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of Christmas pudding to burn off (still). After a steep downhill stretch, the race begins to level out before rising once more near the halfway mark. The rest of the course tours the delightful local parklands and playing fields, before a fast downhill finish

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How the results were calculated This list was calculated using ratings given by respondents on www.runnersworld.co.uk after they took part in the races. We worked out the average of the 'overall' rating runners gave races, to arrive at a figure

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runner, and the biggest lesson I learnt from my first marathon – although it sounds really easy – is just to keep going, even if you have to slow right down. Before last year’s London, I’d built up to about 40 miles a week with long runs of 15-20 miles

announced that he was aiming to do the race in Zurich by way of a 50th birthday celebration, most people who knew him thought he was plain loopy.“Everyone thinks I’m mad,” he admits. A seasoned runner, with marathons under his race belt, Ratbag was fit

winding descent through Macclesfield Forest.--The Easy Runner Sodbury Slog - November 13The Easy Runner Sodbury Slog (Gloucs, November 13) Comprising 8 heart-stopping, lung-busting and back-breaking country miles, the Sodbury Slog is certainly

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