The numbers in brackets are last year's position; the times are last year's men's and women's winning timesIf we've been given an event's details, you'll find it in the Race Diary.The traditional multi-terrainer, the Waterloo 15K, takes top spot

Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon: Sunday, September 9WHY RUN IT?A tough fell event (2500ft of climbing) over an approximate marathon distance at Haworth for teams of twoFEES£14 per team (or £8 individual) , payable to Keighley & Craven AC by September

runners to storm the beaches at the fourth staging of this tough and scenic 12K off-road event. The race, all on National Trust-owned land, starts on the sands of the beach and heads towards Brownsea Island before heading up to Agglestome Rock

Dumfries New Millennium Marathon, Dumfries & Galloway: Sunday, March 25WHY RUN IT?This is a special one-off marathon (though it was run as part of the town’s millennial celebrations in 1986) over a mildly undulating course, mostly out in the country

and hard to preview some of the best off-road races in the UK, and this month we've pulled two real crackers. Starting with a long road section, the Easy Runner Sodbury Slog is anything but easy and it takes in some of Bristol’s most demanding terrain

Closing Soon Closing soon: Bronte Way 8 Bronte Way 8 (Keighley, October 8) Don't be put off by the fact that the Bronte Way 8 is classified as a fell race - the off-road course is entirely runnable.Discovery 10K (Essex, October 14) More than 500

Discovery 32 Ultra Marathon, Devon 96% (see more) Scaling tors; beautiful moorland scenery; running through National Parks June 13 Mourne Way Marathon, Co Down New eventGoing off-road; mountain, coast and countryside views; running through an Area

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of Stratford-Upon-Avon. After about 4km the road climbs steadily past Goldicote House, until levelling off before a left turn and the welcoming sight of the first drinks station, at 5km. You’ll then reach a testing climb up the imaginatively named Long Hill

some of Bristol’s most scenic sites, including a historic Roman encampment. The real work starts once the course goes off-road, with plenty of muddy stretches and some punishing hills on the agenda. And if you can get over these intact, you’ll then have