The viral Hyrox horror: is the ‘go hard or go home’ attitude to exercise finally over?
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There’s a long history of athletes pooing themselves mid-race – why, and how can you avoid it?
Soiling yourself in public sounds like a bad dream. But the Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk has now apologised for doing ...
Join a running community – you won’t regret it | Letters
I loved Ioan Marc Jones’s article because it’s an honest reflection of the struggle of getting into running when you ...
Stretchy, supportive and completely chafe-free: the sportswear real people swear by
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Eye masks, cherry gel and an afternoon kiwi: Ezri Konsa, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and other top sports stars on how to get a good night’s sleep
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A moment that changed me: A WhatsApp message about a little-known sport made me an unlikely celebrity in Japan
It was December 2023 and I was searching in the attic for Christmas decorations when my phone pinged. I pulled ...
My rookie era: As a working mother, I had forgotten how to have fun. Then I played my first floorball match
I’d spent a season on the sidelines at my daughter’s floorball matches, watching 10-year-old girls brandishing sticks to smack the ...
A moment that changed me: I was turning 40 with an arthritis diagnosis – on a whim I took up my favourite teen hobby again
At 14, I decided to learn a martial art. I told my parents it was to defend myself on the ...
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Cartwheel. On the day we scattered my father’s ashes, we lightened the mood with some competitive gymnastics. I don’t know ...
Am I a deluded attention-seeker? Why I’m running the London Marathon dressed as a badger
Delusion. That’s the crucial prerequisite for running a marathon in fancy dress, according to the ultramarathon competitor and cancer survivor ...
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