to train for the marathon distance, and some for the climbs, but it’s the temperature that’s the unknown quantity. Tellingly, one group of finishers will look incongruously cheerful as they cross the line, despite the fact they’ll have been out

’t practise for an event like this, and I think we’ve learned how far you can push the human body." Fellow forumite JJ was there to cheer the team on at the start and finish. "They’ve been phenomenal," she said. "I couldn’t run that fast for the bus

may even be following her marathon training programme. A veteran of 181 marathons – 40 of which have been ultras – she is certainly no stranger to endurance events and the physical and mental commitment that goes with them. Why would she put herself

a group, and I think we were all reminded that no matter how much you train, you can’t take account of very warm weather, or an un-cooperative tummy.Despite my mixed emotions, the Shakespeare Half and Full Marathons are good events, and the marathon

...Just email us at events@runnersworld.co.uk and tell us what your day was like. Here's an idea of the sort of questions you could answer in your email:What was the best moment (excluding the finish)?And the worst moment?The biggest surprise? Or the most

'n' Tumble 10 (Wiltshire, January 15) Would your training run make for an exciting race course? With 18 years of experience running in Wiltshire's glorious Pewsey Vale, the organiser of the Rough 'n' Tumble 10 thought that his would. And he

, but it could well happen at this men-only event organised by the male cancer charity Everyman with The Football Association and The Professional Footballers Association. To raise money for research into prostate and testicular cancer, you can run

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

: April 26Madrid’s most important athletic event has seen around 200,000 runners attempt to complete the 42.2K run within the six-hour time limit, but only 120,000 have been successful to date – it is without a doubt survival of the fittest. The well

’s oldest, fastest and flattest marathons as well as a variety of innovative shorter races.Choose from our pick of the best Dutch races, selected by Runner’s World Netherlands’ Editor Ysbrand Visser, and your training will seem downhill from here. Egmond