In his paean to the sport, Feet in the Clouds, Richard Askwith explains pithily: “You run up the fell; you run down again.” Simple it may be; easy it is not. Unlike trail running, which generally stic

Time for a catch-up with a few of our memorable stories...

What’s the best excuse you have ever made for performing badly in a race? I’m not talking about those deliberately vague ones we all trot out at short notice when we’ve had a shocker like “I’ve had a

After discovering the power of movement for your mind, 47-year-old Helen Foster, from Yorkshire, experienced a debilitating episode of depression, one that could have cost her her life. Here, she reveals what running means to her

The British cycling icon talks James Shrubsall through her astonishing journey, on and off the bike

For the last five years, Anna Troup has been winning some of the toughest trail races you can find in the UK. Troup only took up ultrarunning in her 40s, but her background as one of the winning team