; prizes galore and stadium finishes July 18Moors The Merrier Marathon, West Yorkshire 100% (see more) Ginger cake at water stations; map-reading; running the Yorkshire Moors July 19Fairlands Valley Challenge Marathon, Herts 93% (see more

stadium to Bitts Park, it's run over the same pancake-flat course. Taking in Carlisle Castle and its suburban soundings, this flawlessly organised run was in RW’s top 100 races of 2003.Nationwide Swindon Half-Marathon, Wilts, Oct 17 What do Cardiff, Bath

rather than hot and the hoards of summer tourists have yet to arrive so you're guaranteed a memorable weekend in a wonderful city. Expected runners: 14,000 PB Potential: 7/10 Contact: Viale B, Bardanzellu 65, 00155 Roma, Italy; 0039 06 40 65 064; fax

Robin Hood 1/2M (16) 1:08:15/1:17:09An interesting race around the city of Nottingham 2002 date: September 159 Windsor Nike 1/2M (11) 1:07:51/1:18:37Tough and testing route through Windsor Great Park 2002 date: September 10 City of Norwich 1/2M (34) 1:05:10/1:18:35

Dartford, KentJanuary 23 (Sun) Folksworth 15 Peterborough, CambridgeshireFebruary 6 (Sun) Asics Watford Half-Marathon Watford, HertfordshireFebruary 6 (Sun) Blackmore Vale Half-Marathon Sherborne, DorsetFebruary 13 (Sun) Meon Valley Plod 19.5

Stadium – home to Manchester City FC – past the 'B' of the Bang sculpture and along traffic-free roads, for flat rural running. Expect a field of over 500 runners.10K Highlights: Wooburn Park 10K (Bucks, June 12)Selsey 10K (Sussex, June 19)Dysart Dash 10K

-track sections thrown in.Asics Kingston Breakfast Run, April 1Filling up fastAsics 16 Mile Kingston Breakfast Run (Surrey, April 1) Despite the early start, more than 3,000 runners have already signed up for this flat, fast race run along the banks

November 2006 to November 2007.1 Northumberland Coastal RunWhen? July 15Why? The first Northumberland Coastal Run took place in 1979 with just 12 competitors. Last year over 800 runners assembled to tackle 14 miles of seaside scenery on the point

The Runner’s World community has spoken! Here they are – your 50 best British races of 2008. From six-milers to the full 26.2, on road, trail or through bogs, one thing is clear – 2008 was a lot of fun. How the results were calculated This list

between 0 and 100%, allowing us to rank them. This chart represents races that received between 25 and 49 responses. Race Overall score (2008) How many would do it again? No. of ratings (2008)1Ullswater 12K, Cumbria When? November 2 Why