Running

They averaged at a pace of 9:09 per mile. Irish runners in Ireland are the fastest in the world, a new study has said. According to fitness watch manufacturer Garmin, runners in Ireland were the fastest globally, averaging a pace of 9:09 per mile. The average run lasted 46.3 minutes, rising to 50.8 minutes among […]

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With the help of his mum, the teenager managed to get himself marathon-ready in just five months A teenager with Down’s Syndrome has made running history after completing the London marathon. Lloyd Martin, 19, became the youngest person ever in his learning disability category to complete a marathon when he crossed the iconic Mall finish […]

2 years ago

“She had a week to realise her actions and return the trophy, which she did not do.” An ultra-marathon runner from Scotland has been banned for twelve months after admitting she used a car to complete part of a race earlier this year. Joasia Zakrzewski, 47, was found to have cheated during the GB Ultras […]

2 years ago

You wouldn’t want to be stuck behind him for long… A marathon runner has become a cult figure in running circles because of his unorthodox decision to chain smoke throughout his races. The Chinese runner known as ‘Uncle Chen’ has gone viral after he completed the Xin’anjiang Marathon in Jiande in China while smoking cigarettes […]

3 years ago

That’s real-life superhero stuff. Anyone who runs long distances, or has ever screwed up the settings on a treadmill, will know how hard it is to run at a pace 20km/h for any amount of time, even a matter of seconds. That’s a little bit slower than the speed Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge averaged when […]

7 years ago

One of the best in the world, right on your (relative) doorstep. Sure it is all kicking off in Howth, isn’t it? A month ago, a restaurant there was named the best seafood restaurant in the entire world, and now the small Dublin village has just garnered another prestigious title. Travel bible Lonely Planet have […]

7 years ago