Ordinary runners doing extraordinary things

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

‘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

The Sandals Foundation Island Challenge sees athletes take on four epic events in four days. Our fitness director, Andrew Tracey, was at its latest iteration in Saint Lucia to run, kayak, hike and climb across the island

At 16, I was on top of the world. I was double World Youth champion, I’d been the fastest 14-year-old of all time in Europe, and I already had a shoe contract. At 15, I was UK champion over the 100 an

I was never one for exercise. Blame terrible hand-eye coordination and a hatred for scratchy school sports kits. The trauma of being the last picked for teams still lingers. My dad took me on the occa