Flora London Half-Marathon, Silverstone, MarchA fast course on the famous motor racing circuit and a new race that promises to get bigger and better.2 Capital City Challenge 10K, Edinburgh, SeptemberThree and a half thousand runners took on an impressive

Closing Soon…Bungay Black 10K Series (Suffolk, May 25) RW Says: Series of three 10K races in May, June and July. Enter all three to gain a discount.Bexhill Seafront 5K Series (Sussex, May 26) RW Says: Scenic seafront race series held

-Marathon, SeptemberAnother race that offers a chance to see how the other half live. Set entirely within Windsor Great Park and past the Castle, on a testing route.3 Lake Vyrnwy Half-Marathon, Wales, SeptemberDespite a remote, mountain setting, this lakeside event

The ‘Get You Round’ schedule A beginner’s programme, mixing some walking with running, over 4-5 days a week.The idea here is to get you fit enough to make it round the course, regardless of speed, so there’ll be very little fast work. You need to build up endurance and the schedu...

You've trained wisely and eaten well - but you just can't shake those pre-race nerves. So how can you work on mental preparation? To find out, I teamed up with researchers from Sheffield, Oxford, Manchester, Reading and Wolverhampton universities

the need to carry a flag for up to five hours (we experimented with balloons but they failed the windy day test). Above all, the pacers are also part cheerleader, part psychiatrist - they can spend hours during the race encouraging and reassuring scores

last gut-busting workout and wear themselves down,’ he says. To test the less-is-more theory, Dr Costill tapered the training programmes of a group of runners beginning three weeks before a track race. During this period they ran only 2 miles daily

training, and on course for a best-ever race-day performance. It runs from the end of June to September, and its 12-week training schedule is aimed at this year's Great North Run - September 20, 2009. Each bite-sized bulletin will contain a digest

of ultras and mountain races in the past 15 years, including half tour of Mont Blanc in August this year. My advice would be not to overdo the mileage. You can never really train for a 50-mile race by doing a 50-mile training run, as you would just get

through, or catch the latest Will Ferrell comedy. Basically, find something to do that won't stretch you physically or mentally.18:00 - Eat up Now you need a tried-and-tested pre-run supper. "The best pre-race meal should contain plenty of carbohydrate