With Phil departing to the new Aylesbury shop, Ryan has taken over as manager at Watford. Ryan is a runner of huge experience, despite his youthful demeanour! With 13 Marathons and 9 Ultramarathons under his belt, including the Comrades Marathon & London - Brighton, undoubtedly his finest hour (or 41 hours and 2 minutes more precisely!) came last year when he completed the gruelling 145 mile non-stop Grand Union Canal Race in appalling conditions. Ryan has running in his blood and will be happy to help you whether you're running your first 5K or your first Ultra!!!

Lucy joined the Up & Running team in May 2008 and will be working at both the Aylesbury and Watford stores. Lucy started running when she was very young, following in her mother's footsteps - she too was an athlete who competed in the pentathlon and she has a few Commonweath medals, as well as competing at two Olympic games. Lucy herself is a sprinter, competing at the 100m and 200m as well as long jump and hurdles and has competed for Great Britain around 20 times. She has been to many major junior championships - 2 world junior championships, 2 European junior championships, the world youth championships and the Commonweath youth championships. Her greatest achievements are placing 6th at the world youth championships in the 100m in 2005 and placing 1st at the European junior championships in the 4x100m relay in the summer of 2007. She trains 6 days a week and is aiming to compete at the Olympics. She enjoys all sorts of running and even as a sprinter, has recently been going for runs in the morning!

Derek lives in Pitstone near Leighton Buzzard and is a member of Vale of Aylesbury and has lived in the local area all of his life. He has been running competitively for over the 30 years with PBs set in the 1980s including 10K - 32.55, 10miles - 54.41 and Marathon 2.38. He is still regularly competing as an Over-60 Veteran in Multi Terrain events and road races up to Half Marathon with a wish to do one last marathon. Currently running 6 days per week including projects such as the Thames Path, Ridgeway and Chiltern Way in manageable sections during the coming months.

Mat has grown up participating in many sports including playing county cricket for several years and being part of a British ski acadamy. After competing in a wide range of sports he decided to concentrate on athletics at the age of 18. Although Javelin is his strongest event, he has chosen to specialise in the decathlon. Mat gained his first British vest indoors in 2007 in the heptathlon and went on to compete for Great Britain outdoors in the decthlon as well as England in both the decathlon and the javelin. He is currently studying sport science at Brunel university and trains 6 days a week with a variety of coaches, which as of June 2008 is headed by Olympic decathlete Greg Richards and includes olympic hurdles finalist Hughie Teape. Mat hopes to achieve his potential in the decathlon and represent Great Britain in an Olympic games.

Watch out for bios soon for Liz, and Stephanie.