toes.--Filling Up Fast...Bolton 10K, April 13Bolton 10K (Greater Manchester, April 13) While 40,000 runners head to the capital for the Flora London Marathon, another 1,000 will be travelling to the north-west for this fast and friendly road race

: Wolverhampton City MarathonFilling Up FastOK, so these two events aren’t in August but you heard it here first, places are selling like hot cakes... Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon (West Midlands, September 2) Expect vocal spectator support at this two

of saying you were part of London’s pioneering musical half-marathon.More large-scale urban halfs... Sheffield Half-Marathon (South Yorkshire, April 27) Great Eastern Run (Peterborough, October 12) Cardiff Half-Marathon (Cardiff, October 19)Want to shout

(Kent, October 21)Worksop Half-Marathon (Nottinghamshire, October 21)City of Salisbury Half-Marathon (Wiltshire, October 28)Lee Valley Athletics Centre 10K (Middlesex, October 14) Earlier this year London unveiled one of the first new training

, November 10) Canal locks and bridges comprise the only inclines in this otherwise flat, point-to-point race along the towpaths of the river Lee.--Filling Up Fast…Luton Marathon, December 2Luton Marathon (Bedfordshire, December 2) This three-lap course

thrown in for good measure.Mansfield Half-Marathon (Nottinghamshire, July 1) 2007 sees a new course for this popular long-standing fixture, incorporating a generous mix of long downhill sections and moderately steep inclines.Thompson Brothers Offerton

country views.National Highlights...Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon, September 9Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon (West Yorkshire, September 9) Clinging perilously to the hillside above the Pennine moors, the village of Haworth – once home to the famous

, scenic course to the stadium finish. Larking Gowen City of Norwich Half-Marathon (Norfolk, December 2) More than twice as many runners as last year have already registered for this two-lap flat fixture charting through the western outskirts

Trail races Name Eric Hardwick MBE, Hastings Lions Club Organises Hastings Half-Marathon (since 1984) Name Mike Gratton, 2:09 Events Organises Tens of races each year, including the Salomon South Downs Marathon, London’s Great Gorilla Run and the Jersey

’re concerned is the Flora London Marathon.""Some of the threads are pretty zany but there is a lot of very good, consistent training advice from dedicated runners too. Ask them a question and you might be given three different answers to choose from."A regular