Thanet 20, March 2 ~~ Closing Soon...--Berkhamsted Half-Marathon (Hertfordshire, March 2) Popular one-lap road race through this elegant Hertfordshire town and its rural environs.--Brooklands 10K (Surrey, March 2) Rev up your racing with two laps

10K (Greater Manchester, July 4) Expect to dig deep three times over in this challenging multi-lap course through Stockport’s oldest public park.The Abbey 10K (Cambridgeshire, July 8) Second staging of this flat, multi-terrain course across

) incline and a spectator-friendly track start and finish.Muscular Dystrophy Run Holkham Hall (Norfolk, August 5) The grounds and deer park of one of Norfolk’s most majestic homes make a grandiose setting for this two-lap multi-terrain 10K. --Filling fast

-Marathon (Kent, October 21)Worksop Half-Marathon (Nottinghamshire, October 21)City of Salisbury Half-Marathon (Wiltshire, October 28)Lee Valley Athletics Centre 10K (Middlesex, October 14) Earlier this year London unveiled one of the first new training

– as one previous runner remarks, many return home feeling “soundly beaten by a bunch of Northerners who, although as tough as nails, are as friendly as can be”.--Barnsley 10K, November 18Barnsley 10K (South Yorkshire, November 18) A striking combination

Closing SoonHurry, you won't be able to enter these races for much longer...10K Trail Run in Glorious Goodwood (West Sussex, June 3) Last ever staging of this challenging but charming cross-country course through beautiful Sussex farmland

-largest marathon, renowned for its flat, fast course, an overall elevation drop of 230ft and crowds of merry supporters. Registration closes next month though, so get your skates on if you want to be part of the 2008 event.Jane Tomlinson's "Run For All" 10K (Leeds

to expect. Can you help this week’s questioner set realistic goals, and suggest how he might train to achieve them?"I ran my best 10K about 13 years ago, when I was 25, in 43 minutes. I've not done a huge amount of running since then due to work stuff

Macmillan Westonbirt 10K Tree Trot, September 8)Macmillan Westonbirt 10K Tree Trot (Gloucestershire, September 8) The fading daylight of an early evening start only adds to the mystical atmosphere at this gently undulating, one-lap course along

-flat racing circuits ... The EAS Castle Combe 10K (Wiltshire, March 9) Dunsfold 10K (Surrey, April 6)Yorkshire Keevil Airfield 10K (Wiltshire, May 10)One Day In History! (Bristol, April 27) Most of us are used to calling on mind tricks when the going gets