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Hiker rescued after carrying broken leg for two days

Article added September 25, 2019 Categories Featured News, News, Your stories

Written By: JANE MCGUIRE

He had to crawl to rescue. An Australian hiker has been rescued after falling 20 feet into a waterfall, breaking his wrist and his leg. 54-year-old Neil Parker was walking alone near Brisbane on Sunday when he fell, breaking his wrist and his leg, which he describes as being ‘clean snapped in half’. Losing his […]

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One year after Wendy Martinez’s murder, #RunForWendy is keeping her memory alive

Article added September 25, 2019 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: CAROLYN CRIST

“Wendy went for a run a year ago and didn’t complete it. We want to change the story by continuing the run that she began.” Today marks one year since 35-year-old runner Wendy Martinez was stabbed and killed during an evening run in her Logan Circle neighbourhood in Washington, D.C. In the aftermath of […]

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She Felt ‘Poisoned’ by Chemo. Tackling Ultras Helped Her Heal

Article added September 25, 2019 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: ELIZABETH MILLARD

Karen Baas just wanted a way to feel like she was flushing out the chemicals. Then she got hooked. At age 35, with six months of chemotherapy and three weeks of radiation behind her for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Oregon resident Karen Baas didn’t feel relief because her treatments had ended. She felt poisoned. “Of course I […]

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How to Find the Ideal Running Partner

Article added September 24, 2019 Categories Featured Training, News

Written By: LISA JHUNG

If one platonic running partner (or more) to whom you’re perfectly suited sounds appealing, then it’s time for you to hunt for your match. The following was adapted with permission from Running That Doesn’t Suck by Lisa Jhung (Running Press) Finding the ideal running partner has some similarities to finding a life partner. Maybe you get […]

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Geoffrey Kamworor Shatters Half Marathon World Record in Copenhagen

Article added September 16, 2019 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: Taylor Dutch

The 26-year-old Kenyan nearly broke 58 minutes over 21.1 km as he held a blistering 2:45 pace. On Sunday, Geoffrey Kamworor set the men’s half marathon world record at the Copenhagen Half Marathon. His time of 58 minutes and 1 second breaks the previous record by 17 seconds. Kamworor won the 2017 New York City Marathon and finished third […]

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