Hills are hard. That's why many of us run or ride around - rather than over - them in training. You might even choose races that are flat in an effort to keep your hill time to a minimum. But the truth is tackling hills will make you a stronger

the first ever marathon back in 490BC but didn’t have a chance to tackle the distance again after dropping dead from exhaustion. Every November better-trained runners have the opportunity to follow in Phidippides’ footsteps with this point-to-point race from

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, might even struggle to turn up" - and with his encouragement began attending some training sessions. The transformation didn't end there: Harmston also gave up drinking and started to eat more healthily.He used the club's running sessions to kick