Goodies galore: pick up one of our rucksacks while stocks last! This year's Flora London Marathon Expo opens on Wednesday April 22 and runs until Saturday April 25. It's the essential destination for all of you counting down to the big day
or the really bad news?" he asks. With a week to go until we tackle the Norseman, the world's toughest long-distance triathlon, I'm hoping he'll tell me the event has been cancelled. I ask for the really bad news. "I've just looked on Facebook and someone has
and fourth, respectively, making this GB's best-ever result in the championships. Cave finished in 9:03:29 and Joyce crossed the line 9:06:57.Wellington was slower than usual in the swim, a result of the injuries she sustained in a bike crash two weeks ago
the following day.Breaking PointDay Nine turned out to be critical: Shades came within a whisker of dropping out of the challenge. "I’d been picking up injuries throughout the event and my calf muscles on both legs were so sore. I owe a great deal to two people
they helped massively as I was full of mixed feelings towards the last week or so building up to the big day. I have always watched the event on television in the years before in envy but fortunately I was chosen this year as part of the extra 1000 places
successful race day, says Velociraptor. "Don't worry about the training schedules at the moment. The most important thing is to build up your weekly mileage gradually over the next few months, so that when you do pick up the sub-4 schedule at the end
than last year.The plans went well, and Trinity even won her age category at one of our warm-up races, the Halstead Marathon. But in the week preceding the event, taper madness set in and doubts surfaced. We had planned to run at about 10-minute miling
battling against a crippling, hostile landscape.The Marathon des Sables is a 151-mile endurance race across the Sahara Desert - equivalent to 5½ marathons in less than a week. Competitors are required to carry all their clothes, food, first aid kit
by the British Paralympic Association. You were able to try out different sports and they picked me up from that. After testing you out a bit more, they hook you up with UK Athletics and help you find a coach. That's pretty much how I started running
-ordinate the event, including staunch supporter Bouncing Barlist. This year forumites Sister Bad Habit and Tickled Pink have picked up the mantle.Sister Bad will be supporting at Mile 17 for the third year in a row – she got the bug after being cheered on by the crew
