ETO Runner, George Taylor, recently took part in Chippenham half. Here are his 3 tips for your next half marathon. Oosh. Love this. Here goes: 1. As a wise man told me, split the race into 4 sections - I go 5k/5k/5k/6.1k. Start slow enough that it feels very comfortable. That you could run at that pace all day. That you’re holding a bit back and need to work hard to not run faster. Then increase for the second 5k, again for the third 5k then ideally maintain (or even push on) for the final...

There’s one challenge that’s been simmering in the back of my mind for over 10yrs, cycling from home in Winchcombe to my folks in Norfolk. When you have family in different parts of the country you become familiar with the routes to see them and I often wondered what the non motorway/A road route between them and home are like. I planned the route on OS maps using the snap path feature, plugged in the start and finish and lo and behold a route straight across the country, 180miles. The...

If you're reading this, it's probably safe to assume you know what a Backyard Ultra is – but in short: runners complete a 4.167 mile loop every hour, on the hour, until only one remains standing. Last man or woman running wins; everyone else, however far they got, is technically a DNF. Backyards come in all shapes and sizes, so I can only really say what it’s like crewing at Barry and John’s Dublin Mountain Backyard Ultra. It is a hardcore race amongst hardcore races, priding itself on...