Kai Markus Xiong describes himself as “a normal person who’s running to China.” In March 2017, the 45-year-old German set off on the challenge of running 12,000KM (almost 7,500 miles) from Hamburg to Shanghai in China. He’s following the route…
Novice runner Laura Jones sets sights on world’s highest marathon, and takes on 7 marathons on 7 continents in one year. After a long winter of dark runs, painful training sessions and endless miles, Laura Jones is thrilled to have…
Novice runner Laura Jones sets sights on world’s highest marathon, and takes on 7 marathons on 7 continents in one year – something only 6 British women have completed. After innocently agreeing to run the Everest Marathon, despite having no…
Scottish doctor, Andrew Murray, has retained his title as champion of the Genghis Khan Ice Marathon, one of the toughest physical feats on the planet. Dr. Andrew Murray travelled to the Arctic plains of Mongolia to compete in the race…
Written by Faye Tudor In the days between Christmas and New Year I have a tradition of scribbling down some notes on what I want to achieve in the coming year. It’s not all exercise or event goals but after…
Ranscombe Winter Challenge Written by Chris Chandler Marathon number three of my challenge took me to Ranscombe Nature Reserve in Gravesend. The route is a trail run passing through the north downs, through picturesque woodlands, along the side of a…
Cakeathon Challenge Written by Chris Chandler Marathon number two of my 2017 challenge saw me venturing to Betteshanger Country Park to take on the Cakeathon Challenge run by the SVN (Saxons Vikings Normans) company. This is a six hour challenge…
Flitch Way Marathon Written by Chris Chandler My 30 marathons in 2017 to raise money for MS-UK challenge started with the Flitch Way Marathon in Great Notley, a 1 lap ‘out and back’ trail marathon with a little bit of…
I turned up to the track 45 minutes early for the session I was about to coach. It was a cold evening, but it was dry and there was no wind. The floodlights lit up the 400m loop and it…
Doing something completely different seemed crazy at the time, but it’s amazing how much you can get out of seemingly mad ideas, says Tony Phillips. In 2003 I entered the New York City marathon and came across an article in…