Marathon seemed to be the perfect one. However, after a little investigation, I saw that there was a Goofy Challenge - a half-marathon followed by a full marathon the next day. I'm still not quite sure what possessed me to think that upping the challenge

studs, a softer, better-gripping outsole rubber, and the option of narrow and standard widths.Like Walsh, Felldancer makes three models: a core training shoe (the Challenger); a racing shoe (Racing, 256g, £52); and a support version (Extreme, 352g, £61

challenged us to a team competition at above-mentioned event. We need a fair number, eight I think. It's an eight-miler, with mud and water and stuff. He has offered sponsorship!!!!!!!Come on guys,roll up. Who's up for mud wrestling.....?Oh and it’s got a

Hello! Welcome to my Cyprus International 4-day Challenge blog. The Challenge is a stage race held in the Akamas peninsula of Cyprus, taking in four very different races - and I'll be blogging throughout.My runningI've been running for about four

that by the time the UK was waking up I'd have a medal round my neck, a grin on my face and a free beer in my hand (see right!).In the 2009 Challenge I found the 10K race seriously tough. My legs just wouldn't move fast enough, every step I took was painful and I

was bricking it at the start of the half-marathon. I genuinely didn't know whether I'd make it round in one piece - or have my Challenge come to a premature end, carted off by the sweeper van (or ambulance).But I took it super slow and steady (with yet more

race out of the way and my legs still mercifully free of the achey hobble that marks out Challenge runners in the hotel, I sould have had a relaxing evening but I couldn't stop fretting about the 11K hill run. It had been by far my least favourite race

cruel.Last time I ran the Challenge, the 11K was by far my least favourite of the four, so I was dreading it this week in my unfit state. In 2009 I had simply never ran a race like it - it was a total culture shock. I went about it all the wrong way

Welcome to the first ever interactive Runner's World Mile Challenge.Relive the glory days of British middle-distance running. Find your limits over an exacting distance. Boost your speed and endurance.Give us eight weeks of your time, and we

less sedate, you could be one of 200 participants ‘enjoying’ that unspoilt scenery through the back-breaking bike climbs and rugged running of the Jersey Island Challenge.Now in its third year, this team adventure race comprises a one-mile sea kayak, 40