You raved, you ranted, and then most importantly, you rated - and now, after much number-crunching, it’s time to reveal your official Readers' Races of the Year 2009.From stunning locations to gut-busting gradients, clockwork organisation

Your Number One: Midsummer Munro Half-MarathonLast year, you raced all over the UK in huge numbers, then came online in equally large numbers to rave (or rant!) about it. Now, after some serious number-crunching, we can reveal our official Readers

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.5K racesThe 5K race should be a huge growth area, but is still

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

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.Best seriesThe Yateley 10K series, staged on the Hampshire

throughout the year. Those races take in every major city and large sections of the countryside around them. They range from televised major national events, such as the Great North Run, to more modest affairs that would be delighted with a field of 100

and seeing your performances tailing off. With that in mind, here’s how many races we recommend you do in the three months before tackling a PB:Mile: One 5K, two 800m and four 1500m or mile races. Ideally no more than 10 1500m/mile races in a year.5K: One

Every January, Runner's World publishes a huge guide to the top 100 UK races of the previous year, all from the point of view of real runners like you and me.This year, we'd love you to add your vote online -- and we want to hear it all, good

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 Victory 5 wasn’t held in 2000 due to roadworks, but made a

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.Another growing London Marathon event takes first place. It had a