Time to start making those Christmas hints over what you want to see in your stockings this year (writes Chris Broadbent). And as a runner, its inevitable there will be family and friends who will be thinking over what running-related gift they can surprise you with. And, assuming they are non-runners, it’s inevitable they will get it wholly wrong.

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Marcothon has been a favourite running challenge since 2009 when Marco Consani's wife Debbie (the pair are top class ultra runners) coined the term to define the 31-stage 'run every day' test in December. Since then what was essentially a homemade concept, to help sustain motivation during the darkest month, has become an international phenomenon.

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The starting gun has been fired (again!) for another General Election. While we will have to get used to them getting on their (metaphorical) soapboxes in the coming months, let’s hope we don’t have to witness too many of them engineering a PR opportunity in their running kit.

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In our days of print, runABC magazine carried a review of Martin Thomerson's ‘It Kept Me off the Streets’. Now Martin is back with the sequel to his original tale of a runner’s journey to an unsuccessful attempt at Europe’s biggest trail race, the UTMB.

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No one wants to be a Kipchoge killjoy. But, just days on from the Kenyan hero’s unprecedented sub two-hour marathon, the asterisks are starting to be etched alongside the feat. Fairly or not?

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runABC's Jane Holt, a real ultra and trail running enthusiast, willingly accepted an assignment to put the new Supercross GTX Women's trail running shoe through its paces. Shoes delivered, she headed out...

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The World Athletics Championships should be a celebration of the sport and alongside the Olympic Games, the ultimate showcase of the crème de la crème of running, jumping and throwing.

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As World Mental Health Day approaches, it’s a good time to highlight the role running can play beyond the pure physical benefits.

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A study undertaken by the University of Chichester found that running with a dog can enhance the energising effects of exercise. The research undertaken with grain-free pet food brand, Canagan, suggests exercising with a dog will significantly increase feelings of stamina and most of all, vigour - compared to going it alone. The mood data also showed that negative mood states like depression, anger and fatigue decreased following all runs.

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What is a healthy weight for long distance running? Or shall we talk about religion or politics instead?

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