of life in the Big Smoke. It's a frantic, elbow-jabbing, spit-dodging, heel-trampling dash through the financial centre of London. Think every man and woman for themselves - don't bother with the niceties. And this is precisely why it's so enjoyable

Distance: 750m/ 20K/ 5KWhere: Karnes, Argyll, ScotlandWhen: July 3First man: Graham Leitch 59:13First woman: Kerry Macphee 1:10:12Last finisher: 2:04:29No of finishers: 117This new sprint-distance event is bound to become a season favourite

descended on Saturday April 2, I was not sitting. Nor was I drinking. I was running in Sherwood Forest, hot on the heels of a panting Maid Marian (who was lit up by the oscillating beam of my head torch) through a dense thicket of trees. Think Robin Hood

and friendly to both beginners and hard-boiled PB hunters. York 10K - Jane Tomlinson's 'Run For All' (North Yorkshire, August 2) Hot on the heels of the massively popular Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10K comes the inaugural York 10K. Expect a fab atmosphere

volumes, Oxy made his audience wonder how on EARTH anyone could hobble that far, and JD, hot on his heels, elicited more than one tear from the watching crowds. All finishers. All aboard. Now watch out for the press-gang for IM Austria 2007…There were too

’t practise for an event like this, and I think we’ve learned how far you can push the human body." Fellow forumite JJ was there to cheer the team on at the start and finish. "They’ve been phenomenal," she said. "I couldn’t run that fast for the bus

. Field events: runners made hay while the sun shone Two hours of merciless sun in the station car park elapsed before I was forced to seek urinary relief at the Railway Hotel. Which was deserted. I sidled to the gents, where bizarrely, a loudspeaker