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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

25-26 JULY 2026 City racing for all levels. Places now at t100triathlon.com 7 DORNEY DUATHLON FEBRUARY (various distances) Dorney Lake, Windsor atwevents.co.uk 15 GRAVESEND CYCLOPARK WINTER DUATHLON (

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

If you google ‘Fast, flat, European marathon’, then Berlin and Valencia races seem to hog the serach engine limelight. I’m here to recommend you do yourself a favour and look at nearby Seville instead

Running a local route with friends is fun, but when you’re standing on the start line of a race, surrounded by fellow runners, with music pumping and crowds roaring, there’s nothing else like it. The

Throughout February 2026 Head to this beautiful garden near Stroud in the Cotswolds to see snowdrops at their best, with steep banks and woodland glades carpeted in pure white and fresh green. There a