Author: Steve Smythe

Jess Bailey and Clara McKee win English Schools fell titles at Giggleswick

Posted by Steve Smythe | Oct 6, 2022 | Event Reports, Events, Featured, Featured Result, Fell, Multi Terrain, Results

The best of the month’s mountain running action includes the English Schools Champs in North Yorkshire

Mahamed Mahamed sets half-marathon PB in Holland – overseas results

Posted by Steve Smythe | Oct 4, 2022 | Event Reports, Events, Overseas, Results

Southampton athlete sets PB while news of fast times in USA on the road and Japan on the track and British USA college results

Quick times on the roads of Cardiff and Glasgow

Posted by Steve Smythe | Oct 4, 2022 | Event Reports, Events, Featured, Featured Result, Multi Terrain, Results, Road

It wasn’t just London that had good performances as there were quality runs in Wales and Scotland plus news of the Kielder and Loch Ness events in our latest results round-up

Marathon barrier-breaking tips

Posted by Steve Smythe | Sep 29, 2022 | Marathon Training, Performance

The author, who ran his 2:29 PB in the first London Marathon in 1981 and has since run every London since 1984, looks at what is required to break the various time barriers in the marathon.