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Five of the best: It's time for us to pan for Insta running gold again...

There's a lot of rubbish on social media, but these posts will hopefully brighten your day and inspire you to go out running (part 3)
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Generation Z: The parkrunners searching for alphabet gold
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Christopher McDougall: Born to Run author on everything from barefoot running and the B-52’s to life as a war correspondent
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Keep on running: How one club is hoping to supercharge its over-50s
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“My dream is to stay alive, to live a life I'm proud of and where my children can look at me and be proud”
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Olympic trailblazer should be given posthumous gold medal, biographer says
Tidye Pickett became the first African-American to run at the Olympics - but only after being denied the chance of a gold medal and suffering racist…
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“Running to show the humanity behind every rough sleepers’ blanket”
Stan Robertson started homelessness charity, Project 16:15, during the infamous Beast from the East cold snap
If you’re only going to run one ultra, why not make it the toughest footrace on the planet?
Studney Kirby has run marathons all over the world and hundreds of parkruns, but MDS remains his only ‘daddy’ ultra
Five of the best: Why we love these Insta running posts
There's a lot of rubbish on social media, but these posts will hopefully brighten your day and inspire you to go out running (part 2)
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Inspirational Tales

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Olympic trailblazer should be given posthumous gold medal, biographer says
Tidye Pickett became the first African-American to run at the Olympics - but only after being denied the chance of a gold medal and suffering racist…
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Craig Lewis
“Running to show the humanity behind every rough sleepers’ blanket”
Stan Robertson started homelessness charity, Project 16:15, during the infamous Beast from the East cold snap
If you’re only going to run one ultra, why not make it the toughest footrace on the planet?
Studney Kirby has run marathons all over the world and hundreds of parkruns, but MDS remains his only ‘daddy’ ultra
Running for rough sleepers: Please back our charity run
Our 16:15 Charity Run returns for a third year with the aim of raising money for and awareness of rough sleeping and homelessness
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Marathon Tales

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If you’re only going to run one ultra, why not make it the toughest footrace on the planet?
Studney Kirby has run marathons all over the world and hundreds of parkruns, but MDS remains his only ‘daddy’ ultra
James McDiarmid: Meet the 'joggler' hoping to run a sub-three hour marathon
When James combined his love of juggling and running he unlocked a whole new world of challenges - and enjoyment
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“My dream is to stay alive, to live a life I'm proud of and where my children can look at me and be proud”
When Natalie Crawford was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, it was presented as a life-sentence - she decided to change the narrative and in the process…
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The Paula Black story: Running long distances and fighting MND
At school, Paula hated PE - now she loves running, tackles 100k challenges and raises awareness of motor neurone disease
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Ultra Tales

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If you’re only going to run one ultra, why not make it the toughest footrace on the planet?
Studney Kirby has run marathons all over the world and hundreds of parkruns, but MDS remains his only ‘daddy’ ultra
Addison Hendricks: The ultra prodigy who has the HOTS for running
Aged 16, Addison broke an American record by running 130 miles - now he's winning 400 mile 'journey races' put on by the legendary Lazarus Lake
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The Paula Black story: Running long distances and fighting MND
At school, Paula hated PE - now she loves running, tackles 100k challenges and raises awareness of motor neurone disease
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How running helped ultra marathoner Deepak Shukla make pearls from lemons
Entrepreneur Deepak credits the sport with helping him achieve success with business, Pearl Lemon
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Women's Safety and Running

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Escaping domestic abuse: 'Running was everything, a chance to be free'
Anne Elliot suffered for 20 years living with her unpredictable and violent husband. Running helped her survive, escape and - ultimately - find herself.
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Women's safety when running: 'Why is it incumbent on me to come up with an answer to a problem I haven’t created?'
Time for education and to dismantle the patriarchy - but it's men who need to tackle the problem of women being harassed when running
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It's time to end the victim blaming of women runners, it's time for 'Why did he?'
After the murder of Eliza Fletcher in Memphis, women runners were questioned about what they wear and when they run - we need to change the discourse
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"If I could be harmed, I'll definitely harm my assailant" - meet the woman arming herself to stay safe while running
Tennessee resident Angie Skinner told Running Tales she wouldn't feel safe going out alone without her "arsenal" of self-defence weapons
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