MAY 2019 RUNNERSWORLD.COM/UK 097WE ASKED
READERS:If you could win just
one race in your life,
which one would it
be and why?‘‘The Muddy Boots
10K, as you win a
year’s supply of
Yorkshire Tea.’- Abbie Spence
‘The parents race
at primary school,
to know that my
children were
swelling with pride
whilst pretending
to implode with
embarrassment.’- Paula Stevens
‘I’ve run eight
marathons now and
I tell my kids that I
got the medals for
winning them.
That’ll do me.’- Paul Dunn
‘The race against my
own inner demons,
telling me
I can’t do it!’- Andrew Outram
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Brecon Beacons Trail Run
If you’ve even been walking in the Brecons (the mountain range in South Wales),
you know what you’re going to get: terrain and scenery that makes you regard
the locals with both envy and awe. It’s stunning but, blimey, it’s knotty and hilly.
This event offers four distances: 10K, half, full marathon and a 52km ultra.
Suffice to say that even the 10K features almost half a kilometre of climb, so,
to quote the knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: choose wisely.
Powys, May 11, trailevents.co
of smooth roads, coastal paths and
bumpy farmland around Stornoway
(population 8,000), with the final
section a glorious jaunt around the
grounds of the dramatic Lews Castle
and alongside the River Creed.
There’s a ceilidh in the evening that
the organisers describe as ‘epic’.
Western Isles, May 25,
entrycentral.com/stornoway
FAMILY OUTINGBosworth Half Marathon
Doubling up as the Leicestershire and
Rutland AA County Championships
for 2019, this is a mildly undulating
but reasonably quick course through
the streets of Market Bosworth. As
well as a bespoke medal, you get your
pick of free race photos (if you can
bear to look at them, that is) and
because the race HQ is at the local
water park, this is one event your kids
won’t mind attending.
Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, May 11,
bosworthhalf.com
IF YOU ARE SO INCLINEDWATER FEATURESWindermere Marathon
Over the past decade this has
regularly been ranked (by RW and
runners) as one of the most scenic
and well-organised marathons in the
UK. It’s not easy, being in the Lake
District, but the lovely route around
Lake Windermere – which takes in
Hawkshead, Newby Bridge, Bowness-
on-Windermere and Ambleside- almost demands that you slow
down to fully appreciate the view.
Ambleside, Cumbria, May 19,
brathaychallenges.com
Immortal 10K Stourhead
The Stourhead Estate – the venue for
this race and a National Trust property- is one of the oldest in the UK, dating
back to the 13th century. The current
manor house was built in the 18th
century, and the route has been well
thought out to ensure as much visual
candy as possible. Runners will be
taken out of the grounds, through
Stourton village, past the lake, across
a dam and through some woodland
before a thrilling finish up to the estate.
Warminster, Wiltshire, May 11,
immortalsport.com
NICE AND EASYIpswich Summer 5K Series
Unwind after work with a gentle
two-lap trot round Christchurch Park
at this first event in a summer-long
series. It starts at 7.30pm and costs a
measly £8 – or £27 should you want
to enter all four and bag one medal a
month. Wallet-friendly, grass-roots
racing at its best.
Suffolk, May 7, nice-work.org.ukFISSION EXPEDITIONNuclear Rush Weekend
If you’re a bit of an obstacle-race nut,
this event is the a bit like the Oscars of
your year. The Nuclear Rush Weekend
is one of the biggest events of its
kind; last year it attracted 10,000
participants, all breathlessly eager
to experience a race in which the
challenges come thick and fast. Then
thicker and faster. The 12km option
features 90 obstacles while the
7km has 50, including something the
organisers have gleefully named the
‘Drop Deathslide’.
Brentwood, Essex, May 18,
nuclear-races.co.uk