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Global Search For Great North Run Over 90% Complete

THE attempt by organisers to have as many countries in the world represented in the 2016 Great North Run half marathon as possible has passed the 90% mark – with less than a month to go until the event. The latest country to be announced is Andorra, the 176th nation out of 193 UN Member States, following hot on the heels of St Kitts and Nevis and San Marino which were unveiled earlier in the…

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Episode Nine: The First Run

What’s it like stepping up from your regular run to preparing for that first race? Whether it’s a competitive race or a big step up with distance, it can bring all kinds of challenges. We asked for your stories about first races and thank you for responding! We bring you four stories from Joey Jones, Darren Smith, Tim Jones, and Carl Warren-Dudley. Jess Green is a poet who has performed at…

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Go for glow-ry at the Supernova London 5K!

Entries open TODAY for the Supernova London 5K which takes place on Saturday 1st April 2017, at 7pm. The event is being held at Olympic Park in London, with a jaw-dropping route which takes in the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Stratford Waterfront, London Aquatics Centre and of course the Olympic Park Stadium itself. The Supernova 5K route at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park starts at the magical setting of…

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Bolt does it again

If Usain Bolt established his living legend status at the London 2012 Olympic Games, athletics’ answer to Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy rolled into one carved yet another notch in history when he became the first man in history to land three successive Olympic 100m titles. The Jamaican global icon recovered from a sluggish start to run down his US rival Justin Gatlin in the final 30 metres to…

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#100m #Olympics #Rio 2016

HUDSON-SMITH 8TH IN WORLD RECORD FINAL

Matthew Hudson-Smith (Tony Hadley) finished eighth in his first Olympic final, a race where history was made as South African Wayde Van Niekerk broke the 400m world record. Hudson-Smith ran a massive personal best of 44.48 in the semi-final last night, and at just 20 years of age did so well to make the final. Despite finishing in eighth place, the British Champion ran 44.61, the second fastest…

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Sumgong makes history for Kenya

One year on from narrowly missing a medal at the World Championships, Jemima Sumgong made history for Kenya to win the marathon title at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She waited until the final three kilometres to make her decisive move, shaking off the challenge of two of the women who finished ahead of her in Beijing last year before going on to win in 2:24:04. The pace was consistent from the…

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Mo Farah wins third Olympic title

Mo Farah put in a stunning performance to become the first British athlete to win three Olympic gold medals on the track as he defended the 10,000m title he won at London 2012. The 33-year-old came into the race as the overwhelming favourite and looked supremely confident having not been beaten at a major competition in the distance since at the Daegu World Championships 2011. Despite a stumble…

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Almaz Ayana smashes the world record

Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashed the world record* to win the 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, clocking 29:17.45 to win the first athletics gold medal of the Games. The race was fast from the outset with Kenya’s Alice Aprot Nawowuna setting the early pace, taking the field through 3000m in 8:52 and 5000m in 14:46, indicating a finishing time well inside 30 minutes. Ayana soon took over the…

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Hydro Flask

Imagine the scene. You’ve completed a great run. You’re thirsty and need to hydrate. You get back to your kit bag, car or club house to pull out your drink. Gulp. It was ice-cool when you brought it but now, after a few sweaty miles, that oh-so-refreshing drink is now at room, or even worse, room temperature and, worse still, it’s not as thirst quenching as it once was. Take two. Imagine the…

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The Buddy Pouch

Running has changed over recent years and, more often than not, we don’t just step out the door and get going. No, we’re thinking about what we need to take with us, and like most things, this list of items is getting longer and longer. Keys, cash, phone, and i.d card, and that’s only for the shorter runs. Like most people, on longer runs, I might use a water belt to carry a couple of bottles and…

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Ultra running

For those who have yet to complete a marathon this may sound odd, but a whole new world beckons beyond the revered 26.2 miles (or 42.2km if you’re fully metric like myself). The lure of “going long” frequently arises after successfully crossing the marathon finish line and the mind automatically questions “what next?” Sometimes that might be chasing your marathon PB or completing a marathon on…

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Frisbee Star Dave To Take On Great Birmingham Run

A BIRMINGHAM man hopes to replicate the highs of winning a bronze medal in an international Frisbee tournament by achieving his goal of completing the Great Birmingham Run half marathon this autumn. Dave Povey represented Great Britain at the recent World Ultimate and Guts Championship in London, where his Men’s Masters team finished third. Dave is one of the team captains within the British…

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Graduate to run Scottish 10K in her Dad’s memory, raising money for Cancer Research UK

Shelby King will run at the 2016 Scottish Half Marathon + 10K in memory of her dad who passed away from pancreatic cancer five years ago. The Edinburgh-based international student is in training for the Scottish 10K where she will be raising money for a charity very close to her heart: “I am raising money for Cancer Research UK, so one day no families will have to suffer what my family has,…

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GEMILI ANNOUNCED ATHLETICS TEAM CAPTAIN FOR RIO 2016

British Athletics has announced the team captain for the Team GB athletics squad as Adam Gemili. Gemili, who will line up in Rio in the men’s 200m as well as the men’s 4x100m relay made his major breakthrough in 2012 where he became world junior 100m champion. He then competed at the London 2012 Olympics in the men’s 100m where he made the semi-final at the age of 18. Since that year he finished…

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KAMLISH IN RECORD BREAKING FORM

A two-time Paralympian come September and still only 19, Sophie Kamlish (coach: Rob Ellchuk) has aspirations of a podium place at this summer’s Games. Kamlish ran at the 2012 Paralympic Games in just her first full competitive year, reaching the final of both the T44 100m (5th place) and 200m (6th) at the tender age of 16. Four years later, the now 19 year old looks ahead to Rio with an air of…

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MOUNTAIN RUNNERS SELECTED FOR WORLD UPHILL TEST

An 18-strong British team has been selected for September’s World Mountain Running Championships (Uphill) in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria. The senior women’s quartet includes international gold medallists on the mountain running scene with newly crowned European (up and down) champion Emily Collinge, and world long distance mountain running champion Annie Conway contributing to one of the most…

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WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPION JEPCHIRCHIR TO RUN FRANKFURT MARATHON

Reigning world half marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir will make her major international marathon debut at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday October 30. Strictly speaking, her German outing will not be her first race over the classic distance of 26.2 miles because back in 2013, at the age of 20, she finished third in the Safaricom Marathon in Kisumu at high…

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