Nike has promised its new Nike+ SportWatch GPS will be a "game changer". Runner's World couldn't turn down the opportunity to take the watch for a test run to see whether it lived up to the hype. We know it looks good, but does its functionality

Runner's World talks to Steve Edwards, 48, the man who knows all there is to know about running the legendary 26.2 miles"I ran my first marathon aged 18. It was my first-ever race: Coventry was holding its first marathon, and I had a bet with some

The fastest races are run with even splits: world records reveal that, statistically, fast, steady speed yields the best performances. Yet some races demand a tactical rather than  time-trial approach, where occasional and well-timed bursts of speed

four months of hard training for my stint as a Runner's World pacer. But the route I ran on this fateful Thursday is fraught with traffic lights, tourists, school kids and an astonishing amount of other runners. So the last relay leg of the Hyde Park

in the UK, the Liverpool Santa Dash is looking for world domination. After having their World Santa Challenge record stolen last year by Las Vegas, organisers are keen to get a whopping 10,000 Scouse Santas on the move to reclaim the crown. But you can

the race so late, he had actually covered the distance in a world record time of 10.4 seconds. The way Abrahams turned the tables in such a dramatic style became lost in Chariots because he didn’t do it in the final. But it prompted a real-life exchange

has coached Olympians, Commonwealth medallists, World and European champions and several UK record breakers. THE ASICS PRO TEAM ASICS has been developing sports performance shoes and apparel for over 60 years, bringing innovative

as they tick off a tough 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run.Competition will be fierce for the 50 age group slots for the 2011 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, up for grabs. Returning to Bolton for its third year, the revised route

in the one that matters, the race that would write a British winner into the record books? "If he stops improving as quickly as he is, then I hope so. But to beat him I have to be the best in the world."

of the age spectrum, the GB women's team was led by Mara Yamauchi (now 36) and Liz Yelling (now 34), while ‘old-timers' and world-record holders Paula Radcliffe (now 35) and Haile Gebrselassie (now 36) show no signs of slowing down. Impressive results from