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Shades Of Glory
By David Mitchell on 09/06/2008 11:27:44
One of three ladies who attempted to be the first to complete the Brathay 10 in 10 Challenge last month - this is RW forumite Shades' incredible story
keeping everyone updated with my progress as I didn’t have regular access to the Internet to update my dedicated thread. But since I’ve been back home it has been heart-warming to read the messages of support and encouragement on the RW forums." How does
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RW's Races Of The Year 2003
By Runner's World on 09/02/2004 10:49:13
The cream of the crop: RW's top 100 UK races of the year. Plus for subscribers: extra details for 6 x top-fives
The Edinburgh Marathon, a new entry at 22To help you choose which events to enter in 2004, we once again bring the RUNNER’S WORLD Top 100 UK Races of the Year. It’s based on the experiences of the RUNNER’S WORLD team, our UK-wide network of correspondents and, of course, the feed...
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Three Dicks And An Iron Maiden
By Fat Buddha on 06/02/2004 17:23:08
The URWFRC tames the Tough Guy ...
RichardM, Spans, FatBuddha, Armadillo and NikiMany thanks to Petal and Cedric for the photosIt was a cold, dark, rainy and windy night somewhere north of Wolverhampton.In the early hours of the morning of January 32nd (in the Tough Guy calendar), little stirred the slumbers of t...
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Who are they, the Pirate Ship of Fools?
By Jj on 03/01/2008 16:10:22
From the origins of the name to their first Ironman races - a historic account of our unofficial forum triathlon club
IM Zurich 2005: Lindi, Ratbag, Oxy, Zilla and CandyThe Runner’s World website started a triathlon forum in August 2003, after lots of members expressed an interest. That interest grew, and now the tri forum has its own instantly recognisable group
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Forum v Ironman France: The long road to Nice
By kittenkat on 01/07/2008 12:05:14
From broken ankle to Ironman finisher - the uplifting account of forumite kittenkat's debut voyage with the Pirate Ship Of Fools
and invincible!Do it, you will never forget it.Thank you Pirates.Visit our forums for more Pirate IM France race reports and lots more photos too.Have you got what it takes? The next Pirate summer outing is already being planned, a trip to Zurich for Ironman
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Abingdon Marathon: The Return!
By RichK on 22/10/2004 13:24:09
2004's forum build-up to the Oxfordshire 26.2 began in February, and culminated in October. Here's the inside story
The Abingdon gang assemble before the startThe 2003 Abingdon marathon was a great forum event, due mainly to Ashley Smith who went to great lengths to organise the social side of things and to Abingdon Amblers AC who made us so welcome despite
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URWFRC at the 2004 Tunbridge Wells Half
By Ashley Smith on 23/02/2004 16:45:22
"This has to be the most picturesque race I have ever done..." Forum regular Ashley Smith falls in love with a hilly Kent Half
the RW forums, and it was great to meet Scotty, Moomoo, Gareth L, Gavo, Caz, Woony, Johnny J, Ronnie Wibbley, and a whole host of Orpington Road Runners at the beginning. If you're a details person, you'd have appreciated Race HQ: a numbered safe baggage
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Baked Apes!
By John Scally. AKA: Zilla The Gorilla on 01/10/2003 16:10:36
One was the world's biggest half-marathon. The other was the world's hairiest 7K. On the same morning as the Great North Run, the Great Gorilla Run romped 500 fully gorilla-suited souls around the straight-laced streets of London
. For the whole 7K. Now you now why gorillas don't race much...Forum stalwart Zilla The Gorilla reports...One of the things that caught my eye immediately was that you got to keep your own gorilla suit - I couldn’t resist, the credit card was out of the wallet
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Abing' A Great Time!
By The Lamb on 28/10/2003 19:12:26
Thanks to Lamb, one of the forumites running in Abingdon Marathon, you can read all about the race and discover how our intrepid team got on
One of the best things about the forum club, now in its second year, is the way in which runners of every level of experience, speed and inclination come together to share the experience of running. This inclusive spirit was very much in evidence
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Reading Between The Lines
By Lady Lucan on 31/03/2004 16:47:04
"By mile 11 I was incapable of talking and unable to remember how far we had run..." Forumite Lady Lucan's low-down on the Reading Half
Over 70 forumites chose the Reading Half this March - a big-race classicthat put a lot of effort into improvement for 2004. How was it? You can seethe forum thread. And here's how it went for one forum regular:It is said that if you don’t like
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