It's not a marathon and it's not got Paula Radcliffe, but the Great North Run is one humdinger of an event.This road race in Tyne and Wear attracts the kind of attention and numbers that many full marathons can only dream about. On October 1, when

Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5There are a few races that can legitimately be termed ‘classics’ – the marathons of London, New York and Boston, for sure. The San Silvestre New Year’s eve race in Brazil, the San Blas half-marathon in Puerto Rico and San

two hours. The razzmatazz that surrounds the London, New York and Boston marathons isn’t there, but then neither are some of the negatives that such huge races inevitably create. You’re guaranteed a race place as soon as you enter and unlike some other

to the North Pole than it is to, say, New York or Chicago. Two hours to Oslo, then four more to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.The disbelief on the face of the security man was no real surprise. I was more troubled that the people I met in Longyearbyen

, making it the most lucrative one-day annual fundraising event in Britain. And with charity runners making up a large part of the fields at an increasing number of events, from the Great North Run to the London Triathlon, or even the Paris and New York

.Matthew Evans (35) Matthew has completed 15 marathons since 2002, as well as a three marathons in three days challenge and 2005 Ironman Zurich.George Russell (40) A member of Lowfell running club, George has completed marathons in London and New York

. If you joined all the Wall’s surviving sections together, they could stretch from New York to Los Angeles. Today we’ll just be running a pristine two-mile section which clings to the hilly landscape as if it was drawn on with a pen. It’s hard, at the best

. If you joined all the Wall’s surviving sections together, they could stretch from New York to Los Angeles. Today we’ll just be running a pristine two-mile section which clings to the hilly landscape as if it was drawn on with a pen. It’s hard, at the best

Everyone knows about the big, must-do US marathons: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston. If you haven't run them already, you've probably got them on your life list. And for good reason. They're the glamour races, with as many as 40,000 runners

to Celtus, and one which was enjoyed by our reviewers. Understatement of the weekend must go to 99%Chimp, who said: ‘Running 42 miles across the North Yorks moors is not an easy experience.’ But the Lyke Wake 42 is a well known ultra event among our