The Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon

The Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon takes place in London on Sunday 11th October, and Nokia is offering two lucky Mirror.co.uk readers the exclusive opportunity to take part in this sell-out event. To keep you fully motivated, the winners will also each receive a Nokia 5800 Comes With Music handset, pre-loaded with Nokia Sports Tracker. The half marathon route, supported by Nokia, winds through some of London's most beautiful landmarks, including Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Green Park, St James’s Park, and the stunning Thames riverside - a perfect backdrop for an Autumn run through the capital. Read more here...

A keen North Paddington runner is attempting to complete two and a half marathons by the end of the year. David Anderson, 36, of Elgin Avenue, is set to take part in the 26-mile Berlin Marathon on September 20 before running a little closer to home in the Royal Parks Foundation half marathon on October 11. The energetic lawyer also ran the London Marathon in April this year, to make it a year of challenges. He is currently in training for both the upcoming marathon and the Royal Parks half marathon, which will take him through four of London's parks - Green Park, Hyde Park, St James's Park, and Kensington Gardens. Read more here...

PAULA Radcliffe's bid win to World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham later this year could be subject to a television blackout. Radcliffe, who withdrew from today's World Championship marathon in Berlin, which was won by China's Xue Bai, said this week she would use the event in October as preparation for the New York Marathon later this year. However, officials from the International Association of Athletics Federation have expressed surprise that the BBC, their long-time broadcast partners, will not be televising her medal bid. It is the first time in 40 years that the BBC has not covered an international athletics championship when staged in the UK. Read more here...

Vernon’s Trevor Jordan says comfy shoes were the secret to his win at the Raven Run Sunday in Salmon Arm. Jordan finished the 10-kilometre course in 36:18 to claim first place. He was followed by Vernon’s Skeets Morel (37:05) in second and Enderby’s Alan Ross (39:35) in third. “Because of the hilly course, I wore my training shoes for more cushioning. This way I could be more aggressive on the downhills. I got a gap on Skeets in a short rise up to the seven-kilometre mark, and it was basically all down hill to the finish, so I let loose,” said Jordan, who recently placed first in the Summerland half marathon. Read more here...

PHYSICAL fitness and plenty of miles under your running belt are the two most obvious achievements that you need to successfully complete a long-distance race, but there is a growing school of thought that says mental fitness is just as important. In recent years, developing mental toughness alongside your leg muscles has become an accepted training regime among amateurs as well as professionals, all conscious that races can be won or lost in the mind. In the same way that a body which has not been pushed through the rigours of training will struggle to complete a half marathon, a mind that has not been coached to deal with the many stresses, strains and demands of a 13-mile race may well hinder your efforts to get over the finish line at all, let alone in a target time. Read more here...