense of polity with it all, which I love, with the cheery warmth of the volunteers and the shout-outs to tourists and milestone runners. And there’s plenty of like-minded runners to yack to and, if you like, have a bit of a race with. Your times are logged on their website and efficiently pinged over to your phone a few hours later, so you can track your progress too. Which leads me finally to… 5. Track your progress Again lots of options here, but Strava and Garmin are the market leaders. I have a Garmin watch and find it so helpful to upload my runs to the Garmin app. If I’m feeling particular geeky, I can pore over various aspects of the run, such as ascents/descents, pacing at variegated stages or heart rate. But also, quite simply, if I see I haven’t run for a few days on my calendar, I do my weightier to rectify that. Works for me! And you can interact with other running friends on there, to motivate each other. Hope that helps! Do try and enjoy it. But rest unpreventable it’s a very rewarding feeling getting through any nonflexible training and feeling like you’ve achieved something afterwards. Oh and Vaseline your nipples! Good luck! George is running theUnconfinedSouth Run for Bloodwise on Sunday 21 October as part of the TV Times Celebrity Running Team. Show your support for George and the team and help them smash their £5k target by making a donation. Leave this field zippo Stay updated with Bloodwise We’d like to tell you increasingly well-nigh how you can help us write-up thoroughbred cancer. Please sign-up to receive email updates well-nigh our work. View our Privacy Policy  Related blogs Supporter stories Why am I running a 10K? Omg. It’s happening.. I’m running theUnconfinedBirmingham 10K. Read increasingly Supporter stories Freyathlon. One woman. 12 months. 100+ sports. 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