SPONSORED BY:In April, Runner's World will recognise seven outstanding people who have made us especially proud. We honour them - the Runner's World Heroes of Running 2008 - not only for the heroics they've demonstrated, but also the future heroes
victory in the 1993 World Marathon Cup remains a recent highlight of British men’s marathon running, and his 2:08:36 at the 1997 London Marathon was the last time a Brit broke 2:09.But it’s undoubtedly in his role as co-founder of the Great Ethiopian Run
inspirational stories showing what a great running nation the UK is. Win £10,000 for your school and an elite athlete PE lesson with Aviva Aviva have launched the Elevating Athletics fund to provide a teacher in every school in the UK – that’s over 30,000
. No one demonstrates this better than the Heroes of Running, honoured by Runner's World and Aviva since 2008.Last year's winners were six people who achieved something or gave back to the sport in a monumental way. The group was headed by the extraordinary
was possible and accomplish great things. No one demonstrates that better than the Running Heroes honoured by Runner’s World and Aviva in 2008 — they were seven people who achieved something or gave back in a monumental way. Among that group
. Charlotte's list of achievements includes a 5K PB of 16:04.46, earned at the 5th BMC Grand Prix, along with first place winner's medals at both the 2008 National Cross Country and National Road Relays. She has also triumphed several times at the UK Cross
research and discovered there were a few very good British marathon runners, but none were even close to being in the same league as the Kenyan or Ethiopian runners. In 1985, 105 British men had run under 2:20 for the London Marathon, but only a handful had
minutes. From Antarctica to Sydney, Richard ran 295K (183 miles), flew 43,000K and encountered temperatures ranging from -15C to 33C. His visit to London also coincided with the most snow Britain had seen for nearly 20 years yet undeterred he ran doggedly
.And yet the intense feeling of relief that overwhelmed me on that occasion was nothing compared to the all-suffusing ecstasy I experienced as I tottered off Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan at Mile 16 of the New York City Marathon.It was the contrast, I
to raise £1m for military charity Help The Heroes.Travelling just over two miles per day Packer, 37, completed the course on crutches in 13 days. He says: "The greatest realisation I've had doing the marathon is that regardless of what happens to you
