(August)2009 Date: tbcHeld in the mountains of Sweden, this race is one of Europe’s most scenic and toughest marathons. The course changes every year – and has not yet been decided for 2009 – and is roughly 43K. In 2008 the race was held in Vålådalen
-distance record at Challenge Roth (8:18:32), breaking her own record, and she also won Ironman South Africa. She has never lost an Ironman race. She is unlikely to lose this one.Julie Dibens (UK)The 36-year-old from Salisbury came third at Kona in 2010, a
. There are triathletes from all round the world. I think the town of Kona is pretty sleepy the rest of the year too so that contrast over race weekend is exciting. The chaos created by the race is good fun. Everyone checks each other out in training.On race day
’s striking chalk hillside. At around 3,000 years old and 374 feet long, the Bronze Age spectacle - Britain’s oldest and most famous hill figure - is an epic backdrop to this beautiful race."Great little race - nothing flash or fancy. You get a road (flat
It was the most talked-about new race of this year. It took 9000 runners round the legendary Grand Prix motor racing track at Silverstone, Northants. It's the official warm-up race of the Flora London Marathon - and most importantly, it was a
that 12,500 of you have been running for over 10 years and that there’s a good chance that 42,500 of you will be lining up for a race this month.If you're a member and you haven't filled in your My Profile page, do it now! It makes you eligible for our
as the occasional Masters track race. Andy’s set up for the team spirit of his pacing group – he often heads to the Green Belt and Welsh Castles relay events as part of a team. Ros TaborThis will be Ros' second year pacing our 9-minute-mile group around
before 7K across the beach and 9K through woods and dunes. The wind, weather and beach mean this popular race continues to grow every year, attracting 16,000 to the 2008 edition. Race website: www.egmondhalvemarathon.nl City-Pier-City Run, The Hague
, Silverstone, Hasting and London Marathon, a total of 49,000 runners raced with us on these courses. Runner’s World and Timex would like to say a big thank you to everyone who ran with us this year - we hope to see many of you on course at future races
Many elite runners plan their racing calendars a year or more in advance. There are some right now who know that in order to be on the starting line of an Olympic final in Beijing in August 2008, they need to hit an A-standard qualifying time in a
