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Club Class
By Runner's World on 20/12/2002 21:47:29
Running in November doesn't have to mean dark evenings, cold mornings and grey skies. Here's why one runner has been to Lanzarote's Club La Santa for 12 years in a row, and taken 3 generations of his family
Caption in here--Running in November doesn’t have to mean dark evenings, cold mornings, and grey skies. The 300 runners who took part in the 2002 Club La Santa International Running Challenge swapped all that for glorious sunshine, sandy beaches
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Reading Between The Lines
By Lady Lucan on 31/03/2004 16:47:04
"By mile 11 I was incapable of talking and unable to remember how far we had run..." Forumite Lady Lucan's low-down on the Reading Half
the weather in England all you have to do is wait 10 minutes. And so it proved at the Reading Half-Marathon on 7 March 2004.The forecast promised it would be cold with sunshine and showers. Hippo suggested a visit to the charity shop for an old jumper
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TW Race Report: A Day in the Lakes
By Louise Steggals on 05/09/2011 12:00:00
, with some lazy boating included, rather than one of the toughest middle-distance triathlons in the country.The 1.9K swim in the beautiful but bitterly cold Ullswater Lake was shortened owing to strong winds, bringing swimmers into the safety of a sheltered
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Swimming With The Tide
By Catherine Lee on 02/10/2007 11:25:46
No wetsuit, no flippers, no stopping and resting... it's the amazing story of Dr.Nic's 44-mile open water Jersey challenge
!"Out In The ColdAn encounter with floating sea creatures wasn’t the only aspect of Dr Nic’s swim to garner admiration among those more at ease on dry land. Under triathlon rules, swimmers are permitted to wear wetsuits when the water drops below a certain
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Three Dicks And An Iron Maiden
By Fat Buddha on 06/02/2004 17:23:08
The URWFRC tames the Tough Guy ...
? The answer - Everything, and more.The event starts with a cross-country run that has a few little "differences" to others. First off, there are 'The Banks'... where there are trees, shrubs, brambles and hills in the way – and 3000 fools trying to get through
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The Holly & Mistletoe Christmas Frolic, Dec 14
By Fat Buddha on 17/12/2003 11:15:48
More fun, running and socialising at the latest Forumite gathering
Brr...whassat? My alarm clock going for it at 6:45am on a Sunday morning! Just had two nights on the beer/wine/armagnac/gin and you want us to get out of a warm comfy bed in Eastbourne and drive to Reading to run around some muddy tracks in cold
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Be Afraid: Darkside Challenge at the Sodbury Slog
By Fat Buddha on 05/12/2003 12:29:58
Challenge the forum Darkside to a mud 'n' guts eight-miler, and this is what you get!
gather in a cold car park at Chipping Sodbury School to be issued with kit by Jethro – running T-shirts advertising his shop and Father Christmas hats. Hmmm. Unfortunately Cap’n Barkles cannot attend due to a family bereavement and was badly missed
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London 04 - The Race Report
By Steve Smythe on 19/04/2004 10:31:55
The world's fastest times this year, and some excellent UK Olympic qualifying performances - Steve Smythe gives an insight into this year's Flora London Marathon
.Rutto went into the event as the race favourite. That was based on winning Chicago in a world debut record of 2:05:50 despite rivals who included world champion Jaouad Gharib, the Olympic champion, Gezahegne Abera, and Kenya's Sammy Korir, who became
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The North Pole Marathon
By Steven Seaton on 15/08/2006 11:56:29
With temperatures of -25ºC to contend with, you'd do well to manage eight-minute-mile pace in the North Pole Marathon. But that won't impress the locals... the polar bears are much quicker
. But that appeared to be the primary motivation for making the trip for the 15 who signed up to run. To add an extra element of unreality to the whole thing, the North Pole Marathon is put on as a very serious event: accurately measured, precisely timed and fiercely
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London Marathon: Should You Take The Challenge?
By Runner's World on 23/09/2006 12:57:43
How to tell whether the world's most famous race is for you this time round
' training and a curry the night before.They're both distractions. If you can run even two miles now, you're a long way ahead of thousands of people who can barely make it round the block as late as January. With a little consistency, you'll be able
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