“I had never run just to participate; I always ran for victory.” Gezahegne Abera After the women´s marathon, which finished with victory for the Japanese Naoko Takahashi, next in line… Read more »
“I would get up at 6:30 and run 50 km before breakfast. Then another 20 km. It was rough but I didn’t dislike it. I had to suck it up…. Read more »
Photo by Anne Nygard (Unsplash) Regular moderate aerobic exercise, as running, offers many benefits, but it may also cause musculoskeletal injuries, often in the lower limbs. Among them, injuries on… Read more »
Runners on marathon day 1 In these strange days with “normal” marathon races forbidden we have come to appreciate the different ones, and we are not talking about the virtual… Read more »
Once technology has entered sports practice, GPS watches have become one of the most common devices, especially in running. GPS watches provide useful information. Pace, distance and height are usual… Read more »
Sunset over the Duero river Conchuela Bridge With all the restrictions due to the perimetral confinements the fact of being able to run a marathon goes beyond expectations. It could… Read more »
Half marathon In the half marathon Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie set a WR in the men’s category by stopping the clock at 57.32. Thus, he broke the record set by his… Read more »
Course of the Valencia Marathon 2020 Like so many other marathons at world level, the 2020 Valencia marathon has had its agenda altered by the Covid-19. As with London and… Read more »
Peggy & Marco Lachmann-Anke (Pixabay) Marathon and ultra-marathon differ not only in the distance, but also and more importantly on the length of the event. Additionally, many of these events… Read more »
Josia Thugwane “Uma ufuna ukuba uphumelele, hkohlwa konke” (in native Zulu) (“If you want to succeed, forget everything”) Josia Thugwane As we mentioned in our previous post about Fatuma Roba´s… Read more »
