Women's mini marathon articles
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Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women’s elite race and breaks women’s-only world record
It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. Jepchirchir, regarded as one of the greatest female distance runners of all time, raised her arms in jubilation as she crossed the tape in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. The Kenyan broke the women’s-only record – the...
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Women’s Mini Marathon: ‘When I do the run, I’ll be thinking, if my husband can get through his chemo, I can get through this’
When Lauren Nelson returned home from a trip to Portugal in 2022, she was “on cloud nine.” It hadn’t been any regular holiday — she had just gotten married. She and her new husband, Darragh, as well as their young daughter, were celebrating the perfect week away when they found a lump on his bicep.
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London Marathon: Munyao Wins Men’s Race as Jepchirchir Breaks Women’s-Only World Record
Alexander Mutiso Munyao delivered another win for Kenya on a day the London Marathon remembered last year's champion Kelvin Kiptum.