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With the temperatures we are having lately, early morning is the time to hit the running trails these days.
In addition to keeping cool when running, you also need to think about your poor toes, especially your longest toe.

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The below video includes a collection of key moments from the 2007 IAAF Track & Field World Championships from Osaka, Japan. Featuring winning performances by: Luke Kibet, Reese Hoffa, Tirunesh Dibaba, Jefferson Perez, Valerie Vili, Tyson Gay, Ivan Tsikhan, Yekaterina Volkova, Nelson Evora, Kenenisa Bekele, Team USA, Meseret Defar, Veronica Campbell, Bernard Lagat, Jeremy Wariner, […]

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Watch the video below to see Bernard Lagat storm through the final stretch of today’s men’s 5,000m final with his patented late-race kick to earn his second gold medal at the 2007 IAAF World Championships.
Lagat, who also won a gold in the 1,500m, became the first American in history to earn a gold […]

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Australia’s world-record holder Nathan Deakes came through the longest and most grueling contest of the world championships to win gold in the men’s 50-kilometer walk on Saturday morning.
Drenched in sweat and the contents of the many bottles of water he had poured over his head in an attempt to keep cool, the 30-year old […]

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American Allyson Felix defended her 200-meter title in style on Friday, surging down the home straight to win gold in the best time of the year. Felix, the youngest athlete to claim a sprint world title when she won as a 19-year-old in Helsinki two years ago, dashed across the line in 21.81 seconds to […]

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World athletic success can mean tremendous international attention and sometimes millions in endorsements. Success in athletics brings global attention and possibly millions in endorsements, with two stars in the lights at the track and field championships in Osaka.
Check out the following video report by Reuters featuring American 100m/200m and 4×100m relay gold medalist Tyson Gay […]

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One week after setting the American mile record, Alan Webb set a personal best en route to taking the 800-meter race at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.
Webb finished in 1 minute, 43.85 seconds, more than two seconds faster than his previous best.
His time Saturday edged Canada’s Gary Reed, who lost […]

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An amputee sprinter known as the world’s “fastest man on no legs” is preparing for his first international event with able-bodied runners. Oscar Pistorius is understandably nervous about the competition in Rome on Friday. But how he races, scientifically speaking, could be far more important than who crosses the finish line first.
Scientists working […]

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Ultra-marathoner Dean Karnazes tried to break the world record for the most miles run on a treadmill in 24 hours. He made his attempt high above Times Square in New York City on June 21st.

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In the men’s 100-meter sprint of the IAAF Josefa Odlozila Memorial meeting in Prague, Australia’s Joshua Ross finished first in 10.13 seconds, just 0.03 seconds of American Jon Drummond’s 2003 meet record.

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