The Mercer Surrey Half Marathon is returning on 12th March 2017. Online registration is busy - so make sure you secure your place! Seasoned distance athletes as well as thousands of newcomers to the running community have already done just that.
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SEVENTEEN fundraising heroes have just 16 more weeks of training before they will tackle 10 marathons in as many days around Lake Windermere this May.
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The runbritain website will shut down for no more than two hours from mid-morning on Monday 16th January to allow a number of upgrades to take place, including making it phone/tablet friendly.
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How are you doing wtih your 2017 training programme? Hopefully it's been well planned and you are executing it sensiblyso thatprogress is being made. At this time of year, however, many of ushave perhaps been over-exuberant and injury or illness has surfaced.
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While for most people running is a way to keep fit and healthy, for Ealing resident Jenny Baker (handicap 15.9) it has become her saviour. A pacer and a marshal for Ealing Half Marathon, Jenny received the devastating news that she had breast cancer just after she turned 50 years old and was at the peak of running fitness. Rather than let the disease get the better of her, Jenny's instinct was just to keep running, and in doing so she found a secret weapon to come to terms with the diagnosis and build resilience against all that lay ahead.
Read moreCurrently, a road race that is unmeasured but meets all other licencing criteria is issued with a "restricted" licence. From 16th January, the terminology will change from "restricted" to "unmeasured road race".
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Latest research from England Athletics reveals that over a third of British female runners have received some form of harassment whilst running on their own.
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