of Hastings town centre and its shopping mall, runners steadily scaled more and more incline, the fog closed in and the herd began to thin out as runners headed towards Battle, home of the famous battle, and through the villages of Catsfield and Ninfield

Where and when?Sunday, March 14, SussexWhat is it?After finishing in second place, in RW's top 100 races of 2003 (behind the FLM), a race preview of the 2004 edition became almost inevitable.The route is demanding (to start with, at least) and allegedly traces the path that Will...

improvements in their rankings. Here’s why:1 Hastings Half-Marathon, Sussex, MarchOne of the toughest half-marathon courses out there, but brilliantly organised, with excellent support and great value. The organiser even laid on a special train to get runners

Closing Soon...Bath Half-Marathon, (Somerset, March 20) A handful of places have been made available - exclusively for RW readers - for one of the UK's most popular races. National Highlights...Get ready for the Battle Of The HastyHastings Half

) 829 3 Bristol 1/2M (7) 805 4 Flora Light Challenge For Women (8) 802 5 Victory 5 798 6 Hastings 1/2M (4) 794 7 Swansea Bay 10K (6) 791 8 Bath 1/2M (15) 779 9 Corporate Challenge (21) 778 10 Great South Run (10) 773 11 Great Scottish Run 1/2M (3) 771

runner receives a home-made Cornish pastie.More marathon highlights:Dumfries Marathon (Dumfries & Galloway, Mar 19)Bungay Black Dog Marathon (Suffolk, Apr 2)Three Forts Marathon (West Sussex, Apr 30)Get ready for the Battle Of The HastyHastings Half

.Experienced half-marathon runner and UK club coach, Steve Smythe, has been dishing up real-time training advice live in the forums and each of the runners have been getting their teeth into personalised nutrition guidance from the sports scientists at Lucozade

The Runner’s World community has spoken! Here they are – your 50 best British races of 2008. From six-milers to the full 26.2, on road, trail or through bogs, one thing is clear – 2008 was a lot of fun. How the results were calculated This list

biggest, and probably best, half-marathon 2002 date: October 62 Bristol BUPA 1/2M (5) 1:04:58/1:14:56Hosted the 2001 World Championships on a fast but interesting city course 2002 date: October 3 Hastings 1/2M (3) 1:04:11/1:17:08Atmospheric seaside event

in the magnificent Millennium Stadium 2002 date: September12 Manchester YMCA 10K 29:22/33:55Quick and growing city 10K 2002 date: June13 Hastings 10K (9) 28:50/33:39Big-money, New-Year 10K on a testing course Usual month: January14 Lincoln Interflora 10K 29