…What Is The Great Forumite Ironman Challenge?More than 20 forumites and 10 supporters have put their names down for the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle and 26.2-mile run, and another 20 are maybes. Training has been tough - especially for the two of them who couldn
...?The first person I spot is Ratbag: the most famous of the 'forumites', our record 'poster', and funniest running raconteur. Meeting Ratbag is like meeting an old friend. And all 'blind date' feelings go out the window. Soon there are around 30 of us
,Muttley,Evil Pixie.Yep - it's the forum Christmas social - gathering for a run and a few post-run shandies, where the following few non-running forumites will join in the festivities:Barkles, Sam Panther,Blonde Bird,Venom, Susie BeeSnoop, (arrived much later after
the build-up to race-day. Who can you turn to for advice and reassurance? The RW forumites of course. They’ve hundreds of marathons-worth of experience between them, and we’ve picked their brains for these fail-safe tips to ensure your marathon debut goes
One Treadmill...48 Hours...12 Crazy Runners...495.76 miles...One new world record!If you finished FLM on Sunday, you probably thought it felt as though you’d been running towards the Mall for days. Well, spare a thought for nine nutty forumites
Forerunner 50: A breeze to operateThe Forerunner 50 is available in two packages. The first consists of a watch, footpod, heart-rate strap and a plug-in data receiver for your PC but if you really don’t want the heart-rate strap you can save yourself around £20 by buying the watc...
Winning gold at the British Masters Athletics Championships 2006Most of us can only dream of becoming a world-class athlete. For regular forumite Ceal (aka Cecilia Morrison) though, life as one of the global elite is a day-to-day reality
"When we've done this pic, let's put the suits on..." (l-r) Neil, Sloth, Zilla, Donna, FlavioIt's Friday evening in the centre of London's West End. A perfect time to train for the Great Gorilla Run? Five furry forumites reckoned so...I arrived
by runnersworld.co.uk forumites.The idea was the brainchild of forumite Stu just ten months ago. Inspired by Eddie Izzard's feat of 43 marathons in 51 days last year, Stu initially thought of attempting the coastal distance alone. "I soon realised a relay was a
Shades crossing the finishline on the last dayFor many people, running one marathon is a lifetime’s achievement. However, one Runner’s World forumite has set the bar considerably higher. The challenge for Selina Da Silva (aka Shades) was to complete
