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1 day ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
We’re now only three months away from the start of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo – and yet, already, many of Britain’s greatest-ever athletes are already looking ahead to the World Athletics Championships in 2029. That’s because the venue for the 2029 competition is yet to be decided – and London wants in on the action.
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4 days ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
You can run a marathon fast, but not so fast that you make the elite start list. You might have won that local race, but you’ll never reach the podium of the London Marathon to redefine your career. Friends and followers might congratulate your latest PB in person and on social media, but your achievement will never make international news headlines.
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1 week ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
If you wear a running watch, you might have noticed a function that estimates your VO2 max score. If your running is in a good place, you might have seen this number rise over the past few months or years. But do we all really know what ‘VO2 max’ even means? For clarity, VO2 max has long been considered one of the gold standards for measuring cardiovascular fitness.
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1 week ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
In 2021, Angela Summers was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and told by doctors that she had just six to 18 months to live. Three-and-a half years later, on Sunday 18 May, she overcame the odds to become the inspirational final finisher of the 2025 Great Manchester Run. Summers, from Fallowfield in Manchester, was surrounded and celebrated by friends, family members and supporters as she walked her way across the finish line of the 10K event.
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1 week ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
Los expertos en medicina llevan mucho tiempo insistiendo en que la actividad física puede hacerte más feliz y saludable. Ejercicios regulares como correr pueden mejorar tu salud cardiovascular, desarrollar tu fuerza muscular, afinar tu rendimiento cognitivo, potenciar tu bienestar general y mucho más.
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1 week ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
If you've ever trained for a goal race by following a structured training plan, you’ll know that it's not just about running more – it's also about running strategically. That's why a good training plan includes easy runs, long runs, speed work, tempo runs and recovery runs. And all this can add up to four or five (or even six) days of running a week, which can stress your muscles, tendons and more. So why do training plans ask so much of you?
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2 weeks ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
Si has abierto recientemente la versión actualizada de Strava en tu teléfono, habrás notado que la aplicación tiene un aspecto ligeramente diferente. Es probable que aún te estés adaptando al diseño modificado de tu perfil y a las pequeñas insignias naranjas en forma de cresta que ves en todo el menú de actividades para identificar a los suscriptores. Pero este pequeño cambio visual no es la única modificación que Strava ha hecho en su plataforma.
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2 weeks ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
Se hai recentemente aperto la versione aggiornata di Strava sul telefono, avrai notato che l'app ha un aspetto leggermente diverso. Probabilmente ti stai ancora adattando al layout modificato del tuo profilo e per identificare gli iscritti vedi iconcine arancioni a forma di cresta in tutto il feed di attività. Leggi ancheMa questo piccolo cambiamento visivo non è l'unica modifica apportata da Strava alla sua piattaforma.
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2 weeks ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell
If you’ve recently opened the updated version of Strava on your phone, you’ll have noticed that the platform looks a little different now. You’re probably still adjusting to the tweaked layout on your profile and seeing fiery orange, crest-shaped icons all over your activity feed to identify the subscribers. But this visual change isn’t the only modification that Strava has made to its platform.
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2 weeks ago | 
runnersworld.com | Rachel Boswell |Hannah Bradfield
Large-scale, headline-grabbing events like the London Marathon put a brilliant spotlight on the wonderful sport that is running. But, as much as we love these big, upbeat occasions involving tens of thousands of participants, running is also about the smaller, silent achievements that we rack up each day by ourselves or with a few others. For countless people across the globe, running is a fitness activity, a hobby, a personal challenge and a mental release.
