Richard Askwith

Richard Askwith is the multi-award-winning author of books such as Feet in the Clouds ("a tale of fell-running and obsession"), Running Free ("a runner's journey back to nature"), Today We Die a Little (a biography of the great Emil Zátopek) and, most recently, The Race Against Time (about running in later life).

A keen runner for over 45 years, he claims to have achieved "almost nothing" in the sport apart from "life-changing satisfaction". But he keeps returning hopefully to the starting-line – and that, he thinks, might be an achievement in itself.