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  • Women can’t run marathons – Part III

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    This women-running-marathons-thing was only supposed to be a brief entry but when I started writing about it I found myself feeling quite strongly about the implications so here is a third instalment: Raise your hand if you have ever completed a triathlon. It’s probably not many of you and that’s even considering the cohort of…

  • Women can’t run marathons – Part II

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    This women-running-marathons-thing was only supposed to be a brief entry but when I started writing about it I found myself feeling quite strongly about the implications so here is a second instalment: In the TV show Daredevils last week, an “expert” made the following statement: “A marathon, in istelf, is an endurance feat which most…

  • Coast-to-Coast photos

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    Here are some snaps from the triathlon I supported last month: If the window above doesn’t work then have a look here instead.

  • Women can’t run marathons – Part I

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    Did you know that there was no women’s marathon in the Olympic Games until 1984? The men’s event, in contrast, was part of the inaugural “modern Olympics” in 1896. Women had, of course, run marathons before that but not without a lot of effort – and I don’t mean the running. Under the assumption that…