certainly never run a race like this one. It traverses one of the most beautiful bays at low tide, over sand of varying texture, with occasional waves lapping over your laces. The 13 or 14K as the seagull flies will seem more like a half-marathon effort

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

the Wiltshire countryside can throw at you.Bexhill Seafront Half- Marathon (East Sussex, Nov 14) Scenic seafront race held on the promenade. -->National Highlights...Easy Runner Sodbury Slog, Gloucs, Nov 14 For the past few months we have searched long

of the 3,000 red deer that roam freely and 3,000 runners to accompany you, will make for a great racing experience.Sheffield Half-Marathon (South Yorks, May 1) Its full-length marathon may be dead and buried, but Sheffield's Half-Marathon is alive

.More than 60 races made the grade, based on everything from “the sheer joy of running in a famous city" (Anne McGrane on the magic of the Paris Marathon) to this: “It was 10pm and a new moon was rising. The dune was awe-inspiring, a long ridge of sand

chance to discover them. Starting and finishing in Stansted Park near Rowlands Castle in Hampshire, the race is run over forest trials and farmland with only 1,200 metres of tarmac to cover.Don't expect a pancake-flat course, though. It's littered

Midlands, February 4)--->Meon Valley Plod 19.5 (Hampshire, February 11)Inca Trail (Somerset, February 18)Great North West Half-MarathonGreat North West Half-Marathon (Lancashire, February 25) Head to Britain’s Golden Mile for this fast two-lap Half

-neutral runners? The North Face: Arnuva 50 Boa, £90Weight 355g A versatile shoe, the Arnuva 50 Boa can be used to run on trails, muddy dirt paths and even road. Snug and responsive, its weight belies the fact that it packs a lot of technology. A dual-density EVA

to their normal lengths. Then when you start to exercise, your muscles stretch even more to about 10 per cent longer than their resting lengths. This means you have a 20 per cent change in muscle length from the time you get out of bed until your muscles are well

between 0 and 100%, allowing us to rank them. This chart represents races that received between 15 and 24 responses. Race Overall score (2008) How many would do it again? No. of ratings (2008)1Helvellyn 15K, Cumbria When? November 1 Why