We’re forever banging on about the fact that runners need to do strength training. If you want to run a faster 5k or move free from niggles, then you’ve got to get squatting. But what if you’re running just to run? What if your goal isn’t to increase speed, and your injury isn’t something you think will go away with a weekly lift session?

Well, whatever your running goal, the truth is that you still need to strength train. But your sessions don’t have to be overly complicated, long or super frequent to make a difference.

I’ve been spending the past six weeks training at Third Space Moorgate. In a bid to improve my mobility and work on the imbalance between my left and right legs, I’ve been trying a couple of yoga classes a week (one vigorous vinyasa, the other warm yin). And on Friday mornings, I’ve had an hour’s PT session in the gym.

“I’ve been injured for months – this strength training programme has helped get me back to running pain-free”