Line of duty

HOW DEEP CONNECTIONS, INDOMITABLE WILLPOWER AND A DRIVE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT POWERED LEON ‘SWEETS’ LEWIS TO BECOME THE FIRST PERSON TO RUN THE LENGTH OF JAMAICA

Barely cushioned shoes, string vests, love lost and found: running marathons was different back in 1981, remembers Chris Hunton

Back in the depths of January 2025, my run buddy Sharon and I decided to embark on an adventure: our first ultra. We juggled our diaries as well as requirements such as ‘not too far’, ‘not too hot’, ‘

Ordinary runners doing extraordinary things

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

For many runners, a marathon finish line is once-in-a-lifetime, but for a select few, it’s merely the first step towards the blue-and-yellow T-shirt of the 100 Marathon Club. What drives those hardy souls to reach such an incredible milestone – and how do they get there?