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Montgomery: I Never Loved Marion Jones
The “fastest couple on earth” was as much a fairy tale as Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones’ athletic achievements, the disgraced runner says. In a jailhouse interview with the London Times , Montgomery...
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Barefoot Runners Are More Efficient
The barefoot running trend now has a powerful academic ally in a Harvard study that sides with au naturel hoofers. Researchers compared people who had always run barefoot, those who had always worn...
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Man Runs 365 Marathons in One Year
A Belgian runner has plowed through 365 marathons in the past year, shattering the former record of 52, the Daily Mail reports. Stefaan Engels, 49, completed his goal in Barcelona. "I wanted to inspire...
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Boston Marathon's Oldest Runner: 81, Cancer Survivor
For its oldest runner, the Boston Marathon is no big deal: Clarence Hartley may be 81, but he’s fought in two wars—Korea and Vietnam— and conquered both non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and prostate cancer. He...
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Usain Bolt Booted as 'Bladerunner' Steals Show
The fastest man on the planet was disqualified today from the event he's dominated for three years, while the most unlikely runner on the planet advanced to the semis at today's track world...
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Marathon Runner Raises $400K After Death
A British mental health charity has received a flood of donations following the death of a runner in the final stretch of the London Marathon on Sunday. Claire Squires, a 30-year-old hairdresser, was...
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Runner Speaks Out After Dead-Heat Controversy
Jeneba Tarmoh is heartbroken over the "dead heat" controversy that kept her from a spot on the Olympic 100-meter team , she tells the New York Times . Tarmoh felt cheated after being unofficially...
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Oops ... Runner's World Busts Ryan on Marathon Claim
Both campaigns might be thumbing their noses at political fact-checkers , but Paul Ryan now knows he better stick to the facts when it comes to athletic feats. After he told a radio show last week that...
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'Blade Runner' Pistorius Charged in Girlfriend's Murder
Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder after his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, was found dead in his home, Sky News reports. The South African sprinter, a 26-year-old double...
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Physicists Unravel Mystery of Usain Bolt's Speed
Usain Bolt is a big guy as far as sprinters go, and his 6-foot-5 frame doesn't exactly make him a model of aerodynamic perfection. But as his time of 9.58 seconds in a 100-meter race in 2009 proves, he...
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Man Runs One Mile for Every Fallen Vietnam Vet: 58K
Runner Michael Bowen completed a special mile yesterday—he has now run one for each of the more than 58,000 US vets who didn't come home from the Vietnam War. The 65-year-old Michigan man began the...
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Half-Marathoner Misses Turn, Wins 1st Marathon
That Meredith Fitzmaurice finished first among all female marathoners in an Ontario race on Sunday is a story that wouldn't typically make it past the local paper. But Fitzmaurice's story has a pretty...
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Runners Cover Rocky's Route— All 31 Miles of It
In Rocky II , the boxer pulls off a rather astounding feat: He appears, in a montage, to run from South Philadelphia to train tracks seven miles northeast, then suddenly back to South Philly before...
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Female Sprinter Fights Ban—Over Her Testosterone
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand was born with what may be a blessing and a curse: hyperandrogenism. The medical condition results in unusually high levels of testosterone—high enough, in fact, that it...
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Marathoner Runs 5 Miles to Evade Cops
An accomplished marathon runner from Kenya apparently resorted to his first instinct when police showed up to arrest him on charges of sexual assault—he ran 5 miles, reports the New Jersey Star-Ledger...
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After Runner Won't Quit, Cop Helps Her Finish Race
The police incident commander for the Rodes City Run in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday went a long way beyond the call of duty when he saw a runner struggling around 2 miles from the finish line. After...
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Pro Runner Inspires With Post-Pregnancy Instagram
Six months ago, professional runner Stephanie Rothstein Bruce gave birth to a baby boy—her second in 15 months, Self reports. Now she's rocking her stretch marks proudly as she trains with the goal of...
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Runner's Success Story Is Wild. So Is His Fight With Nike
Two years ago, Boris Berian was a college dropout working at McDonald's. He now hopes to run for Team USA at the Olympics, but first he has to clear a major hurdle: a lawsuit from Nike. And he wants...
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Stop Telling Women Not to Run Alone
Following the recent murders of three female joggers in New York , Massachusetts , and Michigan , women have been warned: Don’t run alone. Meghan Kita calls that admonition "ridiculous" at Runner’s...
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10 Best US Cities for Runners
If you're a runner, you won't find a city better than San Francisco. Runner's World ranks it as the best in the country for runners, based on running routes, the running community, safety, food, and...
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