Runners have taken to social media to honour Samantha Murphy and show solidarity with other women runners, vowing to “complete” the run she never could.
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Runners have taken to social media to honour Samantha Murphy and show solidarity with other women runners, vowing to “complete” the run she never could.
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Women runners have long endured catcalls and unwanted advances from men. The recent case of Laken Riley, who was killed by an attacker while jogging in Georgia, has only amplified many women’s fears. CNN spoke to women runners about how they stay safe.
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At this time of year I yearn for a society in which we can go outside without fear, says Robyn Vinter, the Guardian’s North of England correspondent
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Women runners say they are feeling vulnerable and taking extra precautions after the killing of Memphis teacher Eliza Fletcher
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At 4:20 a.m. — alluding to the last time Fletcher was seen alive — people wearing bright colors and lights ran, jogged and walked in honor of Fletcher.
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Samsung's new advert has been criticised by some women's running groups for being unrealistic.
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I hoped the murder of Mollie Tibbetts would spark a national conversation, but it never came.
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You don’t hand your car keys to someone who’s never driven. Why then are so many of us heading into the great unknown without basic information and easily accessible equipment?
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It's unwelcome, upsetting and highly likely to have happened to you or someone you know. Keeping a woman safe from harassment while out running isn't just her problem.
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With gyms shut and the nights getting colder and darker, how can you keep fit?
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When we walk briskly or run, air moves differently around us, increasing the space required to maintain a proper social distance.
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During a run in the final hours of 2018, Michelle* found herself being dragged along the ground by a stranger in a balaclava. While she has found a female running group to help get back on track, she says it took time to stop fearing exercising in public.
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Even as a pedestrian it's impossible to see The Invisibles until they're upon you.
Good advice for every cyclist and runner/walker who ventures out in the dark. Wear light coloured clothing, and have a light! :-)
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While some athletes seek the latest in lightweight apparel, others are turning up the heat on a lucrative market.
I'm concerned about this trend, it reminds me of the rubber suits that people used to run in to 'lose weight'. While the thermic affect MAY help weight loss, there is a real danger of hyperthermia (heat stroke illness/injury - the body overheating).
We sweat to lose heat from our exercising muscles. If the sweat can't evaporate then we can overheat and get a heat illness, collapse and at the worst extreme, die. I've always said, when running races in Australia you have two enemys, the battle for the race itself and the battle to lose heat. I leave this argument with two quotes from Brahams.
“The rubber suits worn by many people to lose weight are potentially dangerous and have resulted in death from heat stroke.” Brahams 1988
"Three of the deaths were the consequence of attempts at rapid weight loss by extreme fasting and exercise (e.g., exercise wearing a rubber suit and sweat suit which led to hyperthermia)."
Have you ever used a sweat suit?
If so please share with us if it worked. I'm not convinced.
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The death of runner Claire Squires during the London marathon last year has been put down to the sports supplement Jack3D that she took. So should athletes avoid them altogether?
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A RUNNER has been left with permanent brain damage after competing in a desert footrace staged by the same adventure company behind the ill-fated 2011 Kimberley Ultramarathon.
PM - I'm still trying to work this one out, how can he be dehydrated and have hyponatremia at the same time? They are opposite conditions?
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How much fluid should runners drink? The health risk of too much water is far greater than dehydration, writes George Winter.