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Great Swim 2013 now open for entries
By Lucy Trevallion on 13/11/2012 15:45:55
Europe’s biggest open water swim series opened for entries today.Great Swim has opened three of its 2013 events for entry: the flagship Great North Swim, which will take place over three days from the June 14 - 16 as well as the Great East Swim
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Sail Round The BUPA Great North Run In Style
By Runner's World on 20/08/2002 13:56:52
Join Runner's World on board The Queen of Scandinavia for the world's largest half-marathon
If you're running this year's BUPA Great North Run, come and join the RUNNER'S WORLD team aboard the The Queen of Scandinavia for some comfort, coaching and camaraderie. Many hotels in and around Newcastle are already booked up for the October race
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TW Race Report: Ironman Wales
By Tobias Mews on 26/10/2011 12:02:56
Tri World's Tobias Mews takes on the first Ironman Wales
afternoon, with the rain lashing down and strong currents making the South Beach - where the swim was due to start - unswimmable (to use the technical term), the race organisers, together with the RNLI, shifted the swim to the North Beach - which added a
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Forum Pirates Take On Bala Tri
By Iron Rose on 08/06/2005 12:11:35
PSOF coach and number one supporter IronRose reports from the Bala Middle Distance Triathlon
time on the run. Next was Big Dave (5.02.39) – a great result after his open water swimming came together on the day, closely followed by Lindi (5.03.38). Then Dr Rob (5.22.33) – another forumite, but not yet a pirate – was cheered in, mainly due to his
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Ten Top Summer Triathlons
By Ruth Emmett on 19/11/2009 16:35:33
Spoilt for triathlon choice this summer? Here are the races we'd go the distance for
, GwyneddDISTANCE Middle Distance (2K/78.5K/20K)SWIM Lake BIKE Road RUN Roadwww.wrecsamtri.org.ukThe Bala Half-Ironman is not for the faint-hearted. This is a tough race set in some of north Wales' most breathtaking scenery. The triathlon starts with a 2
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The North Pole Marathon
By Steven Seaton on 15/08/2006 11:56:29
With temperatures of -25ºC to contend with, you'd do well to manage eight-minute-mile pace in the North Pole Marathon. But that won't impress the locals... the polar bears are much quicker
experience is a little more real."Coming back to the North Pole defies explanation, not everything has to have a reason. I run for the same reason that birds fly and fish swim: because I can. I don't think there's any deep meaning behind it."This year was 100
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RW Test Off-Road Shoes
By Runner's World on 06/10/2006 17:48:48
RW tests products from Asics, Brooks, Inov-8, LaFuma, Mizuno, Salomon, Saucony, Puma, Raichle and The North Face
is good on a wide range of surfaces, although it's best suited to mixing road with light trail.Wet stuff Underneath the traditional mesh upper is Gore-Tex XCR laminate.Sink or swim? All of the Gore-Tex XCR shoes are pretty much water-tight during
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Readers' Top 10 UK Races: Atmosphere
By Alice Palmer on 22/02/2010 17:25:28
The most atmospheric races of 2009 - as voted by you, the runners who ran them
| 2010 Race Details2. Bupa Great North RunWhere? Newcastle When? SeptemberThe Bupa Great North Run is the world's biggest half-marathon and arguably one of the north-east's most famous exports. It's probably best to leave your PB ambitions at home
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Races of the Year 2010: Half-Marathon
By on 18/01/2011 10:21:30
Here they are, with no further ado - your top 20 British half-marathon of 2010
-MarathonLondon, October 913. BUPA Great North RunSouth Shields, September 1814. Bedford Harriers Half-MarathonBedfordshire, December15. Brooks Paddock Wood Half-MarathonKent, March 27Find out more.16. Sheffield Half-MarathonYorkshire, May 8Enter online now.17. Hastings
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Ironman Switzerland 05 - Andrew Smith's Diary
By Andrew Smith on 18/10/2004 15:10:33
How the training gets better, month by month
.Ironman experience... I've been doing them since 2000PB's10K - 42:50Half-Marathon - 1:46Marathon - 3:46Ironman - 11:35Favourite Races... Ballbuster duathlon, North downs run and Luton marathonSee my RW profileMy handy links • Mike's Amazing Cakes• RW's Q+As page
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