before steadily climbing steeply up towards the summit of the hill. When you near the top, the course gets more difficult before evening out with fantastic views over the whole picturesque Regency town, and then drops down through the wood to the finish

- as well as giving you a good shot at beating your 5K and 10K PBs.Threshold Summer Races (Stratford-upon-Avon, June 12)Race series are just as much social events as they are an opportunity to claim new PBs and few races exemplify this more than

, sand and intensity of the MdS, but smart training will get you as close as possible. Nail down a long-term training plan and sign up for an ultra or two (there are a growing number of multi-day stage races on our events listings). For a pre-race multi