Continental rift

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

Ordinary runners doing extraordinary things

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

Wildly fluctuating temperatures, punishing verticality, brushes with mountain lions – the Grand Canyon’s Rim to Rim to Rim endurance run is not for the faint-hearted. Duncan Craig takes on the ‘big red ditch’

Let your running loose

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’, ‘