taken from our events listings:The Valentine 10KWhen: Sunday, 10 February 2013Where: Norwich, NorfolkWhy: "An excellent race with a challenging incline half way," says an RW reader. Featuring hills, plus tea and cake on the finish line, what

If you’re like most runners, you spend the final days before your marathon feasting on high-carbohydrate foods. But a good nutrition plan doesn’t end with that last plate of pasta the night before your race. Your pre-race breakfast is just

in fancy dress which makes the race even more special and each year features a fancy dress theme: 2012 was 'history; and 2013's theme is 'science fiction' - so dig out your best sci-fi outfit and get running!Your prize consists of two return flights from

Feel-good racing: the first Sierra Leone MarathonYou can see a photo gallery to accompany this feature here.'Small, small,’ says the woman dressed in vibrant twists of wax-printed cotton, as she leaves her house to run beside me. That means ‘slow

you are not burning it off as fast.”Even nutritionists sometimes struggle with the concept. “Maintaining weight after a long race season can be hard for a triathlete,” says Suffredin. When he was training for an Ironman towards the end of last season

-based athlete wasn’t aware of the prize when he entered the race, so was stunned to learn that the piglet, now named Lucky Rapha, was meant for the Christmas dinner table."When the official handed me the pig I asked what I supposed to do with it. ‘Eat it!’ he

The historic streets of York are to set the scene for a brand-new marathon in October this year.The Plusnet Yorkshire marathon is set to be the biggest sporting event to hit the region. Today marks the countdown to the race and will see famous faces

Thousands of runners are set to take to the streets of London this summer to race the Bupa Westminster Mile.The event that officially launched today will be held as a series of 50 one-mile races in the historic capital on Sunday 26 May. Backed

Sam Murphy's tipsRun an assessment raceFebruary is a great time for an assessment race. It's been long enough for you to have made a discernible difference to your fitness level, but it's still far away from the big day for you to be able to put

but there are a few online training plans you can get and if you pick a race you want to do then you can break down the training week. You want to spend time on the areas that you are weaker at.Q) Is there a discipline you find the hardest?A) When I first started