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Running, Olympic lifting, strength, recovery, sleep, and sports medicine.

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She Had a Shoe Emergency 30 Minutes Before the European Marathon Championships. Then She Won Bronze

Abbie Donnelly of Great Britain overcame a close call on race morning to finish third in 2:27:33.

Why chosen: Open if it offers a concrete decision about running: something to try, avoid, recover from, or monitor.

  • health
  • running
Article The Guardian World Reporting News

Virgin Trains a step closer to running services to Europe in blow to Eurostar

Operator granted UK track access for as many as 20 daily return trains to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030 Business live – latest updates Virgin Trains has been granted track access by the rail regulator to enable it to run services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030, in a key step towards breaking Eurostar’s monopoly on the cross-Channel passenger route.

  • Business
  • Europe
  • Eurostar
  • Rail industry
  • Rail transport
Article The Guardian World Reporting News

Alaska athlete uses bear spray to fend off animal attack: ‘nightmare come to life’

Klaire Rhodes was attacked by a brown bear in state park but spray helped her escape with ‘relatively minor injuries’ An Alaska marathon athlete used a repellant spray to fend off an attacking bear that officials say injured her while she ran on a popular trail recently – an encounter that she has since described as “a nightmare come to life”.

  • Alaska
  • Animals
  • Marathon
  • Running
  • US news