It was the most talked-about new race of this year. It took 9000 runners round the legendary Grand Prix motor racing track at Silverstone, Northants. It's the official warm-up race of the Flora London Marathon - and most importantly, it was a great meeting place for RW for...

?Extremely frustrating - I had to dig myself out of some pretty deep holes and a lot of people helped me through.  You just have to keep coming back for more and I never wanted to stop. Even when I'm racing, I never drop out as I simply don't believe in quitting, so I

You've followed Triathlete's World Editor Alison's Marathon des Sables blog over the last week, and now she's back with some stunning pictures which show off the dramatic backdrop to this epic week-long desert race (and her bandaged feet...).

Cornish Marathon: Sunday, November 17WHY RUN IT?Challenge, scenery, Bodmin Moor, peaceA small winter road marathon, run over a tough, out-and-back course near Bodmin Moor with a 16-mile loop on the Moor itself.FEES£9/£10, payable to East Cornwall

Comprising a distance of 8 heart-stopping, lung-busting and back-breaking country miles, this year's suffering was run in perfect autumnal weather on November 14 at Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire.If you were at the race, visit the race

the Canigou mountain to bring back blocks of ice from the glacier for the pleasure of those visiting this thermal spa town (English for the most part, including Queen Victoria herself). In honour of the ‘porteurs de glace’, the French Alpine Club inaugurated

Cross and Coxford, before heading back through Colmworth. It’s a flat, out-and-back course, so a PB is certainly attainable. However, as with all races - and most things in life - there’s a catch, or at least some sort of sting in the tail. In this case

Gloucester Marathon: Sunday, October 7 (EVENT CANCELLED)WHY RUN IT?A small, low-key autumn marathon with a mildly undulating course on a mostly traffic-free route, and along flat country lanes by the banks of the River Severn. The race has two seven

chip timing, and the event is constantly trying to innovate and challenge the idea that only major cities can have great marathons.The course: The Netherlands is a country devoid of hills, so it’s no surprise that Rotterdam offers one of the most

:31/26:44Established, but fast-growing, rural event 2002 date: February 33 BUPA Ireland Run 23:14/26:25Growing Irish rural road race with BUPA backing 2002 date: October4 Victoria Park First Freight International 5 24:36/28:41Flat, basic race around an East London park