SOUTHAMPTON MARATHON FESTIVAL This is not just about the marathon, it’s a festival with a running race for everybody, including a mile fun run, a 5K, 10K and a half – there’s even a team option. Expec

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I’m awake. Very awake. It’s early on a wind-whipped Sunday morning and I’m neck-deep in the sea off the Isle of Man’s north-east coast. The rain is steady, the swell is heavy and the water is gaspindu

Race director Connla McCann guides you along Belfast’s streets while the city celebrates St Patrick’s Day

It’s New Year’s Day. It is literally freezing. I’m soaking wet, wearing a skimpy tri-suit and hurtling downhill at 65kmh. I absently wonder if my nipples or my fingers will fall off first. I question

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