Read the full post on BBC News. Steve James ran 5,240 miles (8433km) around the British coast.
Category: BBC News – Marathon
‘Climate change impacting marathon records’
Read the full post on BBC News. Rising temperatures have made record times in some races “nearly impossible”, says new research.
D-Day veteran, 102, to captain JLR marathon team
Read the full post on BBC News. Honorary team captain and D-Day veteran Jack Mortimer, who is 102, will support team over 26.2-mile race
‘Pride of Britain award win is dream come true’
Read the full post on BBC News. Marcus, from Malton, won the award after taking on multiple challenges for charity.
Amateur runner sets new 24-hour distance record
Read the full post on BBC News. Sarah Webster, 46, set the new world record while running in France, at her second 24-hour event.
Woman hopes to run 200 marathons in 200 days
Read the full post on BBC News. Megan Boxall sets off on her mission to run 200 marathons in 200 days, taking in the British coastline.
‘I’m determined to run again after losing my leg’
Read the full post on BBC News. Lisa Challinor, whose leg is amputated after a car hits her, shares her will to run the London Marathon.
More than 25,000 take part in annual 10-mile race
Read the full post on BBC News. The Great South Run returned to Portsmouth on Sunday, starting and finishing on Avenue De Caen.
Thousands run Yorkshire Marathon for charities
Read the full post on BBC News. More than 6,000 people finished the marathon starting in York city centre on Sunday.
Expert advice for those taking on Great South Run
Read the full post on BBC News. Dave Olsen has completed the Great South Run every year since it started in 1990.
Olympian surprises heart patient before race
Read the full post on BBC News. Sagar Desai, who is raising money for The British Heart Foundation, says the runner inspired him.
Half marathon hula hooper
Read the full post on BBC News. Tats Ford ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon while hula hooping.
Laura Nuttall’s family ‘honoured’ to run marathon
Read the full post on BBC News. They ran with the names of 300 people who had died of brain cancer written on their special tutus.
Running a half marathon… while pushing my daughter’s pram
Read the full post on BBC News. Aneila Afsar thinks it’s important for children to see their mothers pursuing their goals.
Runner dies at finish line of London half marathon
Read the full post on BBC News. Kory Russell had just completed the Royal Parks Half when he collapsed at the finish line.
Thousands pound the streets in half marathon
Read the full post on BBC News. More than 13,000 runners take to the streets of Oxford for the city’s annual half marathon.