For running pioneer's legacy, establishment of an award for promising female runners at the school
By Suzannah Rogerson, The Stray Ferret
A school in Harrogate is to honor a former pupil who became the first woman to run a Mile in under 5 minutes.
Diane Leather, who attended Harrogate...
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Maybe it was the endorphins, but I swear I heard 23,000 high school kids cheering.
By Charles Bethea, Outside
I was watching the 1500 meter Olympic final last summer at a bar, a few months before my 35th birthday, when I first wondered if a middle-distance runner lurked within. It was a...
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