From nervous first-timers to injury-frustrated veterans, self-confessed plodders to sub-1:25 hopefuls, over the last few months our six Bupa Great North Run hopefuls have been sharing all their training highs and lows right here online
Haile Gebrselassie's sudden announcement of his retirement from racing has sent shockwaves through the running community. While we wait to see whether or not the running legend reverses his emotional decision, we relive the moments that made
Taking a break from Tarmac to run on trails is a great way to invigorate your running routine. The scenic vistas you don't normally encounter on your everyday road loop stimulate both your mind and body. To get the most out of your trail running
bright, spring morning. We hobbled past the café at Kenwood House where Oscar had once terrorised the customers in a sort of North London middle class remake of The Hound Of The Baskervilles. Under great and ancient oaks on landscaped lawns, children were
year thousands of people run a big mass-participation race such as the Bupa Great North Run or the Flora London Marathon and then hang up their trainers to reflect on a mighty achievement. That's a shame, as the benefits of having trained for the race
in training and an indomitable spirit. A champion is bornZátopek was born four years after the end of the Great War, in Koprivnice, a grim, industrial town in the north-east of Czechoslovakia. In common with the vast majority of his contemporaries, he switched
coaching the forum threeBecky Smith (aka Becky S): Age: 30PBs: half-marathon 1:47; marathon 3:30Targets sub-20 5K; Great North Run in 1.35; London Marathon 2005: 3:15 Mike thinks:Our first target is to work on leg speed. Read moreDawn (aka Hilly)PBs: 10K 42
- the pinnacle of years of running and months of hard training. Richard DonovanThe first person in the world to run a marathon at both the North and South Poles, Richard Donovan has also claimed gold at the Inca Trail Marathon, the South Pole Marathon
in this. East Africans have been traipsing up and down the steep slopes of the Great Rift Valley for millenia, and in the last half-century have rewritten the distance-running record books. Today, they run the hills harder than ever. I experienced
Goal: 1:25 Current PB: 1:26:23 Jason's Profile | Jason's Training Thread Here's what lies in store for Jason over the course of his 1:25 Bupa Great North Run campaign...Pace indications are given in brackets. For example "90 mins slow (8
