I am sitting here rather bored as I have to wait for our dining room table to be delivered.  Apart from feeling quite old - this is what my parents do on a Saturday, not me - I was flicking through the Edinburgh Marathon website.  Lots of good

Did my first ever x country on saturday in the bitter cold, 5 miles almost of mud and hills, but loved it! great organisation of the event and very enjoyable, afterwards!Didn't know what stuff to take tho...is there a checklist anyone has

,Relentless Forward Progress- A guide to running ultra marathons by Bryan Powell.A very good read about his races training and diet. Over in the ultra tab, there's an "essential kit" checklist thread going. Maybe some ideas there? Ahh, great! Thanks both

Anyone got any tips on preparation before a half Marathon ie, diet , fluids to take on board and in what tme scale before the race? Would love a p.b WPZ,Don't make any drastic changes to anything in the last few days leading up to the race. Any

Marathon, you can find the details on the England Athletics (or Scottish or Welsh) website.You can also affiliate to your county athletics association, if your members want to take part in county championship competitions.However, if your members

SF but not tibia - that's next on my check-list though lol) Ran the New York marathon in 2008 so I have a good basis of regular running. On average I was doing about 30 miles a week. Had a tibial stress fracture of the left leg when stepping up

on your back on the bike and your front for the run so pinning it to your top isn't a good idea. Worth having a look on 220 website (I'll wash my mouth out later) as there is a checklist that may help. I have bastardised a number of checklists for Ironman

& the streets through the town were full of shoppers. Thanks Caramel - would it be possible for someone who may be running on their own at the end of the marathon to go the wrong way or not see a marshal amongst all the shoppers in the town centre? How

hi all,My friend and I will be running from Bristol to Reading along the Kennet and Avon canal towpaths (85+)miles, this would be our first long distance run done over consecutive days(less marathons. We plan to do it over 3 days doing 28 miles a