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Flora London Marathon 2005 - The RW Report
By Steve Smythe on 19/04/2005 10:35:28
Radcliffe demolishes the opposition; Lel surprises many - including himself...
The 25th running of the Flora London Marathon did the 2012 Olympic bid no harm at all with further confirmation that London puts on the world’s greatest marathon.Excellent conditions and cool sunshine greeted a record 36,000 starters and 34
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Ironman World Championships: Kona 2011
By on 03/10/2011 15:47:20
Find out all you need to know about the Ironman World Championships
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ASICS Super Six 2011: The Selection Day
By on 06/01/2011 12:17:46
Find out what happened at the first ever ASICS Super Six Selection Day, as we met 40 contenders vying for a place in the 2011 ASICS Super Six
After receiving over 1100 applications for the ASICS Super Six 2011, we invited 40 lucky Runner's World readers to a Selection Day in Birmingham on Saturday December 4. The aim of the day was to whittle down our contenders further to a final
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Team GB Profile: Richard Whitehead
By on 30/08/2012 10:00:00
Prepare to be inspired by the long distance runner turned sprinter
and remember to follow his Twitter feed (@Marathonchamp) as he prepares for this week's competition.--------------------------------------------Richard Whitehead is the double leg amputee world record holder over the half-marathon [1:14:59 in Reading
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Enduring Questions: Downhill Running
By Amby Burfoot on 09/06/2006 14:51:54
The Boston Marathon drops 480 feet from start to finish, so it should be the fastest, easiest course around, right? Tell that to your trashed quads
still think downhill running is simple. In fact, when the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced that it would recognise road racing "world records" for the first time in January 2004, it discounted the Boston Marathon
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Five Minutes With... Mo Farah
By Dominique Brady on 26/10/2010 12:31:45
One of Britain's most talented middle-distance runners tells us what it means to hold a national record - and why he never wants to finish second.
the British record. That record stood for 28 years and at the time Moorcroft set it, it was a world record too. That just shows you how much athletics has moved forward.Q. How much more do you want to shave off that record?A. Hopefully I can go faster, but I
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Usain Bolt: Sprinting Technique
By Kerry McCarthy on 05/07/2011 11:00:00
Copy Usain Bolt's form to acheive a near perfect sprint
He's broken the 100m world record three times and the 200m world record twice - but can Usain Bolt run even faster? Judging by the way he slowed down at the Olympic 100m final 10m from the finish, there's room for improvement. His form, according
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Olympic Moment: Coe and Ovett's Moscow Battle
By Pat Butcher on 18/06/2012 09:30:00
The story behind the famous 1980 Moscow Olympics showdown
, 1:44.1, breaking Coe’s UK record. Coe, despite the suicidal first lap, ran 1:44.8.Coe put that painful experience to good use the following year. In an annus mirabilis, he reduced the 800m world record to 1:42.33. He then broke the mile world record
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The UK's Best Running Club 2010
By on 26/01/2010 12:43:12
Join us in recognising the achievements of UK running clubs by nominating your choice
create a social and sporting hub for the communities they operate in. Without clubs, running as we know it would not exist.To celebrate the achievements of running clubs, Runner's World, in partnership with New Balance, is once again searching for the UK
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Take on a New Challenge
By Bryce Dyer on 26/05/2011 15:30:19
If your racing schedule is starting to feel a little familiar, it might be time for a new test
time of 10:30; the record still stands. At the World Surf Lifesaving Championships held in Cornwall in 1994, the wave that hit the women's surf ski race capsized most of a heat and one woman received whiplash when she was launched into the air still
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