.DadsDash - Barnado's 5K (London, February 8) Consolidate New Year's resolutions with this feel-good 5K family fun run set in the iconic surrounds of London's Hyde Park. --Mizuno Liverpool Half-Marathon, March 29Filling Up Fast…Mizuno Liverpool Half

drinks stations along the route, as well as countless food stops serving local delicacies from foie gras, oysters and entrecote steak, to ham, cheese and fruit. The party starts well before the race begins though. In the days leading up to the Saturday

, the alarm went off...it was 4am and time to get up! My race head said, "Eat breakfast, the start is in two hours", but my body said, "food? You must be joking... go back to bed!"I forced down two jam-filled baps down and tried to focus on what I had to do

of 90 per cent, we all still ended up pretty soaked. That’s where the 62 first-aiders manning five medical stations – and six paddling pools filled with cool water – really came into their own. There were a handful of cases of heatstroke but no serious