Largest Marathon in history
Posted November 14th 2013
50,304 runners made history as the world’s largest number of marathon finishers.
News - Races
See below for the latest news in the world of running
Controversial Runners - Part 1
Posted November 13th 2013
Drugs, women turning into men, cheats and a chicken nugget loving sprinter deemed too tall to compete at the highest level!
Part 1 of 3…
Who’ll be crowned king of athletics?
Posted November 11th 2013
With the superheroes of world athletics busy ironing their party pants for the 2013 IAAF World Athlete of the Year Gala in Monaco this weekend, SPIKES gives you the 411 on the three contenders for best man: Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Bohdan Bondarenko.
8 Mental Race Strategies For Runners
Posted November 10th 2013
Here are 8 mental strategies you can leverage to help you maximize your mental ability to persevere and squash any negative thoughts during your next race.
Ronnie O’Sullivan: ‘I’d rather have been an Olympic champion runner’ – audio
Posted November 07th 2013
In an exclusive extract from an interview with Marathon Talk, the world snooker champion describes how running has helped with his game, his fitness and his overall wellbeing.
What happened to Budhia Singh, India’s marathon boy?
Posted November 06th 2013
A little dated, but a very interesting article from BBC News
Budhia Singh, a boy from the slums of India, became an overnight celebrity for running marathons from the age of three - but in the last five years his story has developed in ways no-one could have foreseen.
Win your favourite running shoes!
Posted November 05th 2013
Register and vote by December 1st to be in with a chance of winning your favourite running shoe from the nominations. Your favourite shoe not there? Then simply nominate it...
Mo Farah in running for world athlete of the year award
Posted November 05th 2013
Mo Farah is one of the three finalists for the men’s 2013 World Athlete of the Year award, the IAAF has announced.
Are you running properly?
Posted November 04th 2013
Many recreational runners are placing undue strain on their bodies, as well as compromising their speed, by using the wrong technique.
The UK and Running
Posted October 28th 2013
For a relatively small nation, 63m, Britain can boast the fastest ever female marathon runner, the joint highest ranked athlete of the year last year* and to be the 4th best athletics nation in the world*. And we’re getting better.
Launch of The Running Awards 2014
Posted October 28th 2013
Welcome to The Running Awards 2014, a celebration of running in the UK.
We have set out to find the best the nation has to offer across all sectors of the industry. Unlike other awards the winners are not decided by a panel, but by you, the voting public, to guarantee that the true winners are recognised. This means that not only will it ensure the best are rewarded, but that we will create a unique reference point and guide for all involved in running!
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