I used to say 'fun run' was an oxymoron and restrict my exercise to repeatedly heaving large weights. However, for the purposes of getting some aerobic exercise and some fresh air, I've now been a lunch-time cross-country runner for a couple of years, and - since a drunken weekend in Bristol - paying good money to half kill myself in the company and full view of others.

I still prefer cross-country running to road running, and would like to think that that alone is responsible for my lack of speed when it comes to the races. Really though I think it's just I'm more suited to things like that 100 press-up challenge than running ... but that's not as fun.