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How Competitive Are You?
By Araina Bond on 10/12/2010 09:44:43
Are you wired to be too hasty or to hold back on race day? Take our quiz and learn how to overcome unhealthy instincts
Running addicts can be hard to take, but being laissez-faire isn't ideal, either. "Competition motivates you, but you need to focus on your own performance, not on how others do," says performance counsellor Shaunna Taylor of the Association
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Rave Run Photo Competition - Your Photos
By Runner's World on 10/09/2006 17:11:58
The Winner
Gray. Wish you were there? We had a fantastic response to our recent Rave Run photography competition. Deserted beaches, cliff-top tracks, glorious cityscapes – you sent us inspirational photos of you running all over the world
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Meet Our Inspired To Run Winner
By Runner's World on 04/10/2006 10:50:31
The first winner of Our Inspired To Run competition reveals how running helped her ditch the drugs and find a natural high
Max was a drug addict for 17 years, but her story of how she changed her life through running makes her the inaugural winner of our Inspired To Run competition.WHY DO I RUN?"When I was 14 I took my first line of cocaine. At 15 I added marijuana
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Win £1000 For Your Story!
By Runner's World on 02/05/2006 16:13:56
Share some inspirational writing about your running, and you could win £1000, and more...
Share some inspirational writing about your running, and you could win £1000. RW, along with Reebok, and two of its sister magazines, is running a project to inspire readers to run – based on real-life stories just like yours.It might be about starting to run, or overcoming obsta...
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Need Inspiration? Got Inspiration?
By Runner's World on 01/10/2006 06:28:36
Latest highlights from our reader-story project, from runners just like you. Read, enjoy (and add yours for a chance to win £1000!) - updated September 3
UPDATE: We had an amazing response to our Inspired To Run competition, launched in the summer by RW along with Reebok and two of our sister magazines.Among the stories you sent us were tales of first-time marathons, extraordinary race day
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The UK's Best Running Club 2009
By Runner's World on 12/01/2009 10:17:11
Join us in recognising the achievements of clubs up and down the country by nominating your organisation for our Best Running Club Award 2009
Clubs are the lifeblood of running... They drive the competitive landscape and provide the organisers, officials and marshals that are essential to so many races. They offer an access point to newcomers, and guidance, encouragement
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Heroes of Running Awards 2009
By Runner's World on 12/01/2009 09:52:40
Your chance to nominate outstanding individuals (across six different categories) who make you exceptionally proud of your sport
Last year's winners, from above clockwise: Mick and Phil Curry; veteran Ron Hill; cancer survivor Keith Passingham; rising international star Steph TwellEach time we lace up our shoes, we explore new territory—not just on the road but within ourselves. When we dig deep inside to ...
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Win Our Photo Contest and Run the North Pole
By Runner's World on 01/09/2006 12:16:20
Send us your Rave Run photo, and you could be running the North Pole Marathon
Click to enlargeWhat are you doing on April 7 next year? Fancy spending the day running across Arctic ice floes in the world's, erm, coolest marathon?The winner of our Rave Run photography competition will win a luxury package to the fifth North
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Time to Take Control
By Alison Hamlett on 23/11/2009 16:08:22
Because of his bipolar disorder, Matt Harmston was overweight and drinking far too much. Then he chanced across late-night footage of an Ironman competition and his life began to change
"I have really dark thoughts when I seriously think about taking my life." Matt Harmston is explaining to me the mood swings he experiences as a result of bipolar disorder. "On the other hand, I have real highs, but they're a dangerous sort of high, when you're not really in cont...
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Family Running Survey: The Results
By JJ on 05/02/2007 09:46:54
A summary of your stories and experiences, from tackling peer pressure and self-consciousness to concerns over sport in the school curriculum.
that unless a child was involved in competitive sport, he or she was less likely to stay interested or involved as they grew older. Peer pressure and self-consciousness have much to answer for.Sadly, while competitive children are encouraged at school
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