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BOOKS

  - THE 50 GREATEST MARATHON RACES - By Will Cockerell


 

  - THE ROAD TO ATHENS - By Bill Adcocks




  - MARATHON RUNNING - By Richard Nerurkar


 

  - RUNNING IS EASY - By Bruce Tulloh


 

  - PAULA - MY STORY SO FAR - By Paula Radcliff




  - LORE OF RUNNING - By Tim Noakes




  - PAUL TERGAT - RUNNING TO THE LIMIT - By Jurg Wirz




  - THE GREATEST - HALIE GABRISALISE - By Jim Denison




  - BAREFOOT RUNNER - THE LIFE OF MARATHON CHAMPION ABEBE BIKILA -  By Paul Rambali


 

  - ULTRAMARATHON MAN - By Dean Karnazes
 

CHARITIES

  - THE BRITISH LUNG FOUNDATION - In the past I have raised over £14,000 for the charity. The official Road to Beijing Charity.

  - ASTHMA UK - Both my brother and myself suffer from chronic asthma. Asthma UK funds research into the disease.

  - FACING AFRICA - Funding teams of doctors to treat children in Africa with NOMA.
 

RUNNING CLUBS AND TRACKS

 
  - SERPENTINE RUNNING CLUB - I joined the Serpentine Running Club back in February 2006. Friendly Club with great atmosphere.

  - BATTERSEA PARK TRACK - Great facilities and numerous groups to train with.
 

RUNNING TOURS

 - KEITH ANDERSON - FULL POTENTIAL - Commonwealth Marathon runner offering coaching and running tours.
 

  - MIKE GRATTON - 209 EVENTS - The company offers races, tours and training camps for runners of all levels.
 

TOP RACES


 - BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL - Free 5km race that happens every Saturday morning. Fantastic advert for running.



 

  - SERPENTINE - LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5KM -  Great 5km race that takes place on the last Friday of the month.




  - WOKINGHAM HALF MARATHON - I first did this race in Feb 2006 in 1:34 then knocked of 20 mins earlier this year.




  - WINDSOR HALF MARATHON - I do a lot of my training in the Great Park over the half marathon route. A superb last mile finish.

 

  - TUI - PALMA MAJORCA - Beautiful course through the old town and along the sea front.
 

 

  - LONDON MARATHON - Need I say anything more about this one. An amazing experience for the whole field.
 

SIMILAR CHALLENGES, BLOGS AND WEBSITES

  - BEN SAUNDERS - Polar explorer, public speaker and youngest person to reach the North Pole aged 26.

  - OLIVER HICKS - Youngest solo rower across Atlantic. He now aims to circumnavigate the South Pole in a rowing boat!

  - FINDLAY YOUNG - Diagnosed with cancer Findlay ran 24 half marathons in 24 days. I recently bumped into him at a local 10km.




  - JASYN SAVAGE - Jasyn has helped a huge amount with my training and is himself in training to compete in the 2012 Decathlon.

  - BEN HAMMERSLEY - Ultra Marathon runner, Journalist and good friend of Ben Saunders who ran the 2004 Marathon des Sables.

  - CHRISTIAN FARTHING - I meet Christian at Club La Santa last year and convinced him to run in the 2007 Marathon des Sables.

  - CAROLINE TOSHACK - Personal Trainer from Edinburgh who has made huge progress as a Dualthlete.
 

OTHER USEFUL SITES AND PRODUCTS

  - RANSACKER - The running shoes comparison website that saves you time, money and benefits others.
 

 
  - SHOEGUIDE - You can find the essential information on every training shoe.

  - GARMIN 305 FORERUNNER - Invaluable piece of kit. This GPS Watch tell you your; speed, distance , HR etc.




  - MAXIMUSCLE SPORTS NUTRITION - Offers a huge range of nutritional supplements, ideal for all runners.




  - I-POD SHUFFLE - Recently purchased for the recovery runs to give that little extra lift to the morning after super plods.




  - GOGGLE EARTH - Can be used in conjunction with the Garmin 305, map out new routes or see where you have been.




  - MACMILLAN RACE PACE CALCULATOR - Work out you race pace, intervals etc. Runners tend to convert better one way.




  - RUNNERS WORLD - Search races in the UK, includes online entry and loads more information on running.



 
  - ATHLETICS WEEKLY - Get your weekly dose of what's been going on in the athletics world.




  - RUNNING FITNESS - Packed full of loads of tips and advice about running.




  - UK ATHLETICS - The home of UK Athletics on the net.




  - THE BRITISH OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION - News, information and updates on the British Olympic team and association.
 



  - POWER OF TEN - UK ATHLETICS RANKINGS - UK rankings for every discipline, aimed at improving athletics for by 2012