Raworth on the run

This month’s member is targeting a sub-20 5K and hoping to run Boston – but not the one you think

There comes a point in a race when my body finally gives in and accepts what I’m doing to it. It’s usually about 24K in. When I talk about racing, I’m talking about ultramarathon distances – or, to be

IN AN AGE OF COMPARISON CULTURE AND GLOSSY SOCIAL-MEDIA LIVES, IT’S HARD NOT TO QUESTION YOUR OWN PROGRESS. BUT THERE’S NO RIGHT PATH TO LIFE AS THESE WOMEN, WHO ARE TURNING CONVENTION ON ITS HEAD AND SHARING WISDOM AS THEY GO, DEMONSTRATE…

I was always the last to be picked for sport, so what was I doing halfway up the highest mountain in the world?

It’s not about talent. It’s not about training. The 77-year-old, record-smashing marathoner has tapped into an ineffable force that defies her age – and she’ll never stop chasing it