Training. For Athletes. Claire Hallissey hits 2012 qualifying time in Chicago. Marathon Mom: Pregnant Woman Amber Miller Finishes Chicago Race, Delivers Baby Girl. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy Amber Miller accomplished two monumental feats this weekend. Days from her due date, the 27-year-old joined 45,000 other runners to participate in Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon and then gave birth to a baby girl named June hours later. Miller, an avid runner, said she signed up for the 26.2-mile race before finding out she was pregnant. She said she never expected to finish the race.
"I was having a conversation with my parents and said, 'You know what? But Miller and her husband started running, and just kept going. "It was very interesting hearing people's reaction," Miller said about crowds watching an extremely pregnant woman among the runners. At 7 pounds, 13 ounces, baby June entered the world at 10:29 p.m. Marathon Mom: 'Outside of the Norm' Dr. "You have to be able to breathe," he advised pregnant women who wanted to exercise. Marathon runner who shaved six miles off race and finished third by catching spectator bus is disqualified. Sunderland Harriers competitor was 'too tired' to run whole wayAt first, he 'categorically denied' cheating, but later confessed By Paul Sims Updated: 08:01 GMT, 12 October 2011 At the 20-mile mark of a gruelling, rain-soaked marathon, other runners must have been tempted.
But only one succumbed. Rob Sloan flagged down a bus and was driven the six miles to the race’s closing stages. Then he jumped off, hid behind a tree until other competitors came into view and rejoined the race, crossing the finishing line in two hours, 51 minutes and one second to secure third place. He went on to tell a TV crew that he had given the race everything he could. Genuine joy: Rob Sloan shows off his winner's medal in the Kielder 10km the day before illegitimately taking the bronze in the Kielder Marathon thanks to a little help from a bus Perhaps his thinking was clouded from his earlier exertions, but Mr Sloan failed to spot a very large problem with his plan. Well, three actually. ‘He didn’t say anything. Fauja Singh becomes oldest marathon runner. 17 October 2011Last updated at 01:31 Fauja Singh's translator and coach Harmandar Singh: ''Running has given him a new focus in life'' A 100-year-old Briton has become the world's oldest marathon runner after finishing a race in Canada.
Fauja Singh, from Ilford, east London, ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds. The record-holder "hit the wall" at 22 miles but soldiered on for another two hours and finished in 3,850th place, ahead of five other competitors. Mr Singh, who took up running 11 years ago after his wife and son died, trains every day by running 10 miles. Curry and tea His coach and interpreter Harmander Singh said Mr Singh was "overjoyed".
"Earlier, just before we came around the (final) corner, he said, 'achieving this will be like getting married again'. "He's absolutely overjoyed, he's achieved his lifelong wish. " Born in India in 1911, Mr Singh was a farmer in the Punjab but moved to Britain in the 1960s. Avoid Running Injuries - Marathon Training Schedule - Marathon Training Schedule.
Diggdigg Most injuries runners suffer from are unnecessary and could have been avoided if only they knew how to take precautions. As a runner, if you want to experience as few injuries as possible, always learn from your mistakes especially when you know that you got it from wrong first time. Learn From Your Mistakes When you already made the mistake and suffered an injury, do the best that you can not to commit that error again.
Although knowing your body well and fully understanding how to avoid additional injuries can take years of practice, below are some tips for beginners which they can find useful in preventing injuries: Get proper equipment. Not all runners have bulletproof bodies and our body’s biomechanics are often different from others. (Visited 22 times, 16 visits today) Nine-Year-Old Beats Adults In Canadian Marathon | Competitor.com. Tyler Heggie placed ahead of 75 adults in a marathon last month. Photo: Guardian Tyler Heggie isn’t the youngest marathoner int he world, but he’s close. Last month, the nine-year-old boy completed the BMO Nesbitt Burns Prince Edward Island Marathon in Canada, finishing in a very respectable four hours 37 minutes and 18 seconds–good for 182nd place and ahead of 75 adult runners.
Heggie trained with his father, Andrew, throughout most of the summer. Why did Heggie take on the 26.2-mile race? “I like the views, running past the water,” he responded. So is Tyler’s feat, running a marathon at the age of nine, a healthy notion? According to the American Association of Pediatrics, there are many reports that indicate children taking part in intensive training can incur various problems. Young Tyler received incentives from his parents to train: one dollar per kilometer and Goldfish crackers. Yamauchi looking for further success in the Bupa Great Birmingham Run - Articles - Run247. Race preview: Bupa Great Birmingham Run - October 23, 2011 Mara Yamauchi, an outstanding top six finisher in the last Olympic marathon final, continues her ambitions of competing at the London Games with what will be a testing outing at the Bupa Great Birmingham Run on 23 October.
Yamauchi may have been a relative late starter over the endurance distance but her consistency in recent years has seen her not only shine in the Beijing Olympics three years ago, but win the prestigious Osaka Ladies Marathon and place an outstanding second at the Virgin London Marathon two years ago. Now the 38-year-old, who is back home on British soil after spending several years living with her husband and coach Shige in Tokyo, is determined, after finally recovering from a hamstring injury, to compete for her place in Team GB for London next year. "This time I felt much better and more like myself again. Click here for further inormation on the Bupa Great Birmingham Run. Radcliffe to keep marathon world record. The IAAF has decided to let Paula Radcliffe keep her marathon world record from 2003, after previously saying it would reduce one of athletics' outstanding performances to a world best because she set the mark in a race with men.
IAAF Council member Helmut Digel said on Wednesday that the governing body will keep the mark in the books despite an August decision to only recognise records achieved in all-women races from now on. "The record will stay. Nobody will cancel the record of Paula. That is sure," Digel said in a telephone interview after an IAAF meeting in Monaco. "Her record will never be diminished. " The rule change is still set to come into effect next year, but Digel said Radcliffe's existing record will now be allowed to stand. The change had led to several calls for Radcliffe's record to be kept since the plans were announced at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea.
"It was not against old records at all," he said. Steely focus | Latest News | London 2012 | Sky Sports Olympics. Gemma Steel: European Athlete of the Month nominee Twelve months ago, Gemma Steel was a relative unknown in British distance running yet after a whirlwind, glittering six-month period, she now has her sights set on the Olympic 10,000m final next summer. The Leicestershire runner - who has transformed from a pub cleaner outside the top forty in the country to a full-time athlete and prolific major race winner in the last year - has an eye on the 32:10 Olympic 'B' standard for the London Games next August and judging by her recent form, she may just achieve her lofty ambition.
Guided by John Nuttall at the Loughborough University campus, Steel has enjoyed a dramatic breakthrough on the national and international scene of late, culminating in her being shortlisted by European Athletics for the 'European Athlete of the Month' award for her October performances. "It's been one good race after another recently - I seem to be on a roll," Steel told skysports.com. Surprising Fairytale. Radcliffe to keep record, but new pacemaking rule will stand | Athletics Weekly - the best coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport. Home > News > Radcliffe to keep record, but new pacemaking rule will stand Paula Radcliffe’s 2:15:25 will remain as the official world record for the women’s marathon Share Related Articles From the metric mile up to the marathon, we assess the top 10 men and top 10 women American runs sensational 12.80 – Brussels Diamond League report Allyson Felix and Carmelita Jeter team up to obliterate the world 4x100m record that had stood for 27 years World marathon record-holder is out of London 2012 through injury A statistical look at the 9039 world record-breaking decathlon score from USA’s Ashton Eaton Two months ago the IAAF said they would reduce Paula Radcliffe’s marathon world record to a ‘world best’ as it used male pacemakers, but following a recent meeting between Radcliffe and the world governing body of athletics, the IAAF has now decided to allow the performance to stand as an official world record.
The rule was also met with fierce opposition online. “The record will stay. Sports minister: School sport “nothing to do with me... but the School Games are” Sports minister Hugh Robertson today denied any responsibility for the school sport cuts – yet claimed credit for the school games, which are very much part of the government’s school sport strategy, designed to increase participation in competitive sport. In Culture, Media, Sport and Olympics Questions in the Commons this morning, following a question from Tracy Crouch (Conservative, Chatham and Aylesford) about the lack of media coverage of women’s sport (a subject covered by Left Foot Forward in January), shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman grilled him on the impact of the school sport cuts, describing school sport as “the bedrock of participation”, something that “should be a priority”.
Harman asked: “Why has his government cut spending on school sports by 64 per cent, isn’t that sending a message that school sport no longer matters?” With Robertson replying: Harman than asked: With Robertson again replying: To which the non-reply was, well, see for yourself: He replied: Watch it: Kelly Sotherton and Mark Lewis-Francis have lottery funding cut | Sport. Kelly Sotherton is one of several high‑profile athletes who have had their lottery funding cut before next year's Olympics, UK Athletics announced on Monday.
Among those removed from the top level of the programme are the sprinters Mark Lewis-Francis, Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar and Leon Baptiste and the high-jumper Germaine Mason, who won Olympic silver in 2008. The head coach, Charles van Commenee, has also cut his old friend and pupil Sotherton from the programme. Sotherton had been a part of the relay funding group since she decided to switch from the heptathlon to the 400 metres, but has now been knocked off the list altogether. "The main criteria for athletes to be on the world class performance programme is that they have a strong chance to make the top eight in the Olympic Games," said Van Commenee. "Given the development of Kelly's performances in the last couple of years it doesn't indicate that is going to happen. London 2012 - British sprinter turns to eBay for money.
Wed, 07 Dec 08:04:00 2011 British 200 metres sprinter James Ellington has put himself up for auction on eBay as he tries to raise enough money to train for the Olympics. Ellington, 26, needs around £30,000 to cover living and training costs as he prepares for the 2012 Games in London, but he has no sponsors to pay his way. As a result he is auctioning himself on eBay, with the winner allowed to put its brand on Ellington’s kit at training and press events before and after the games. "We're putting myself on eBay up for auction to gain sponsorship," he told AFP after the lot went online early on Wednesday morning.
"Currently I have no commercial sponsorship so we looked at different ways to get myself out there and gathering interest from outside companies. " Ellington set the fastest 200m time by a British athlete this year at 20.52 seconds, and also expects to compete for a place in the 100m relay squad. "If I want to train full time for the Olympics, I can't get a normal job. Eurosport. London 2012: Sprinter James Ellington's eBay auction ends. 17 December 2011Last updated at 15:53 James Ellington, before the amount of the winning eBay bid was known An eBay auction to sponsor an athlete from south-east London for the 2012 Olympics has expired. James Ellington, 26, from Lewisham, advertised on the site with a reserve of £30,000 for which he will wear a sponsor's branded kit at training in the run-up to next year's Games. The winning bid was for £32,550, but the name of the winner is yet to be announced.
Seventy-one bids were made. After hearing news of the winning bid, he said: "I couldn't be happier. " "If I got more it would have been a bonus but I'm happy," he added. The sprinter lost out on sponsors through four years of injury problems. He said he had managed to qualify for the Games despite no lottery support, kit deal or any kind of endorsements. 'Personal bests' The auction expired at 12:34 GMT. Ellington said: "Once I get the money, I'll be able to fund the cost of training in the US for a month. " "I couldn't be more confident.
London 2012 Olympics: UK Athletics accused of encouraging Brett Morse to work with controversial coach. Rich pickings as Jessica Ennis strikes Gold with endorsement deals. By Alex Miller Updated: 14:13 GMT, 5 December 2011 Before a race has been run at next summer's Olympic Games in London, Jessica Ennis can already claim gold as the British athlete with the single most lucrative sports endorsement deal. The heptathlete's kit sponsorship deal with adidas is worth up to £320,000 a year, including performance bonuses - outstripping any other such deal for a Team GB athlete. High earner: Jessica Ennis The 25-year-old has been hotly tipped for Olympic glory and has a marketable image, factors which have helped push up her deal to the eighth largest in athletics.
In addition to kit deals, stars such as Ennis will typically sign two or three additional major sponsorship deals, further boosting their overall incomes. Matthew Glendinning, editor of sponsorship experts Sports Marketing Frontiers, said: 'As official partners of London 2012, adidas could ill-afford not to have Team GB's biggest star Jessica Ennis on board in the lead-up to the Games.' Shakes-Drayton vows to learn from mistakes. Fri, 02 Dec 11:30:00 2011 The rise of Perri Shakes-Drayton has not featured many setbacks, but after a summer to forget she has vowed to learn her lesson in double-quick time to avoid Olympic heartache.
Before this summer’s World Championships in South Korea the 400m hurdler had raced over every international obstacle put in front of her almost as fast as her legs move. At 22 Shakes-Drayton’s CV already contained European under-23 gold, a pair of senior European bronze medals and a semi-final appearance at the 2009 World Championships. However that seemingly smooth progress was rocked in Daegu when Shakes-Drayton agonisingly missed out on a place in the 400m hurdles final by one hundredth of a second. But, while quick to admit the pain of her South Korean setback, Shakes-Drayton is adamant she will benefit almost imminently from such an experience. "I have come to realise than when it comes to the world stage it is all so very close. "It’s not like people are beating you by massive margins. Kluft may change retirement plans. SportsAid shortlists 13 to follow Tom Daley and Jodie Williams as One-to-Watch | Latest. BBC Sport - Jemma Simpson may get reprieve from lottery funding cut.
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