Isn’t running crazy? One day you race a marathon and then 10 days later you’re running 6 miles easy at a pace 90 seconds per mile slower than you ran the marathon and it’s like hard.
In case our sport needs a reminder let’s be clear. Women can have longer successful careers well past what the sport deems as “your prime.”
NYC results:
4th. Vivian Cheruiyot 41: 2:25:21
6th. Sara Vaughn 38: 2:26:56
10th. Kellyn Taylor 38: 2:27:59
11th. Des Linden 41: 2:29:32
Strava should employ AI to go in and clean out all the vehicle results in the segments. Wouldn't hurt to get all the sub 2 min/mi pace runs cleaned out.
Went to Canada last week. Here’s the little sidekick fast asleep at the top of the CN tower, niagra falls, the shore of Lake Erie and Toronto Aquarium.
This week I have a cough. Best believe he can’t sleep through a single cough.
Alex Yee was toiling in the 30c heat, 14 secs behind Hayden Wilde, when he heard four words from a familiar voice that helped change the course of Olympic history.
“Anything can happen, mate,” shouted Alistair Brownlee. Seven minutes later he won gold.
https://t.co/sGrJU0jrBV
Olympic Creed: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well"
UKA: 🖕
So shortsighted.
Olympic Creed: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well"
UKA: 🖕
So shortsighted.
🏆 World Indoor Champion 🏆
A stunning shock in the women's 3000m final at the World Indoor Championships 🤯
World indoor 3000m silver medallist Elle St. Pierre takes down world 5000m and 10,000m champion + 5000m WR holder Gudaf Tsegay in Glasgow 🔥
St. Pierre clocks an amazing championships record of 8:20.87 and goes third on the indoor all-time list 🇺🇸
For Laura Muir, it's fifth in 8:29.76 🇬🇧
Our partners at the English Cross Country Association (ECCA) have taken the difficult decision postpone tomorrow's planned National Cross Country Championships (24 February 2024) at Weston Park in Shropshire. See more ⤵️ https://t.co/nnhcsaI1mQ
Felt rubbish all week. Went to Barca, ran a half and had a few days holiday with my mates. Feel much better now.
Exercise, sunshine, good food and drink and excellent company. Sorts you right out
Started Saturday right with a 19.44 parkrun for 1 and a half athletes. Not bad at 23 weeks preggers.
Off up north now to fight hard for a place in the Salford team at the Northern cross. Up the reds.
Bloody love a bit of running me.
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