Top 10 britain’s toughest challenges

Our selection of the best, fastest, toughest, quirkiest and most enjoyable UK races this month

Sometimes you have to do things that scare you. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself ahead of the Dartmoor Discovery, a 32-mile, 899-yard ultramarathon with more than 4,000ft of elevation. And

In the second part of his Ultimate Climbing Guide, Simon Warren plots a feast of spicy ascents in north Wales

“Reckon we’re actually going out in that?” The pre-race chat in the car park above Putsborough beach in North Devon has almost exclusively focussed on the behaviour of the Atlantic Ocean’s swell and s

The swim might be the scariest, the bike leg the longest. But it’s during the 42.2km marathon run where the suffering can be turned up to 11 and finish-line dreams are made or broken. The bad news is

Split the marathon distance between a team of six in this Run For All event starting from the University of York. Walk or run legs between three to six miles on a fast and flat course through York. Pe