A leading number of the continent's best distance runners will begin the New Year with an exciting challenge when they take part in the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country meeting on Saturday 10 January as part of “Team Europe”.

Following a challenging and exciting SPAR European Cross Country Championships in the mountains of Bulgaria, the attention now switches to 2015 – when the event will be held in an altogether different location on the French Riviera.

The 52nd edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be held in Guadalajara, Spain, on Sunday 1 February 2015.

A men's race that became a three-way chase for gold for the majority of the 10km saw Turkey's Polat Kemboi Arikan triumph - 12 months after winning silver.

A thrilling, nail-biting women's senior race was won in a sensational sprint over the final strides by Gemma Steel as she beat her Great Britain teammate Kate Avery in a duel that you could not take your eyes off.

When Scotland's Rhona Auckland woke up in Bulgaria on Sunday morning, the weather was just as she had hoped because there was snow on the course. By lunchtime, the outcome at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships was the stuff of drea...