– Aviva Olympic Trials & UK Championships 5000m silver2009 – UK Championships 5000m gold2011 – Berlin Marathon 5thRace diary:Silverstone Half Marathon (March 11)New York City Half-Marathon (March 18)Bupa London 10000 (May 27)Olympic Games Marathon (August
long-awaited sub-13:00 5,000m and smash David Moorcoft's 28-year-old British record in the process.We caught up with this exceptional athlete as he joined a crowd of fans for a flash run around London's Regent's Park organised by Bupa.Q. Why are you
.The Druid Ridgeway 3 Day Ultra Marathon (Buckinghamshire, November 12-14)Speed along Britain's oldest road and soak up 5000-year-old views of rolling hills, grassland and woodland seen by Viking, Saxon and Druid eyes. Three days of testing marathons along
goal. Phil Sanders set himself the challenge of running a marathon, Kirsten Lodge a half-marathon and icclesuez simply wanted to run for 30 minutes. Whatever your final goal, a 5K race is a fantastic first marker of achievement once you start running
John Fraser 10 (Leicester, September 4)If you've got your eye on an autumn half-marathon, take on this undulating ten-miler to get your legs into gear. Chase over virtually traffic-free lanes in the Leicestershire countryside, with a few climbs
from 200m to the marathon.Richard holds the world record for leg amputees over the marathon (2:42:52 in Chicago) and half-marathon (1:14:59 in Reading). When the IPC ruled that he couldn’t compete in the 2012 Paralympic marathon (which is only open
exercise but can't seem to lose weight, then it might be time to look more closely at your diet.Despite having already run for 18 years, Simon Lynch brought his weight down from 15.5 stone to 12 stone over a three-month period by increasing training
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
some most of our faster forumites blush. Still if enthusiasm counts for anything, then I'm a runner.However, as much I love running, it appears that running doesn't love me. Since upping my mileage to train and race in the Liverpool Half-Marathon
be built on regular, balanced and varied meals consisting of around 60 per cent carbohydrate, 15 to 20 per cent protein and ten to fifteen per cent fat," says Kate Bolton Jones, author of Go Faster Food.Cutting fat and protein from your diet may seem like a
