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Forumite Takes Pole Position
By Oxymoron on 17/03/2008 16:43:33
Apparently it's a bit chilly but Forumite Oxymoron can't wait to race at the North Pole Marathon
! I’ve also done a couple of Long Distance Walker Association events, the most memorable of which was a very hilly, muddy and slippery 20-miler which, I’m ashamed to say, took me over six hours. I can only hope that these uneven and tricky surfaces
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Ship Mates
By Alison Fraser on 26/07/2006 10:06:28
Ironman Frankfurt was just as tough for its supporters as it was for those taking part reports Alison Fraser
Not to be missed: Pirates swamped the city of FrankfurtNever underestimate the demands of being a supporter; it takes as much commitment as participating in an event but there are no medals to show for it. Whether it’s a 5K run or an Ironman
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Pocket Race Guide: Family-friendly Events
By Ben Palfreyman on 29/06/2010 16:54:43
Take the whole family along to your next race this summer: you get support, the kids get a fun run PB of their own
event makes it the perfect way to spend a sunny Wednesday evening. Entire families often attend the event - with the kids racing in the fun run and the parents in the 5K.Like the River Run 5K, the fun run starts and finishes beside the picturesque river
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Pocket Race Guide: Summer Race Series
By Ben Palfreyman on 15/06/2010 12:51:42
Track the progress of your fitness and speed in a race series this summer
- as well as giving you a good shot at beating your 5K and 10K PBs.Threshold Summer Races (Stratford-upon-Avon, June 12)Race series are just as much social events as they are an opportunity to claim new PBs and few races exemplify this more than
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Pocket Race Guide - October
By Alice Palmer on 25/09/2009 16:20:07
Featuring... Badger Bite 4, Henley Half-Marathon, Gin Pit 5, Richmond Castle 10K, Welcombe Wobbler 10K, Trionium Greensand Marathon, East Coast 10K, Over The Hills 12K
finishers. Over The Hills 12K, November 1 Over the Hills 12K (Wiltshire, November 1) Take on this tough, scenic race and be prepared to plough up and down fields, through woodland and along road, mud and gravel tracks. Whatever the surface
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Toronto Marathon: Down By The Waterfront
By Daniel Benson on 18/10/2006 13:34:16
The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is a big-city race with small-town convenience
marathons before. They weren’t fun. They were hard. Hard and unquestionably painful. Yet just from flicking through the official race guide it’s clear that the event certainly has a lot going for it. A short but impressive history dating back to 1990 - when
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The Great Wall Marathon
By Sean Fishpool on 05/11/2002 15:51:33
If you're going to hit the wall during a marathon, you may as well do it with style
.Soon were guided onto one of the undulating scorched-earth tracks that will form nearly half of the course. A riverbed running alongside looks the way the insides of our mouths feel by now. The surface of cracked mud and smooth white stones is bone dry
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The Great Wall Marathon
By Sean Fishpool on 05/11/2002 15:51:33
If you're going to hit the wall during a marathon, you may as well do it with style
.Soon were guided onto one of the undulating scorched-earth tracks that will form nearly half of the course. A riverbed running alongside looks the way the insides of our mouths feel by now. The surface of cracked mud and smooth white stones is bone dry
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Forum v IM Florida: Sailing to the Sunshine State
By Fat Buddha on 14/11/2007 13:11:25
Three years after forumite Candy Ollier first regaled us with tales of Ironman Florida, 12 intrepid Pirates made the voyage over the Pond in search of their own rewards
as you got and get your retaliation in first. Smack, punch, wallop – take that you Yanks! Petal was sporting a lovely cheek bruise after the event.Other than that, it was a lovely sea swim. Fat Buddha spotted a horseshoe crab and others saw large
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Forum v Ironman Florida
By Candy Ollier on 17/11/2004 14:10:09
... no please, after you... a civilised and rather hot time at Ironman Florida, November 2004
and caught in a riptide. I was swimming hard and making no discernible progress for five or 10 minutes that seemed like an hour. I thought it a real possibility that I might have got myself into serious trouble. But then the surface sweep took me out of it
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