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

Let your running loose

The Dragon’s Back Race 2025 has been hailed as the most dramatic yet, with extreme weather, re-directed routes and record-breaking performances, living up to its reputation as one of the world’s tough

If you were to design the perfect triathlon course, what would it look like? Perhaps a sea swim, rather than a reedy river or lake. A scenic, largely traffic-free bike course with a tunnel of spectato

t was the best of croissants, it was the worst of croissants. Yesterday I experienced all-butter nirvana at an impromptu patisserie pitstop somewhere outside of Grenoble. Today I’m click-clacking arou

Hurtling down a forest road at 60kph the smooth surface suddenly vanishes and is replaced by a section of large stones/small boulders. I haven’t time to brake so instead (try to) relax and hold on for