When a huge sandstorm spun an ultramarathon runner off-course in the Sahara with meagre supplies, Mauro Prosperi knew there was only one person who could save him from certain death: himself.
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Physical and Mental Health - Exercise, Fitness and Activity
Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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When a huge sandstorm spun an ultramarathon runner off-course in the Sahara with meagre supplies, Mauro Prosperi knew there was only one person who could save him from certain death: himself.
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Former Leeds player Kevin Sinfield has raised more than £1.1m after running from Leicester to Leeds in under 24 hours
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In May this year, 21 athletes died at an ultra-running event in northern China. Some survivors have been threatened for telling their story.
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An increasing number of people are drawn to extremes to seek closure or to highlight a cause close to their hearts. It begs the question: why and does it help?
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Forrest Gump’s wisdom has inspired many of us, but Rob Pope took that a step further, dressing as his hero for the run of his life. But why? And what did he learn? By Will Coldwell
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Zaid Ait Malek had always been a good runner. Now it would make the difference between capture and escape.
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As people hit the streets for exercise during restricted alert levels, one of the country's greatest ultrarunners is warning would-be runners to prepare properly.
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Eight years and nine ultramarathons later, the 70-year-old endurance runner is eyeing off a 120km challenge.
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A 36-year-old from Arizona is running 5km loops of the Singleton army base for 10 days.
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Ultramarathons are races ranging from 50 to 4,345 km. During races, the most common problems for runners are nausea and vomiting. Some runners may get blurry vision. Sleepiness and hallucinations are problems in longer races lasting more than 24 hours.
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Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes is used to running alone but when the coronavirus pandemic hit, he felt lonely. Now he's part of a team running from Broken Hill to Byron Bay.
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A hundred runners are picked each year for the 135-mile race. This time the climate was especially brutal
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Rosie Spicer, aka the Ultra Nana, has overcome head injury from hitting a wombat and heavy smoking to enter gruelling Ultraman triathlons, training up to eight hours a day.
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Injuries, IVs, and so many calories: Inside James Lawrence's divisive quest to test the limits of his body and a sport.
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Rosie Spicer was not only the oldest woman in Australia to race Noosa's Ultraman event this year — she also decimated the world record for her age group.
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For Rebecca Rusch, the danger of losing her fingers and toes to Iceland's hostile landscape compelled her to take on one of her most challenging expeditions to-date -- a 327-mile biking trail and 25,600 vertical-foot climb across Iceland's snowfields and glaciers.
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The last time anyone saw Huang Guanjun alive, he was climbing a steep, rocky slope. Wind howled. Hail and rain pounded, but Huang heard nothing. He ran, like always, in silence.
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When Zhang Xiaotao set off last weekend on a 100-kilometer (62-mile) ultra-marathon through the jagged mountains of northwestern China, he didn't know he was embarking on one of the deadliest journeys in the country's sporting history.
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Elizabeth Woodgate only started running in her 40s and over the weekend took out arguably one of Australia's most gruelling ultramarathons in the heart of Australian's outback, the Larapinta Trail.
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After 21 runners died when high winds and freezing rain struck an ultramarathon race, one competitor said he survived only because a shepherd carried his unconscious body to shelter.
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The 62-mile mountain race in Gansu Province left athletes in shorts and T-shirts facing freezing rain, hail and high winds.
If you are doing an outdoors event at altitude, always have a rain jacket, some warm clothing, food, drink and communication device to call for help.
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Freezing rain and winds hit a long-distance race in a mountainous tourist site in China.
Beware of hypothermia when exercising outside in the cold.
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The format might be simple - winning this race is anything but. Big Dog's Backyard Ultra is an unusually punishing challenge.
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The Hong Kong-based Kiwi shows at the Backyard Ultra that he is uniquely stubborn, even compared with other ultra runners.
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To welcome 2021 in a memorable way, I ran from 9 a.m. on New Year’s Eve to 9 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
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