When: April 3Where: South LondonFirst man: Abdi Madar 1:11:31First woman: Liz Wynn 1:29:12Last finisher: 2:58:12No. of finishers: 369Race type: RoadRW rating 2011: NAThe Croydon Tramlink opened in May 2000. Why is this relevant? Well, on the plus

When: April 3Where: BournemouthFirst man: Jon Sharkey 33:06First woman: Rebekah Gardiner 38:46Last finisher: 2:35:52No. of finshers: 1,322Type of race:  RoadRW rating 2011: 92%With golden sands and blue sea to one side, and rows of brightly painted

When: March 20Where: ClackmananshireFirst man: 1:06:26First woman: 1:20:28Last finisher: 2:57:56No. of finishers: 901Type of race: RoadRW rating 2011: NAA small post-industrial town in the middle of Scotland might seem an unlikely setting

to competitors by the unseasonably atrocious conditions can be conveyed by one statistic: almost a quarter of the field failed to finish the race.In the men's race, a strong pack, led by Matthew Sharp and Richard Stannard, emerged from the river and set a hard

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cocktail in the other: check. Now, this is what I call a taper.This is not the kind of pre-race wind-down I'm used to - even as a staff member on the good ship Runner's World. But this is Negril, on Jamaica's west coast, home to the Reggae Marathon and Half

reputation. A point-to-point race starting in a fjord and finishing 226K away, on top of an 1800m-high mountain is not everyone's cup of tea, to put it very mildly. The organisers don't even make it easy for people to enter the race. The first hurdle appears

Where: East Meon, HampshireWhen: February 27, 2011First Man: Julian Manning (2:21:02)First Woman: Emma Taylor-Gooby (2:49:49)Last Finisher: 5:28:47Number of finishers: 354Race Type: Rural/ TrailRW rating 2011: 95%Dry as a bone and flat as a pancake

: Men in Tights meets The Blair Witch Project and you've got the picture. Sod the pub. This was, without doubt,   the best Saturday night I've had in a very long time indeed.Rat Race's inaugural Legends of Sherwood Forest forms the finale of its

When: March 27Where: SurreyFirst man: 1:20:46First woman: 1:37:42Last finisher: 4:03:00No. of finishers: 1,390Type of race: RoadRW rating 2011: 69%A school report of this race might read: 'Has potential but is falling short of its capabilities. Must