of a contingent of eight Irishmen in the field. He and Paul Grealish were also two of four runners making their 26.2-mile debuts at this year's North Pole Marathon. They ran the distance together to finish in 5:47:02."Usually when someone from Galway
between the northerly tip of Norway and the North Pole itself. Longyearbyen (I’ve no idea how it is pronounced) is the second most northerly town in the world and only has around 2,000 inhabitants. From here we will take our flight in a converted Russian
Pole Marathon – a prize worth £6,000.This extraordinary marathon first took place in 2004, with Runner's World magazine editor Steven Seaton lining up among the 15 well-wrapped competitors. You can read his report here.The runners may wear snow shoes
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. This will be Alison's 13th marathon. Matt Pullen Matt finished his first half-marathon at the age of 17, and his first marathon at 18 in London. Since this early start, he’s notched up 15 marathons, and 2009 marks his 10th attempt at the Flora London
the world marathon record. It provided the setting for Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie to stamp his mark on the marathon when he set the current world record of 2:04:26 in 2007. This autumn race takes place in September every year so if you need a goal
, the Everest Challenge Marathon, the Antarctic 100K and the Himalayan 100-Mile Stage Race. In 2009, he became the first person to run seven marathons on seven continents in less than seven days, completing the mammoth task in just five days, 10 hours and eight
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Marathon - my 'home' race - six times. I set my personal best of 3:14 in London in 2010, and my personal worst of 6:28 at the Medoc Marathon in 2008 - the 24 'aid' stations serving red wine ad strong cheese definitely slowed me down. In 2005 I was second
/(kg.mile swimming) 0.62 cals/(kg.mile biking) 1.44 cals/(kg.mile running). It must be true it was on the Internet. – ToucanI have, no doubt incorrectly, been reluctant to claim too many calories for biking and swimming, because I tend not to feel so much pain as I
