Marathon. Party On...The race was so much fun that I'm already planning my fancy-dress costume for next year's circus theme. I imagine runners being fired out of cannons, balancing on elephants and falling over each other in big clown feet. I've even

planning their whole running year around this race. It’s very hilly, whichever way you run it – the start alternates every year between the two host cities – and the names of the hills on the route, such as Polly Shortts, Botha’s Hill and Inchanga, have

and leading researcher at the University of Cape Town, is worried that runners are following out-dated hydration plans: "The reason why athletes drink too much is almost certainly due to hysteria attached to the supposed dangers that dehydration poses