Britain at three Olympic Games, becoming the first Briton to run under 2:10 in the marathon (2:09:28), and gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships. But Hill continues to inspire long into retirement. Amazingly, the 69-year
, Great Britain can enter up to 20 men and 20 women for each five-year age-group band. In other words, there are plenty of opportunities to don a GB tri suit."We can take teams in excess of 1,000 people to Triathlon World Championship events," says Howard
, which suggested I would struggle to ever break 2:45 for the marathon. According to that, I was already beaten. In fact, it only motivated me to prove it wrong.Eight months into the project, I was continuously battling to increase the mileage
Great Britain and Ireland and is a keen participant in the Ironman event.If you struggle with race day nerves, motivation or need some tips on how to cope when the going gets tough in a race, Victor will be on hand to help.Q1. Here's a curve ball, I
in the week to do the running he wanted, keep on top of his unpredictable working patterns and see his wife and three children, he knew he'd have to radically overhaul the way he trained. In 2004, he dipped inside the magic three-hour mark for the marathon
heading out across England and northern Europe, on through the vast expanses of Russia, Alaska, Canada, the USA and Greenland, before heading home via Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Britain. She arrived back in Tenby on August 25, 2008 – four years and 328
string of enviable road race times have earnt her the title of premier LV65 (Ladies Veteran 65+) over 10K, 5K and half-marathon in the UK.Three months from now she will be toeing the line in Italy for the World Masters Track and Field Championships, where
UPDATE: We had an amazing response to our Inspired To Run competition, launched in the summer by RW along with Reebok and two of our sister magazines.Among the stories you sent us were tales of first-time marathons, extraordinary race day