Closing soon: Brecon 10Closing SoonHurry, you won't be able to enter these races for much longer...Brecon 10 (Powys, August 5) One of Wales' most popular road races, offering glorious rural views over Pen y Fan, a testing (rather than torturous
this month and continues to attract an ever-growing number of competitors despite its mid-week staging. Quiet country lanes take runners on a single anti-clockwise loop out of Hungarton, via a couple of testing inclines for which you’ll have to dig deep
, November 10) Canal locks and bridges comprise the only inclines in this otherwise flat, point-to-point race along the towpaths of the river Lee.--Filling Up Fast…Luton Marathon, December 2Luton Marathon (Bedfordshire, December 2) This three-lap course
time and again. A stadium start and finish (complete with individual tannoy announcements), local soap stars acting as marshals, and a tasty hot-pot dished out back at race HQ all add up to make this an impeccably organised, memorable event. Its testing
of the idea of it as a problem and a threat. I'd therefore say, adopt a lightness of attitude to the injury - assume it will get better (I visualised my hip flexor loosening as I became less anxious about it), treat runs like tests of how to re-educate your
and functional race mementos. A downhill start offers runners a speedy getaway though a handful of subsequent inclines are likely to test the mettle of those more at home on the flat. Once past the final kilometre marker though, you’ve nothing to lose by taking
doesn't come into it. I would only ever get bored if the pace was so much slower than my capabilities that the session was pointless. – moonferret... or a great test of your mental endurance I do all my training on the treadmill at this time
connecting the historic cities of Salisbury and Winchester, taking in water meadows, valleys, ancient woodland and wide, high downlands en route. Described by the race director as "flat between the hills" there's no denying this race presents some testing
as the route winds its way up to Dobb Edge. From then on, you can look forward to nothing more testing than a gentle canter, before a strategically-positioned fast, flat finish. Discounted entry to Chatsworth House is included within the race fee - as is a
on Newton Abbot Racecourse to participate in a trio of classic race distances through the rural environs of Newton Abbot. Some were out for PBs, some to simply take on what promised to be a real test of both mental and physical endurance. Others, including
