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Many people have a preconceived image of what a typical runner should look like. But runners come in all shapes and sizes.
Mirna Valerio, who detailed her path to a life of running in her blog Fatgirlrunning, aims to encourage others to enjoy running...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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Scott Neil
Running in three successive Olympic Games is an outstanding achievement, but it’s only part of the intriguing life story of Suzy Favor Hamilton.
What came next has led to her becoming an advocate for mental health, and a writer and speaker willing to...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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Scott Neil
Great ideas can strike at the most unexpected moment, and that was certainly the case with The Royal Gazette Bermuda Triangle Challenge.
While taking a shower 13 years ago, Thom Gilligan had a spark of an idea that quickly caught the imagination of ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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Scott Neil
They’re back! The Winter Warriors training group from Chicago is making a return visit to Bermuda, 11 years after about 50 of them competed in the second Bermuda Triangle Challenge.
“We had such a great experience in 2009, and wanted to bring a new g...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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Scott Neil
Two astonishing course records were set on the same day in 1982 when Geoff Smith and Grete Waitz retained their 10K titles in Bermuda.
British runner Smith, who went on the win the Boston Marathon in 1984 and 1985, obliterated the field as he ran 28m...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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Scott Neil
A passion for running and travelling has taken Vincent Dussault to events in far off places, including China, Ireland and Scotland.
Dussault, a Canadian, won the Big Five Marathon in South Africa last June. The race is held on the Entabeni Game Reser...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Olympic athlete Eilish McColgan will be one to watch in the Butterfield Front Street Mile elite women’s race, and the BF&M 10K.
She is one of Britain’s top women athletes and has competed twice in both the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. She won sil...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The winners of the Butterfield Front Street Mile elite races can take home a $10,000 prize if they run fast enough.
It is not an easy task. For the men to claim the big prize it means winning and breaking the magical four-minute barrier, a time that ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
He has long been known as Bermuda’s marathon man, and Cal Steede will add to that legend as he competes in his 121st marathon on Sunday.
He will also be continuing his unbroken streak of participation in every Royal Gazette Bermuda Triangle Challenge...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
An opportunity to race in Bermuda again paid off for Dennis Mbelenzi when he won the Goslings to Fairmont Southampton road race at his third attempt.
The former island resident did so off limited training as he begins to step up his running having re...
DATE: Jan 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil