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2020 Runner’s World Gear of the Year Giveaway

Article added November 9, 2020 Categories Featured News, Shoes and Gear

From shoes and apparel to other essentials, these packs made our must-have essentials list. Insanely cool, these 13 products deliver an unrivalled boost to every run. The bonus: they’re all up for grabs!           Thanks to our amazing partners for the incredible prize packs! For more information on the prize packs, […]

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How we evolved to run, and why we probably didn’t

Article added November 4, 2020 Categories Featured News, News
Written By: JOHN CARROLL

If we are built to run long distances, how does that explain almost everything about us, asks John Carroll. There is a growing consensus among the scientific community – evolutionary biologists, paleoanthropologists, neuroscientists and other dilettantes – that our bodies and brains evolved to run long distances so we could slowly hunt down animals on […]

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Another study finds women to be better at pacing than men

Article added October 28, 2020 Categories Featured News, News
Written By: JANE MCGUIRE

This analysis looked at 2,348,505 marathon results achieved during the 2009-2019 period. A new study has analysed 2,348,505 marathon results achieved during the 2009-2019 period to look at the differences in pace throughout the marathon between women and men. The data shows women are 18.33% better at keeping an even pace than men. Women ‘burn […]

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What Happened to Eliud Kipchoge at the 2020 London Marathon?

Article added October 5, 2020 Categories Featured News, News
Written By: CATHAL DENNEHY

The world’s best marathoner explains why he had an uncharacteristically off day. Eliud Kipchoge said he experienced an issue with his right ear during the London Marathon, which led to his subpar performance. In cold and rainy conditions, the world-record holder finished eighth in 2:06:49, more than a minute behind winner Shura Kitata of Ethiopia. He began to […]

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Results and Highlights From the 2020 London Marathon

Article added October 5, 2020 Categories Featured News, News
Written By: CATHAL DENNEHY

Brigid Kosgei and Shura Kitata won on an unprecedented course for the year’s second World Marathon Major.   So far this year, we’ve seen the Boston Marathon, the Berlin Marathon, the Chicago Marathon, and the New York City Marathon all postponed and/or cancelled, because of the global pandemic. But the organisers of the London Marathon have found a […]

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