‘What is your greatest running achievement so far?’

‘Completing the North Downs Way 50-miler through a combination of plodding, overeating and stifled sobbing. Never has a finish line been so welcome.’ – Rick Pearson

‘Running 12 marathons in 12 consecutive days. My times went from about 4:30 on day one to a nadir of 7:45 on day five, and then rose steadily back up to 4:20 by the final one. Amazing how your body adapts to what you put it through.’ – Kerry Mccarthy

‘Bringing home the baton on the anchor leg to win the sprint relay, Stamford Park Junior School sports day, July 1984. It’s all been downhill from there...’ – Joe Mackie

‘Finishing my first marathon, in Vilnius, Lithuania, in which my knee decided to head home after 14 miles. That was a lonely, painful 12 miles. I also went the wrong way. Twice.’ – John Carroll