DUATHLON DEADLINE: North-East duathletes have until Saturday to sign up for a run-cycle-run event on Sunday, April 27 in Stockton.

More than 800 participants are already signed up to the event in the town centre. There are three different distances for novices, a standard and a “sprint” route and all races start from Stockton’s Riverside.

The sprint distance is acting as an age-group qualifying race for the 2015 ETU Duathlon Championships and the standard distance is an age-group qualifier for the 2014 ITU World Duathlon Championships. Visit www.stockon.gov.uk/duathlon to find out more and book a place.