Articles for Marathon Running

Chennai | Kickstaring your running journey in 2025? Get inspired by these veteran runners
2 weeks ago

Chennai | Kickstaring your running journey in 2025? Get inspired by these veteran runners

The Hindu  

At 66 years, K Selvanayagam is of the firm belief that running is in everyone’s blood. Times have now changed, with several neighbourhood communities having walking and running groups, senior citizens banding together to go on walks and runs, and Chennai Runners, the city’s largest running community expanding to sixteen chapters to cover the city. “When we started running with …

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Harmanpreet Kaur, Sarabjot Singh launch race day tees for Delhi Half Marathon 2024
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Harmanpreet Kaur, Sarabjot Singh launch race day tees for Delhi Half Marathon 2024

Hindustan Times  

Running is vital for life, a belief championed by PUMA ambassadors, Harmanpreet Kaur, Indian cricket team captain, and Sarabjot Singh, Olympic bronze medallist. Putting the spotlight on it, the two sports icons fronted a colourful march through Lodhi Colony today in the capital to launch the new Race Day Tee for Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, designed exclusively by official sports …

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Carrie Bickmore reveals her 'insane' marathon goal as she trains for gruelling race: 'This is out of my comfort zone'
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Carrie Bickmore reveals her 'insane' marathon goal as she trains for gruelling race: 'This is out of my comfort zone'

Daily Mail  

Carrie Bickmore has revealed she will be running the Great Wall of China. A few months ago I was feeling a little blah and needed something to train towards, so I signed up to run along the Great Wall of China half marathon.,' she said. Carrie Bickmore has revealed she will be running the Great Wall of China 'I am …

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First of its kind roller skating and running marathon to kick off in Shanghai
9 months, 2 weeks ago

First of its kind roller skating and running marathon to kick off in Shanghai

China Daily  

A fusion of roller skating and running, the first of its kind in Asia, will fire its starting pistol in Shanghai's Huangpu district on April 14. The 2024 Huangpu Marathon, which combines the International Roller Skating Marathon Tour, the China Roller Skating Marathon Open, the Shanghai Enterprise Quarterly Marathon and the Huangpu Marathon Online Race, aims to attract nearly 5,000 …

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Record-breaking 2024 Wuxi Marathon celebrates 10 years of running excellence
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Record-breaking 2024 Wuxi Marathon celebrates 10 years of running excellence

China Daily  

Runners cross the starting line during the 2024 Wuxi Marathon. With the firing of the starting gun, the 2024 Wuxi Marathon kicked off in Wuxi, Jiangsu province on March 24, drawing about 33,000 runners from 48 countries and regions. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, this year's Wuxi Marathon also served as a trial for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and part …

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Shyamali's Mumbai Marathon bronze and a liberating kiss
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Shyamali's Mumbai Marathon bronze and a liberating kiss

Hindustan Times  

It was bronze alright, but Shyamali Singh kissed the medal wrapped around her neck. Shyamali Singh with her medal at the Mumbai Marathon 2024 The 3:04:35 finish at the Tata Mumbai Marathon meant a lot more than medals and timings for the woman from West Bengal. “This is my first medal after the surgery, and the best one I have …

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The real reason why marathon running records are tumbling
1 year, 3 months ago

The real reason why marathon running records are tumbling

Live Mint  

The Berlin Marathon, held on 24 September, saw the creation of a new world record. Ethiopian Tigist Assefa, 26, finished the race in 2:11:53, shaving over two minutes from the previous women’s record set by Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei in 2019. In 2013, Kenyan runner Wilson Kipsang set a men’s world record at Berlin with a time of 2:03:23. In …

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Eliud Kipchoge Ready for Hamburg Marathon Redemption
3 years, 9 months ago

Eliud Kipchoge Ready for Hamburg Marathon Redemption

News 18  

Kenyan Olympic champion and marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, is hoping to return to the top of the podium at the NN Hamburg Marathon on April 11 to redeem his stature following his shock London defeat last year. It is another step that we are on the right track to normality,” Kipchoge, who ran the standing 2:01:39 world record …

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Cricketer Rohit Sharma appointed Oakley’s brand ambassador in India
4 years, 4 months ago

Cricketer Rohit Sharma appointed Oakley’s brand ambassador in India

Live Mint  

Performance sports eyewear brand Oakley on Tuesday announced the appointment of cricketer Rohit Sharma as its new brand ambassador for a period of two years in India. Ben Goss, Oakley global brand director, said, “Rohit Sharma is a world-class performer, an inspiration for the younger generation and an icon who has made his mark with his sporting excellence. The future …

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A marathon man continues to set the pace at age 71
4 years, 5 months ago

A marathon man continues to set the pace at age 71

China Daily  

Over 30,000 runners compete in a marathon in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, in October 2019. Affectionately known as "Chun Lao", a nickname that means rejuvenation, Wang is well known among the marathon runners in the northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The seemingly ageless runner won the title of "Beijing Marathon Nine-Star Runner" by finishing this marathon in three hours …

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‘Indian runners have potential, but need time and guidance’
5 years ago

‘Indian runners have potential, but need time and guidance’

Deccan Chronicle  

US Olympian Janet Cherobon-Bawcom was in Pune for a while to motivate the Indian runners and kickstart her Olympic trial preparation for the Tokyo Games next year. The face of the recent Pune Half Marathon Janet also conducted track sessions to inspire youngsters and discussed the broader aspects of training and nutrition. She emphasised that India has good potential, but …

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Woman Denied Guinness Record for Fastest Nurse for Running in Pants Instead of Dress, Sparks Debate
5 years, 8 months ago

Woman Denied Guinness Record for Fastest Nurse for Running in Pants Instead of Dress, Sparks Debate

News 18  

The nurse community the world over is up in arms after Jessica Anderson, a nurse at Royal London Hospital in the UK, was denied the Guinness World Record for winning fastest nurse category award in the London Marathon as she was not wearing a skirt. As per the Guinness World Record guidelines, to win the fastest nurse race, Anderson had …

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Shanghai picking up pace in cultivating marathon culture
5 years, 8 months ago

Shanghai picking up pace in cultivating marathon culture

China Daily  

The April 21 Shanghai International Half Marathon hosted some 15,000 runners, with about 98 percent of them completing the 21-kilometer race. Established in 2015, the Shanghai International Half Marathon hosted some 15,000 runners this year, with about 98 percent of them completing the 21-kilometer race that kicked off at the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and ended at Shanghai Oriental Sports …

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It's hard not to question the elite in the £1billion London Marathon
5 years, 8 months ago

It's hard not to question the elite in the £1billion London Marathon

Daily Mail  

As the single biggest annual fundraising event on the planet burst through the billion pound mark, there was so much to admire about Sunday's London Marathon. Eliud Kipchoge is setting records while his country is in the midst of a major doping crisis By the time they finished, two had crossed the line faster than the record Eliud Kipchoge obliterated …

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London Marathon 2019: Which celebrities are running this year?
5 years, 8 months ago

London Marathon 2019: Which celebrities are running this year?

The Independent  

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Mumbai Marathon: Thonakal Gopi's hard work coming to fruition
5 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai Marathon: Thonakal Gopi's hard work coming to fruition

The Hindu  

Indian long-distance runners have a separate prize money category at the Mumbai Marathon 2019, as an incentive when pitted against the elite runners from Africa and other nations. Olympic marathoner Thonakal Gopi, for example, finished 11th overall in 2017 with a time of two hours, 16 minutes, 51 seconds and is mentally geared up to test himself against the competition. …

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Ultramarathon runner who once struggled to do 5km shows women how to go the distance later in life
6 years, 5 months ago

Ultramarathon runner who once struggled to do 5km shows women how to go the distance later in life

ABC  

A Western Australian long-distance runner set to compete at the world ultramarathon championships hopes she can inspire other women to take up the sport. Ms Fieberg finished ninth overall in the Goldfields Pipeline Marathon in her home town of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Runner building up workload for world championships Ms Fieberg finished ninth overall among 57 runners who tackled last weekend's Goldfields …

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