La Champenoise, May [Getty Images] Fancy-dress running is de rigueur at many French races, but it’s just part of the picture in a country where running tends towards extremes. Where else could you refuel at 23 wine stations during a marathon
Street Party: 8,000 runners line up at the startSix hours, 42 kilometres, 23 glasses of wine. Not my normal race strategy, but then this was not a normal race. The festival of wine and running that is the Medoc Marathon used to be a well
to the graduated medical-grade compression fabric, which is tighter at the bottom than the top to promote improved circulation. After the race I popped the icepacks in the pockets (which are all over the tights) for the drive back to London and can report that my
As dawn broke at the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, news travelled around the crowds and competitors that Chrissie Wellington had withdrawn from the race. Our first reaction was disbelief, followed by sadness for the super
. Jonathon Riall, Triathlon England's East Midlands Regional Development Manager, asked Harmston to write a report for the British Triathlon Federation, since making triathlon accessible and inclusive is part of the BTF's remit. Local tri clubs have also
