When an injury left Gill Castle with a permanent stoma, she refused to wallow or be held back – she set about helping other women...

I was always the last to be picked for sport, so what was I doing halfway up the highest mountain in the world?

Ordinary runners doing extraordinary things

The sun reflected off the frosty moorland which stretched out ahead of her for miles. Stone slabs led all the way down the deserted valley to the Scottish border. Jasmin Paris picked her way down the

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

Pamela Goodman journeys to Shakti Prana, a remote lodge with peerless views of sacred mountains in the Himalayas, only accessible on foot