Weekend updates in the country and on the roads
There was plenty of action going on domestically over the weekend with the highlights being in Telford, Stockport and through the fields in Scotland and Wales.
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Only 100 days to go for the 2019 Sage Reading Half Marathon
Runners of Reading, are you set? Friday 7thDecember marks 100 days to go until the Sage Reading Half Marathon returns to Madejski Stadium with a bang - and there's a race bib with your name on it! Join 15,000 runners; first timers, charity fund-raisers and all the fancy dress costumes you can imagine, on Sunday 17th March 2019.
Read moreWaiting list in operation for Race Directors’ Course
Therunbritain Race Directors' Course scheduled for Saturday 9th February, in Stoke, is now FULL. A waiting list is in operation.
Read moreCross-country league events bring in big numbers
While the Percy Pud 10k and the classic Hogs Back event feature at the top as the largest events of the weekend, the cross country leagues of Chiltern, Manchester and the Metropolitan league also brought in big numbers.
Read moreEngland Athletics awards first University Charter Marks
England Athletics is delighted to announce the first universities to be awarded its new Charter Mark. The successful institutions in this first wave are the University of Birmingham, which has been awarded a Gold Standard, Leeds Beckett University a Silver and Exeter Bronze.
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UK athletes were performing in many corners of the world pushing their running handicap scores down and theirladder rankings up. Whilst top ranked woman, Eilish McColgan, was winning in the Percy Pud 10k, it was her Scottish teammate, Steph Twell, who impressed on her marathon debut in Valencia.Stockport's Jack Martin showed a clean pair of heels to training partner Andy Heyes, with a 29:13 PB in Sheffield and Eilish Flanagan, from Omagh in Northern Ireland, madethe podium in the NCAA Division2 Cross-Country Championships.
Read moreLesser known ways to bounce back from injury
As a dedicated runner, you will probably pick up an injury at some point in your life. Unless you're blessed with amazing genetics, the stresses and strains that an intense training regime puts upon your body will put you at risk of injury.
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