responded to a request placed by us on the forums earlier this year. We wanted beginner runners who were willing to take on a massive challenge – to get from virtually nothing to 26.2 miles in time for the 2004 Flora London Marathon.Over the coming months

hilly and extremely hot, but I came third behind two of the world's best runners, Rob de Castella of Australia and Tanzania's Juma Ikangaa, and set a personal best. The following year, I won the London Marathon, so the vest reminds me of a rather good

’ve run the Flora London Marathon or the Great North Run, you probably think you’ve been in a big race. But try the Stramilano and think again. Over the race weekend there are actually four events. Elite athletes have the Saturday to themselves for a

.nike.comGet The Bird… Golden Emu OilWe can’t offer any scientific evidence to back it up, but testers who’ve rubbed Golden Emu Oil – first made famous by Paula Radcliffe during the build up to the Flora London Marathon – have been impressed with its injury

of women who say they've actually run better after having sex before a race," says Milroy. There might even be some evidence to back up his claim: a survey of 2,000 runners at the Flora London Marathon revealed that the runners who'd had sex the night