• Marathon Tips

    Marathon Tips

    Tuesday, May 21, 2013

    Edinburgh Marathon is coming up on Sunday – a favourite among many on the marathon circuit. I have one friend who did it last year and one who’s doing it this year (her first marathon!), so I thought I’d catch up with them both to get the perspective of a marathon newbie and some advice [...]

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Running Shanghai

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