’ fun run simply heighten the sense of community in the town’s market square, where all three fixtures start and finish. Though billed as undulating, the absence of any particularly testing gradients verifies the event’s reputation as a quick course

of either a medal or a T-shirt – plus a spread of post-event refreshments are sure to make this a hit among runners and spectators alike. More 10K highlights...London Chest Hospital 10K (London, July 8)Sherwood Pines 10K (Nottinghamshire, July 14)The Beaver

of industrial and rural vistas, a high turnout of supportive locals, and fantastic value-for-money too – few events encapsulate their setting as effectively as this testing 10K in South Yorkshire. Stereotypes aside though, this quintessentially local fixture

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

popular multi-terrain fixture among runners of all abilities.-->Filling Up FastSodbury Slog, November 11OK, so these events aren't taking place until next month, but with places going like hotcakes you'll thank us for reminding you to enter now

gravel trails through the 600-acre Arboretum site.-->Closing SoonAsh Excellent 8 (Somerset, September 9) Now in its 11th year, this multi-terrain event takes runners along rough tracks, over stiles and up leg-busting hills rewarding them

Deciding when and where you race is set to get even harder this year, thanks to a tantalising line-up of new events. From exclusive private locales to innovative multi-activity ideas, we’ve picked seven teasing highlights to give you a taste of what

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