Fitness racing is all the rage right now, but nothing offers quite the challenge posed by a backyard ultra, which tests both body and spirit in equal measure

Q What are some of the longest lifespans in fish? A Technically the longest lifespan lies with the Greenland shark, which live a staggering 250-plus years – perhaps even more than 500, in some cases.

The Kasabian frontman, 44, on the allure of marathon medals and running to keep up with his wife

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

The inside story of Elsey Davis’s record-setting circumnavigation of her native Cornwall – and the cruel diagnosis that drove her to take on the challenge

It’s not long after Paul Aron, Alpine’s Formula 1 reserve driver, arrives in the gym at the team’s Enstone factory that I realise I’m in trouble. “What’s the record?” he asks as the first exercise is