A wet and windy 2018 Boston Marathon saw surprising, but popular runners, Des Linden and Yuki Kawauchi take the honours. Both champions fought the coldest start to the Patriots Day marathon in years,...

Aleksandr Sorokin has bettered his own 100 mile World Best, clocking under 6:30/mile, and carried on to run nearly 110 miles in 12 hours.   At the Spartanion 12 hour race in Israel, the rumour was...

Scottish athlete Beth Potter ran 14:41 at the Podium 5k race this Saturday night and broke the British and World record for road 5k. In a mixed event Potter crushed towards the line with the clock...

Ultra runner Sophie Grant has an open letter for the chaps who feel the urge to pass judgement on the trail.  Dear Man on the trail. I’d love to say it was a pleasure sharing the trails with you the...

The British international ultra trail runner wins a local fell race outright and sets the overall course record. At the weekend (August 5) Holly Page claimed victory at the inaugural 26km Saddleworth...

A Fort William GP won the Ben Nevis Race, Scotland’s blue riband hill running event, for the tenth year in succession. Finlay Wild, 35, has won the MacFarlane Cup and the accompanying Gold Medal...

The British international triathlete and distance runner clocks 14:05 at parkrun. Alex Yee clocked 14:05 at the Dulwich parkrun on Saturday (March 31) to record the second fastest worldwide time...

The Scottish marathon star will see off the UK’s best youngsters in London. Callum Hawkins has been announced as the official starter of the Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon on Sunday (April...

The Catalan mountain runner takes down the 36 year-old record on the English fells. Running royalty Kilian Jornet clocked 12 hours 52 minutes to break the long-standing Bob Graham Round record – a...

The inaugural #RossBarkley5k Championships are warming up for the weekend but Richard McDowell has already clocked a 10:57. Warning: This article repeatedly features a rude word, but it would have...

In her first ever ultra marathon Great Britain’s Aly Dixon has won the 50km world championships in Brasov, Romania.  Taking the lead from the start, the 2:29 marathoner ran a world record 3:07:20 and...

A fantastic bronze in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games practically went unnoticed as papers and websites rushed to type their headlines at the weekend. Of course, the brave run of Scotland’s...

The American ultra runner ran nearly 163 miles to set a new women’s world record for 24hr running. Camille Herron won the race outright and set a new world best at the Desert Solstice Invitational...

Aleksandr Sorokin of Lithuania has obliterated the world 24hr running record in Poland with 309.4km run in one day.  The 2019 24hr World Champion went past Yiannis Kouros’ 1997 world record of...

Kenyan rocket Brigid Kosgei has broken Paula Radcliffe’s long standing marathon world best. Setting off like she was on a mission from the very start, Kosgei crested the finishing tape in 2:14:04...

In her first ever ultra marathon Great Britain’s Aly Dixon has won the 50km world championships in Brasov, Romania.  Taking the lead from the start, the 2:29 marathoner ran a world record 3:07:20 and...

The 41 year-old mother of two’s 2:25 marathon is the second fastest ever by an Irish-born female athlete. Irish native and Australian international Sinead Diver posted a fantastic 2:25:19 to set a...

Jasmin Paris’s feat at the Spine Race is another standout example of the fantastic female athletes competing in ultra running. Jasmin Paris achieved something extraordinary to become the first female...

Are you a fan of what we do? Then we need your help to continue bringing you the best of British and Irish running. Fast Running has recently reached the one year mark, and over the last 12 months,...

Boris Johnson has appointed @StravaW**kers as a head of new police department in charge of monitoring wayward athletes. A government spokesperson announced that “there really isn’t anyone better at...

New research highlights that bone injuries are four times more likely in energy-depleted athletes and given recent discussions about RED-S and athlete health, the change in culture must happen soon....

Adam Clarke and Hayley Carruthers ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend (23rd November). Adam Clarke smashes it out of the park, Dulwich Park to be exact, with a 14:00 parkrun this...

Peter Thompson completed 2,082 miles of running through the Alps and Pyrenees mountain ranges in 68 days. Geraint Thomas made history on Sunday (July 29) as the first Welshman to win cycling’s Tour...

At the highest level in athletics, running, or any other sport, the one percent improvements made in training, diet, and recovery are the difference in delivering your best performance or failing to....

Races such as the Podium 5k and the Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5k are renowned for offering a stripped down racing experience: fast course, cheap entry, no medals or t-shirts. It’s no...

Tommy Hughes is one of Ireland’s best ever marathon runners who continues to beat athletes half his age. The man from Maghera in Northern Ireland ran the marathon in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics after...

Regardless of your finishing position in a race, grinding out the miles with friends and the benefits that running adds to your life, makes the journey of a club runner all worthwhile. “How was your...

Regularly Fast Running ranks the fastest male and female performances at parkrun. Many enjoy reading it, but some say it’s against the spirit of the event, while others believe it dilutes competitive...

In the marathon you don’t get what you want, you get what you deserve. A few days on Robbie Britton reflects on chasing sub 2:30 at Valencia marathon and how he nearly blew it all in the first 5k....

The ultra runner talks about influencers and the changing world of athlete sponsorship in this digital age, plus lots more. The world of sponsorship and marketing has evolved and gone are the days...

We have a look at the “normal” journeys by Irish athletes Lizzie Lee, Claire McCarthy, Laura Graham, Breege Connolly and Gladys Ganiel to reach the international stage. There is a disregard for...

The ambitious 2018 British marathon champion provides an insight into how she trains. Lilly Partridge is one of the new breed of British long-distance runners that bring a no fear attitude to the...