by ukadmin | Feb 25, 2013 | Featured, Half Marathon, Marathon, USA
NEW ORLEANS – February, 24, 2013 – Running competitively on the roads for the first time since winning two gold medals at the London Olympics last summer, Mo Farah didn’t have time to acknowledge all the well-wishers along the half-marathon route of...
by ukadmin | Jan 22, 2013 | Featured, Marathon, News
Mara Yamauchi today announced that she has decided to retire from elite competition. After becoming Britain’s second fastest ever marathon runner, and competing both in the Beijing and London Olympic Games, she has decided that now is the right time to move on to new...
by ukadmin | Apr 27, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News
The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced today that Lee Merrien has been added to Team GB to compete in the men’s marathon at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Merrien was the first British man home in last weekend’s London Marathon in a new personal best time of...
by ukadmin | Jan 24, 2012 | Featured, News, Ultra
Adrian Marriott wins Gloucester 50km race in a course record and 7th fastest all time by a Brit. Last Sunday, 22nd January, Yeovil based GB international marathon runner Adrian Marriott made his ultramarathon debut at the Gloucester 50km race. On a blustery day with...
by ukadmin | Sep 23, 2011 | Featured, Marathon, News
It should be a match made in heaven, the women’s marathon world record holder finally running on the universally recognised fastest marathon course in the world. But it’s been two years since Paula Radcliffe ran a 42.195k race, finishing fourth in New York 2009, and,...
by ukadmin | Jul 11, 2011 | Marathon, News
UKA announces the withdrawals of Jo Pavey and Louise Damen from the women’s marathon team set to compete at the IAAF World Championships at Daegu, Korea, in August. Pavey (coach: Gavin Pavey) has sustained a minor foot injury and has had to ease off her required...