Still going strong: langdale marathon

High above GREAT LANGDALE is a hillwalking challenge just waiting to become a classic Lakeland round, with five Wainwrights in one epic walk.

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

Race director Michael Sanderson guides you on this challenging but enjoyable West Yorkshire loop

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

Last year, while on holiday in the south of France, I watched a night trail race from the comfort of a pavement café. In no rush to leave, I saw the whole shape of the race for maybe the first time ev