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Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners
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Hairless, clawless, and largely weaponless, ancient humans used the unlikely combination of sweatiness and relentlessness to gain the upper hand over their faster, stronger, generally more dangerous animal prey, Harvard Anthropology Professor Daniel Lieberman said Thursday

Gebrselassie set to headline the Great Birmingham Run
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Just weeks after dropping out of the BMW Berlin Marathon with breathing difficulties, Ethiopian running legend and the world’s greatest ever distance runner, Haile Gebrselassie, will compete at the Bupa Great Birmingham Run on Sunday October 23.

Marathon runner admits bus cheat
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A runner who came third in a marathon has admitted he caught a bus to complete the last six miles of the race.

A Brief Chat With Paula Radcliffe
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Paula Radcliffe finally gets to race this year in Sunday’s BMW Berlin Marathon. It’s been a challenging time for Great Britain's marathon world record-holder (2:15:25) with injuries and medical conditions keeping her away from what she loves to do: race. With the 2012 London Olympics not far away, all eyes will be on Berlin and what Paula does on the fast, flat course and against German women’s marathon record-holder Irina Mikitenko.

Jamaican pride: Usain Bolt lives it up as the world's fastest man
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Usain Bolt leans into the grandstand at National Stadium, and his beseeching fans reach out for him, calling his name in the din of the madding crowd. Usain Bolt greets the adoring crowd at National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, last weekend during the boys' and girls' championships. Bolt belongs to the world as fastest human in its history, but he belongs first to this island nation. Saturday night, at the climax of the four-day boys and girls championships a 101-year-old high school track meet 25,000 Jamaicans stake their full-throated claim.

For Women's Road Records, No Men Allowed
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Now added to the list of banned performance-enhancing substances for female distance runners: men. The world governing body for track and field decided in late August that records in women’s road racing will count only if they are set in women’s-only events, to nullify the benefits of pacesetting by faster male runners, a dynamic that can exist in some marathons, half-marathons and 10-kilometer races where men and women are in the same field.

Radcliffe's long moment of truth to come in Berlin?
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It should be a match made in heaven: history's fastest women's marathoner finally running on the universally recognised fastest Marathon course in the world. But it's been two years since Paula Radcliffe ran a 42.195km race, finishing fourth in New York 2009, and, on her own admission today, 'I was hurting'.

Wary Radcliffe brands rule change 'unfair'
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Marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe admitted Thursday she will race the Berlin marathon on Sunday with some trepidation and said it was 'unfair' her record has been changed.

Radcliffe's long moment of truth to come in Berlin?
Posted by TheRunning
It should be a match made in heaven: history's fastest women's marathoner finally running on the universally recognised fastest Marathon course in the world. But it's been two years since Paula Radcliffe ran a 42.195km race, finishing fourth in New York 2009, and, on her own admission today, 'I was hurting'.

Bekele's Comeback Begins
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After a year and a half of uncertainty, three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele has returned to the mountain trails outside Addis Ababa healthy and with the intention of restoring himself as the world's premier distance runner.

Wanjiru's mother claims son was murdered in bedroom
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The mysterious death of Olympic champion Samuel Wanjiru took a new twist on Tuesday with the mother reading foul play in the issue. Mrs Ann Wanjiru alleged that her son was killed in his bedroom and his body dumped on the ground to conceal evidence.

Sammy Wanjiru: The World's Greatest Marathoner Has Died
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Read LetsRun.com report on Sammy Wanjiru death. Sammy Wanjiru, the 24 year-old Kenyan Olympic marathon champ, and in LetsRun.com's opinion the greatest marathoner to ever live, has died tragically in Kenya after a fall from a balcony at his home.

Gebrselassie takes fourth Manchester 10Km victory, Clitheroe surprises
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15 May 2011 - Manchester, UK - There are no stop signs for Haile Gebrselassie on Manchester's streets.

Gebrselassie commends Boston runners on fast time
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Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie knows there is only one answer for those who doubt he still deserves to be recognized as the marathon world record-holder: Run faster. Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon in 2008 in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds” a time still listed as the world record on the IAAF website even though Geoffrey Mutai ran 2:03:02 on Monday to win the Boston Marathon.

Grete Waitz, Marathon Champion, Dies at 57
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Grete Waitz, the Norwegian schoolteacher who won more New York City Marathons than anyone else, and whose humility and athleticism made her a singularly graceful champion and a role model for young runners, especially women, died Tuesday in Oslo. She was 57.

Radcliffe's return set for Manchester 10Km
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17 March 2011 - Manchester, UK - World Marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe, who has not competed for 15 months, will return to action in the Bupa Great Manchester Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday 15 May.

Wilson Kipsang Wins Lake Biwa With World-Leading 2:06:13 CR - Video Highlights
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Like last weekend's Tokyo Marathon, the 2011 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon, Biwako for short, was blessed with excellent conditions. The final domestic selection race for this summer's World Championships, Biwako played out as largely according to script as Kenyan Wilson Kipsang broke aggressive Ethiopian rival Deriba Merga over the final kilometers to win in a world-leading course-record 2:06:13

David Rudisha, the beginning of a long journey
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He has broken Wilson Kipketer's World record at 800 metres two times within one week, he was unbeaten during the whole season, winning the African Championships as well as the Continental Cup, and finally he was crowned World Athlete the Year. Wirz visited David Rudisha at his home in the Kenyan town of Eldoret.(David Rudisha)

A Brief Chat With Mo Farah
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Mo Farah, 27, of Great Britain, who won 2010 European Championships gold medals in the 10,000 and 5000 meters, will run a 3000 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on February 5. Farah was the 2009 European Indoor champion in the 3000. He was also a 2006 European Cross Country champion. In 2010, Farah set a British record of 12:57.94 for 5000 meters, breaking a three-decades-old mark of David Moorcroft's.

Deep fields taking shape for Melbourne 5000m - IAAF World Challenge
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Melbourne, Australia - In what is building as one of the greatest 5000m fields ever assembled at Melbourne Olympic Park, two of the stars of US middle distance running are all set to take on Australia’s finest track athletes - including national 5000m record-holder Craig Mottram and Commonwealth Games 5000m representatives Collis Birmingham and Ben St Lawrence - at the Melbourne Track Classic on Thursday, 3 March, the kick off the 14-meeting 2011 IAAF World Challenge.

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