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. This one could be just the ticket for a late summer holiday, as the race falls amid a week-long festival celebrating all that is Catalan – music, a night market and a lace festival – with bull fighting also scheduled for those inclined. The race itself

year, the Shakespeare races are already looking forward to their biggest fields to date, with 3,000 runners scheduled to lace-up at this year's start. That shouldn't come as a surprise, with a course that boasts the Warwickshire countryside, as well

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biggest, and probably best, half-marathon 2002 date: October 62 Bristol BUPA 1/2M (5) 1:04:58/1:14:56Hosted the 2001 World Championships on a fast but interesting city course 2002 date: October 3 Hastings 1/2M (3) 1:04:11/1:17:08Atmospheric seaside event

weeks. I used the Runner's World emergency schedules, which were excellent. But work pressures and a nasty cold cut into this last-minute attempt at training. I had logged just 50 miles through my preparation... From 11 miles my left thigh began to cramp

that peaks at 1000ft. An event not for the faint hearted, but certainly a must-do on any adventurous marathon runner's race schedule. More Marathon Highlights:Leicester Marathon (Leicester, October 2)Abingdon Marathon (Oxon, October 16)Beachy Head Marathon

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from supporters and runners, and the front and the back of pack, and they condense a lifetime's emotions into 26.2 miles.Don't forget: the accounts of achievement at the back of the pack are usually at least as awesome as the stories of speed