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You have to be nuts to sign up for a marathon: training for months in the rain, the dark and the skin-stinging wind. And all for what? To hang a bit of metal round your neck while nursing damaged knees, blistered feet and lost toenails. So perhaps it is only to be expected that, with … Read more
Runner, 36, completes a MARATHON in his own back garden so his training for the cancelled London race doesn’t go to waste – and even uses precious toilet roll for the finishing line James Page was training for an ultra-marathon and the London Marathon Both races were postponed so the Sidcup runner decided to compete … Read more
As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus outbreak and urges people to self-isolate, one man has decided to keep fit by running a full marathon on his balcony. Elisha Nochomovitz, 32, from Balma, a suburb of the southern French city of Toulouse, took the internet by storm after he was seen running 42.2 … Read more
The London Marathon race will be postponed six months amid the ‘global pandemic’ of the killer coronavirus, organisers confirmed today. London Marathon Events said the world’s biggest 26.2mile run, which attracts 45,000 racers from across the planet, will take place on October 4. The decision comes as the life-threatening bug, which claimed its eleventh UK … Read more
London Marathon’s milestone 40th race will be postponed from April to October due to coronavirus pandemic, organisers confirm London Marathon will be postponed this April due to fears of the coronavirus The biggest 26mile run in the world is expected to take place in early October Events director Hugh Brasher said ‘public health is everyone’s … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Matt Hancock has conceded that the UK ‘might have to’ cancel the London Marathon next month to prevent coronavirus spreading like wildfire. The 26.2mile race is the largest mass-participation sporting event in the world involving 45,000 runners from around the globe and up to 1million spectators lining the capital’s streets. But the April 26 event is in … Read more
Tokyo marathon was limited to elite runners only in a bid to combat the spread of deadly coronavirus in Japan. Japan has had 200 confirmed coronavirus cases so far, excluding the almost 700 people who fell ill on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with a significant cluster in the rural north. Ten people have died from … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
The president and CEO of the Honolulu Marathon has joined a chorus of former students who have publicly accused a late University of Michigan doctor of sexual abuse, saying the physician performed a rectal exam on him during a medical appointment in the 1970s. Dr. James Barahal, who himself is a longtime physician, told The … Read more