excruciatingly hilly and slow and offer a far greater challenge than London on both road and trail. Apart from the hilly events, many of the races here offer an ideal opportunity for attacking that marathon PB without having to take several minutes just to cross

Thanet 20, March 2 ~~> Closing Soon...-->Berkhamsted Half-Marathon (Hertfordshire, March 2) Popular one-lap road race through this elegant Hertfordshire town and its rural environs.-->Brooklands 10K (Surrey, March 2) Rev up your racing with two laps

.Other 20 milers include:Thanet 20 (Kent, March 6)Wymondham 20 (Norfolk, March 6)Finchley 20 (Middx, March 13)Stafford 20 (Staffs, March 13)Oakley 20 (Beds, March 20)Asics Fleet Pre-London Half-Marathon, (Hants, March 20) Starting and finishing in Calthorpe

)BERKHAMSTED HALF-MARATHON Berkhamsted, HertfordshireMarch 4 (Sun)THANET 20 Sandwich, KentMarch 11 (Sun)ASICS FLEET PRE-LONDON HALF-MARATHON Fleet, HampshireMarch 11 (Sun)ESSENTIAL SPORTS BANBURY 15 Banbury, OxfordshireMarch 11 (Sun)LLANELLI WATERSIDE 1/2 MARATHON

Closing Soon...Luton Marathon, (Beds, Dec 5) Get ready for the last UK marathon of the year!Victory 5, (Hants, Dec 5) A scenic route on the South coast and with no hills in sight, a PB is not out of the questionThanet Coastal 10, (Hants, Dec 5

-MARATHON Berkhamsted, HertfordshireMarch 5 (Sun)THANET 20 Sandwich, KentMarch 12 (Sun)FINCHLEY 20 Ruislip, MiddlesexMarch 12 (Sun)HASTINGS HALF-MARATHON St Leonards-on-Sea, East SussexMarch 12 (Sun)NIKE MILTON KEYNES HALF-MARATHON Milton Keynes, BuckinghamshireMarch 12

for the nation's marshals, who really can make all the difference ("Smelly cabbage fields, foul weather and a few hills and bumps along the way - Great marshals"—Thanet 20)-->Flak cornerDepartures from conventional wisdom For example: is the Flora London Marathon

-Marathon, Hampshire(11/19/06)8394%36 ratings182Friskney Half-Marathon, Lincolnshire(3/5/06)8393%15 ratings183Run Preston 10K, Lancashire(7/9/06)8390%21 ratings184Nationwide Bath Half-Marathon, Bath and NE Somerset(3/19/06)8389%98 ratings185Thanet 20, Kent(3

Swindon Half-Marathon TTadworth 10 Tamworth Heart 10K Taunton Marathon (and Half) Tavy 7 Tees Valley Half-Marathon Telford 10K Thames Towpath Half-Marathon Thanet 20Theo's 10K Through The Villages Race Tree Trot 10K Trelissick Winter Estate 10K Tring

Sturminster Half-Marathon,Dorset (5/8/07)8392%24 ratings225Thanet 20,Kent (4/3/07)8390%42 ratings226Chesterfield Spire 10,Derbyshire (2/9/07)8390%24 ratings227GRIM 8,December 1 & 2 (1/12/07)8380%23 ratings228Birchwood 10K,Cheshire (19/8/07)82100%21 ratings229