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

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

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

.BEST NEW EVENT Leeds 10K Jane Tomlinson's Run For AllIn a single year this city-centre charity run has evolved from a germ of an idea into a solid fixture on the running calendar. Just over 8,000 ran in 2007 and in 2008 it filled 11,000 places four months

weeks. I used the Runner's World emergency schedules, which were excellent. But work pressures and a nasty cold cut into this last-minute attempt at training. I had logged just 50 miles through my preparation... From 11 miles my left thigh began to cramp

granddaughter Keira was born at 1:07 p.m. weighing in at 7 lbs 9 ozs. I ran the next 200 yards to the next bank of portaloos, queued up and then burst into tears when I got inside. I burst into tears again as I crossed the finishing line, and again

:56, AngelaDC, 3:57, Tutu Much, 3:59, Smokin' Chi Monk, 3:59, Didds, 3:59 4:01 TO 5:00 See all Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Most recently added... Louise Harper, 4:09, Susan Kennedy, 4:10, Nick Dunk, 4:23, Jiff, 4:40, Burkey17, 4:05, George Jellicoe, 4

Belfast last year in 3:11, but did not really do the full training. This year I followed the sub 3hr schedule and felt really confident that I could break 3hrs. I ran 2:51, so can I say a big thank you to Runner’s World for getting me there. One