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1 MAY 2008: MAY NEWS

It hardly seems like we have had a spring at all with all the rain in the last few weeks, but then, that is probably a good thing with our first SaabSalomon Turbo X Trail event at Martinique (Bordon, Hants) coming up on May 18th - the more water the better for that one. I am personally escaping for a week on a trip to Uganda to complete the arrangements for the new Great Gorilla Marathon, which will be held in exactly a years time. I'll be in the company of Neil Bridgland from the Gorilla Organisation, somebody we know very well from past UK events, including the Great Gorilla Run, which will again run around the City of London scaring the tourists on Sept 27th. Our overseas events have been particularly busy since the London Marathon and we are now sold out on the New York Marathon, Medoc Marathon and Berlin Marathon. However, that gives the opportunity to try somewhere new and we would recommend any from Chicago, Venice or Dublin in October, or Las Vegas and Barbados in December. For the more adventureous we still have space on the Himalayan Kingdom Marathon in Bhutan and the Cyprus 4-Day Challenge at the end of November, or the Cuban Trail Marathon, following in the footsteps of Castro and the rebels 50 years ago or the altogther calmer Bermuda Marathon both in January. I'll be back from Uganda in time for our next big event - the Tewkesbury Half Marathon on May 11th where we have 1500 signed up - and look forward to meeting many of you there. Yours in Sport Mike Gratton Director

We are very pleased to be able to present on this website a selection of events that we hope you find as mouthwatering as we do.

We take you to some of the most exciting running destinations in the world - whether your preference is a half or full marathon you'll be able to do it on the Great Wall of China, in a Kenyan Safari Park, through the Alps, a wilderness in Cyprus through sub-tropical forest in Cuba or in the Himalayas.

There are plenty of city marathons on tarmac but few compare with the ING New York City Marathon - if you're not quite ready to run in a Safari Park there's no better place to cut your marathon teeth than this exciting urban jungle where running sits comfortably with high class shopping! Our overseas events have been very carefully chosen and are amongst the best of their kind, so much so that each has been adopted by Runner's World Magazine for the Runner's World Travel Collection.

To help you prepare for your racing we have again teamed up with Runner's World for what has become the definitive Training Camp and Training support packages. Train with us on the Algarve at various times of the year, check the Garmin supported training plans on Runner's World or enjoy some personal coaching before the ING New York City Marathon.

Our UK 10km series goes from strength to strength with new venues added to our traditional winter events at Longleat and Woburn, both of which were highly praised by the forumites on the Runner's World website. With other new UK based events in the planning stage we are very excited about our programme - we hope you are too and if you need any more information about the events on the website we're always happy to questions.

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