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A female marathon runner rescues a kitten during a race in Chicago

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 11 Oct 23

Sarah Bohan who is a resident of Boston Massachusetts was running a marathon in Chicago Illinois on Sunday has a huge heart of gold that shows that she cares for the welfare of a small kitten that was on her running route than...

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Restaurant owner who nearly died in an accident runs in the Boston Marathon

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Apr 23

I admire the courage of Edmond Oklahoma resident Rachel Foster who is the top chef and owner of Moni's Pasta and Pizza who suffered a severe brain injury when she was riding on an electric motor scooter in November while riding...

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Police officer saves the life a heart attack victim in Georgia

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 9 Nov 22

A Powder Springs officer is being praised for doing his job to save a runner who suffered a heart attack while running on the Silver Comet Trail on Saturday afternoon. Powder Springs Police Officer Carson Yates answered the...

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Running 2021 Chicago Marathon with Team CARA

Thomas Gouard @thlg2jr (74) • Chicago, Illinois 17 Apr 21

I am in! In for 2021 Chicago Marathon. These past months I have been contemplating between two charities which were 'Team CARA' (Chicago Area Runners Association) and 'Team Salute'. This week I came to the conclusion of choosing...

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New York Road Runners virtual races

Thomas Gouard @thlg2jr (74) • Chicago, Illinois 22 Nov 20

I love that New York Road Runners incorporates its virtual races in with the Strava application. With most fitness applications having the GPS feature to track your distance it eliminates any chances of cheating or claiming a...

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When diplomatic immunity is abused!

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (23979) • United Kingdom 7 Oct 19

A couple of weeks ago a woman killed a 19 year old man who was riding a motorbike. She had pulled out of an airbase and was driving on the wrong side of the road when she hit the motorbike head on and he died. She claimed...

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Is it bad to hate a certain race?

Nursefrai06 @Nursefrai06 (2498) • Penrith, Australia 15 Mar 13

I'm not really a runner but my friends want to join the 10k race. I think i will be okay doing 5k but I'm not really okay with doing 10. They're nagging me so much. I dont know what to feel about that.

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Black vs. White in the Olympics

missybear @missybear (11391) • United States 21 Jun 12

It's that time again, the Summer Olympics. I don't watch a lot of it but I always notice that 9 out of 10 Swimmers are white and 9 out of 10 Runners are black people Does that mean white folks can't run and black...

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Children No To Vitamins

bing28 @bing28 (3795) • Philippines 14 Mar 12

My daughter is high school teacher. She keeps on complaining of getting tired always, going upstairs for her classes and going down to the faculty room every time she has classes. Plus the stress of dealing with 3rd years all boys...

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My Son Join The 42K Bull Runner Dream Marathon.

bing28 @bing28 (3795) • Philippines 8 Mar 12

My son CJ is joining the Bull Runner Dream Marathon on March 18 at Nuvali, Sta Rosa Laguna. Game starts at 2:00AM. It is my son's second year now in joining fun runs and marathons. He enjoys a lot, meeting new friends from the...

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Experience with 5K races and marathons?

prospectboy @prospectboy (754) • United States 2 Mar 12

Hi everyone. I'm getting ready to run in my first official 5K race next week. I'm excited about running with thousands of others runners. Any of you ever ran in any 5K's or Marathons? If so, what were your experiences like, and if...

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Best 5k time in cross country or just running in general

alexgator99 @alexgator99 (4) • United States 8 Jan 11

My best 5k time is 18:58. I'm hoping to bring to reach my goal time of 16:50 within the next 4 years. My best mile time is 5:something. This spring I'm going to try for a low 5 minute mile time. Does anyone here do distance...

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The "Iron Nun"~~ Yikes This Woman Puts Me To Shame

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 28 May 09

Here I've been kvetching about my carpal tunnel/wrist injuries, and then I come across this story I saw this the other night about 78 year old....that's right 78 year old, Sister Madonna Buder who is known as the "Iron Nun"...

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do you run fast ?

tudors @tudors (1556) • China 3 Mar 09

do you run fast or slow ? how far can you run now at a time? i can run no more than 200 meters then i feel like out of breath.

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Like a long distance runner increasing his stride as he approaches the last lap

zweeb82 @zweeb82 (5652) • Malaysia 23 Feb 09

Hi guys!~ In a few more days, there goes February & it's hello March!~ That means it's payout time again!~I've reached this month's payout but there's still a few more days to go to increase momentum here in myLot so...

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Which Household Chore do you hate/love?

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 23 Jan 09

My boyfriend hates cleaning the bathroom. Scrubbing the toilet, the bathtub, the mirror.. he hates it all, and thus I end up doing it once a week in order to keep on top of things. I love doing the laundry. The fresh clean...

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Free at last!

Barb42 @Barb42 (4214) • United States 19 Jan 09

President Bush has commuted the sentences of the Border Patrol Agents who were convicted back in 2005 of shooting a Mexican drug runner. I've felt from day one that these guys should never have been prosecuted. They were hired to...

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Have you read "The Kite Runner"?

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 13 Jan 09

I am in a book club and we have just finished "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (yes, I finished the book and liked the ending, still not happy with the first 2/3 of the book dragging on!)Our next selection is going to be "The Kite...

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What are your unforgettable moment during your Prom night?

marky15 @marky15 (75) • Philippines 13 Jan 09

Mostly of the country all over the world has this what they call "Junior-Senior Prom Night". Some part of Europe don't have Prom Night but here in the Philippines, Prom night considers as the big event during our High School Life....

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Is Emmitt Smith A Greater Running Back Than Walter Payton?

powermannx @powermannx (450) • United States 10 Jan 09

The debate between who was the greater running back has been a hot-bed of controversy between who was the greatest running back of all time. Many die-hard sports fans will say that the late Walter Payton was the greatest running...

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