of ultrarunners. Rory Coleman, the race director, was characteristically neither peaceful nor nervous. “First of all, welcome to the first-ever Children With Leukaemia Marathon of Britain! For 12 months, this has been my dream – now I want it to be your dream!” He

Yesterday The Royal Parks Foundation launched their new event: The Ultra. This 50K race will set off after their popular half-marathon on October 7, with 700 spaces up for grabs in its first year.Here at RW Towers we’ve noticed the trend of runners

In November 2012, Scottish GP Andrew Murray ran seven ultra-marathons on seven continents in five days, 13 hours, 28 minutes, beating the existing record by almost a day and a half.

Training for a marathon is tough and time-consuming enough, but at least you're not short of advice on training schedules. But the increasingly popular ultra marathon is quite another matter, as one reader has found. If you've got experience

, September's six-day, 175-mile Marathon of Britain is an off-road tour of hidden parts of England that most of us have only ever sped through on the motorway. It's organised by one of the friendliest, most charismatic people on the planet, and it's already a

Photos: Sarah Belton«BR»Issue date: «BR»Keywords:«BR»Type: --TC feeding MickaelDay 1 – Paris Marathon + Paris to Colombes, 30.7 milesGreat start to the challenge! Arrived in Paris on Saturday afternoon on our Easyjet flight and headed straight over

night, a true ultra-runners dream!When we finally reached London, it felt like a dream come true. We arrived in Blackheath on the Saturday afternoon, knowing that only a marathon stood in the way of us completing the challenge. However, the prospect

At just 17.5K, the final stage of the 26th Marathon des Sables was the shortest by far but still proved to be challenging. It was another hot day - although once the temperature rises above 40C it's hard to differentiate between simply hot

should be feeling good and able to do anything.Run an ultra race? Are you serious? If another marathon doesn't excite you, how about something a little longer? If you've ever wondered what ultras are like, you have the perfect training base to find out

an ultra-distance race in Devon. I felt like I was slowly becoming a running machine...By race week I was as ready as I thought I could be - I’d just comfortably paced sub-1:30 at the Hastings Half-Marathon, completed a marathon in Devon and done seven runs