Our selection of the best, fastest, toughest, quirkiest and most enjoyable UK races this month

Let your running loose

‘Should go far’ was the footnote to an end-of-term school report supposedly handed to my parents in 1967. It’s doubtful, however, that staging marathon trips in someone else’s car was what the teacher

Follow in the footsteps of the great Ron Hill at this historic six-miler

Race director Mary Pearson guides you on this rural road race around historic Northamptonshire

POYNTON VILLAGE 10k A chip-timed, mixed-terrain race through and around the village of Poynton. Organisers insist the race is suitable for all levels and there is no cut-off time, so even beginners ca