The forgotten champion

A seemingly superhuman ultrarunning barrier is tantalisingly close to being shattered. So close, in fact, that we could see it happen this year. Here’s what it will take to push beyond the edge – and who has the grit to do it

Six runners. Twenty-four hours. One wildly overambitious mission: to visit all of London’s most iconic landmarks on foot. But can they outrun the clock?

MOUNTAINS DO STRANGE THINGS to us. You see ...

Whose team could change four tyres the faster? Ken Tyrrell and McLaren’s Teddy Mayer had £600 riding on it. The former’s crew – a gun guy at each corner, a jack man at either end – was said to have go

We’re spoilt for choice for running events, not just here in the UK but internationally too. You may have taken part in a race abroad or have one on your bucket list – maybe a marathon major, a 10K so

As the racing season gathers pace in York and gears up for next month’s Ebor spectacular, David Wilson looks at the history of horseracing at Knavesmire