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Blog Hard, Train Harder
By Warren Pole on 27/01/2011 12:12:48
Find out why the world wide web has become a key part of training for runners around the globe
interviewed me on how to choose your first ultra. I wrote up my thoughts for her and then decided to add them to my blog. That was where it changed from a personal blog to more of an informative one, and that was also when it really started to grow. "At
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My VLM 2010: NotReallyARunner (6:10)
By NotReallyARunner on 04/05/2010 21:37:52
When my right arm was really aching the next day, I realised that it was from all the high-fives with the kids along the way – great fun!
, but I decided it was time to at least raise a jog for the last few hundred yards. It got me past the gingerbread man who was stopped for an interview just before the line. Then, the finish process – having the timing chip removed, getting the medal
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Team GB Profile: Scott Overall
By Dominique Brady on 01/03/2012 12:29:20
Meet the marathon runner who dazzled the Olympic selectors with a 2:10 debut in Berlin.
The last year has been transformative for Scott Overall. This time last year he was working part-time in a sports shop and contemplating his debut marathon. Fast forward to September 2011 and the plucky Londoner had jaws dropping with his fifth place finish at the Berlin Marathon...
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Team GB Profile: Steve Cram
By on 22/05/2012 10:00:00
The Jarrow Arrow relives the glory days of men’s middle distance running to reveal his racing highs, lows and rivalry with Coe and Ovett
Few runners can be called legends - but Steve Cram is surely one of them. The ‘Jarrow Arrow’ was pitted against Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe in a decade of edge-of-the-seat athletics throughout the 1980s.Over an illustrious career studded with victories and medals, the summer of...
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Dai Greene: Gold Ambition
By Ruth Morgan on 03/08/2012 16:00:00
Meet Dai Greene, the Welsh wonder who's reigning World Champion in the 400m hurdles and discover his hunger for Olympic gold
Dai Greene is sitting outside the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on a still September evening. Just a few minutes ago he was centre stage on the track. He finished second, but in doing so became overall winner of the 2011 Diamond League Series, world athletics’ top-tier season...
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Team GB Profile: Sally Gunnell
By on 31/05/2012 10:00:00
Find out why positive thinking and constructive rivalry helped Sally Gunnell become an Olympic and World champion
Sally Gunnell became the golden girl at the Barcelona Olympics with her 400m hurdles win. A year later she became World Champion and smashed the world record. Her fierce competitiveness and sunny personality on screen have made her a household name.Sally revealed how it felt to w...
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Team GB Profile: Denise Lewis
By on 22/06/2012 10:00:00
Discover why Denise thinks women will take the glory at London 2012 and her views on Jess Ennis claiming her British heptathlon record
Denise Lewis inspired national respect with her remarkable performance in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where she triumped to take heptathlon gold against the odds with a bandage wrapped around her injured leg.Since retiring in 2005, she has remained a national favourite as an athlet...
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10 Winning Open-Water Tips from Keri-Anne Payne
By Nicola Joyce, Dominique Brady on 30/08/2011 17:08:44
Discover the open-water swimming secrets of 10km open-water World Champion, Keri-Anne Payne
Keri-Anne Payne's name is synonymous with open-water swimming. She won silver in the gruelling 10km marathon swim at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, when open-water made its Olympic debut.With London 2012 quickly approaching, Keri-Anne is predicted to dazzle once again. In July sh...
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Q & A with Hannah England
By Annie Rice on 06/03/2013 15:53:39
GB Middle distance athlete Hannah England speaks to us at the launch of Nike's Flyknit Lunar running shoe.
Tell us about your experience at the London 2012 Olympics It was amazing to be part of The Games. Unfortunately I got injured in late May so athletically I didn’t quite get what I wanted to get out of it but I did as much as I could with the way I was. It was just awesome, reall...
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Virgin London Marathon Countdown
By on 03/04/2013 16:19:00
From meeting RW at the expo to beating blisters on the run - here's all you need to know ahead of Virgin London Marathon on 21 April 2013.
, and tell us which products you'll find along the London Marathon route.From the RW archive: Check out this handy interactive mile-by-mile guide we created a few years ago.All this, plus...Don't miss our interview with Hugh Brasher, the joint race director
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