route.Flick through our gallery for costume inspiration for your next charity chase (this year's theme was the animal kingdom) or to find out why you should add this race-cum-wine tasting tour to your 2012 diary. Plus read our 2008 race report.
at 637 during the same event). This fundraiser along the flat city streets of London is so important in raising awareness – and much needed cash for the protection of these magnificent animals: this year’s expected entry number of 800 runners
's 'big hill'.This UK Athletics bronze-graded event comes with supervised bag storage, tidy changing facilities and T-shirts for all entrants, as well as refreshments, which might well include a repeat of last year's coveted bacon sandwiches
cycling distances. The 10K starts and finishes adjacent to the Wild Animal Park, and leads with a flat/downhill two miles, as the route races through the village of Sellindge. A sharp right turn will take runners to a bridge crossing over the Channel
manager who flew in by chopper. Organised by Tusk Trust, a UK wildlife charity, the race has raised £1.8m over 12 years for its hosts, the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. For the first mile I mimicked the rhinoceros - a laggardly animal with excellent endurance
runners to recall their earliest memories of watching Disney cartoons and dreaming of life as Cinderella or Prince Charming. The run then takes to the back roads of the Disney estate before entering Animal Kingdom, snaking its way to the Disney MGM studios
and raise money for the charity Dreams come True which is this year celebrating 20 years of making the wishes of terminally and seriously ill children a reality. Taking inspiration from the original Dream Mile event at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo – where
of the magazine. And I got a pretty nice tan, too. So, when the invitation to take part in 10th anniversary event, in 2010, landed in my inbox, there was little chance I would decline.It would be hard to blame me. Located on Jamaica's south west coast, offering a
marathons before. They weren’t fun. They were hard. Hard and unquestionably painful. Yet just from flicking through the official race guide it’s clear that the event certainly has a lot going for it. A short but impressive history dating back to 1990 - when
1. Zoo Stampede (Whipsnade Zoo 10K) Where: Bedfordshire When: June 7Kick off your racing career with something a little bit different – run with the animals – as well as 500 other runners – at the Whipsnade Zoo Stampede in Bedfordshire
