What guys can learn from female runners
Why do men always set off too quickly in races? And why do many of us eschew company on our [...]
Tough enough?
First there was Tough Mudder, then there was Hell Runner, and now, it seems, each new week brings the creation [...]
WATCH: MR meets race walker Tom Bosworth
I’ve always thought of myself as something of a speedy walker. Not, admittedly, the first thing to go on my [...]
5 things to watch out for in 2016
1. Rio Olympics After the dizzying success of London 2012 – 'Super Saturday', Bolt's successive golds, Rudisha's breathtaking 800m – [...]
Top 10 Santa Fun Runs
Best for: feeling Christmassy The Edinburgh Santa Fun Run Where is it? Edinburgh, EH2 2HG When is it? 13 December [...]
London 3 Peaks
“Halfway mate, keep it going.” But that can’t be right. We’ve been running up this spiral staircase of despair [...]
Mile for the cameras
Ahh Guildhall, a City of London powerhouse, a ceremonial hub in the heart of the capital – and now, on [...]
World Cup speedsters
Runners and rugby players are altogether different species. Put a representative of each sport in a room together and, after [...]
How far can you run in 12 hours?
"Must be a Kenyan," I think to myself, as a woman at least 30 years my senior storms past at [...]
Great City Race
I’m all for an extensive pre-race warm-up, but as a result of an incredibly untimely tube strike, I arrive at [...]
Mont Blanc 80K
It’s 3:30am on 26 June. I’m in the alpine town of Chamonix, stood in front of the inflatable arch that [...]
Q&A with the Brownlees
I'm sat with the Brownlees in a swanky Kensington hotel, two days prior to Alastair's runaway victory in the London [...]