It’s a hardknott life

Brendan Maton heads to Church Stretton to meet its thriving fell-running community

‘Believe it or not this was my first audax. I’ve been eyeing PBP [Paris-Brest-Paris, 1,200km] for decades but you have to do a series of audaxes to qualify, and there aren’t any organised audaxes in M

The fluidity of well-honed souplesse; soaring Alpine passes; the dynamism of a peloton in full flight... There are plenty of examples to demonstrate that cycling is one of the most graceful sports on

The food, the culture, the art, the accent, the sheer bloody romance of the place… yet my favourite thing about France is that you’re never more than a layby away from a bloke sat in a plastic chair s

On a cycling trip in Ireland, Fred Sirieix threw himself into activities — some more successfully than others

Have you always fancied taking your running hobby on holiday with you, but been caught short by exorbitant costs of organised trips? Or have you been befuddled by the amount of options on offer, or de