@LeftSpike

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We're delighted to announce race entries for our 2019 edition will go live on April 8th. Entries will be staggered by PB, with sub 30min men / sub 34min women getting first dibs. See you 6th July! #Highgate10k #Lane3BeerNCheer #LoveLifeLove25Laps 📸 @DanVernonPhoto
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We're very happy to announce we'll be welcoming back the European 10k Cup in 2019 and 2020. Thanks to our 25 lap loving family for making our invite so attractive. #Highgate10k #Lane3BeerNCheer european-athletics.org/news/…
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FitrWoman™@fitrwoman5 Jun 2018
You spoke.. we listened! Today we launch FitrWoman2.0 on iOS and Android filled with new features #tracking #training #nutrition #insights #menstrualcycle App Store: ow.ly/ROXr30khQHg Google Play: ow.ly/5cqh30khQIb
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This Saturday's @NightOf10kPBs celebrates all that's good about grassroots distance running. If you're still not sure what all the fuss is about, check out the latest @Letsgetrunning podcast with us, @LGNWellbeing and Rob from @soar_running #Highgate10k xitter.cf/Letsgetrunning/status/…
Let's Get Running@Letsgetrunning16 May 2018
Check out my latest #podcast podbean.com/media/share/pb-2… on #Podbean
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Svein Arne Hansen@SvenPres12 May 2018
Now that’s what I call enter10ment! xitter.cf/nightof10kpbs/status/9…
Night Of The 10k PBs@NightOf10kPBs11 May 2018
Timetable of fun on May 19. Arrive early, bag your spot and let 25 lap love fill your heart. Racing start lists go live Monday. #Highgate10k #Lane3BeerNCheer
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European Athletics
@EuroAthletics10 May 2018
European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen is excited the European 10,000m Cup has joined forces with the Night of the 10,000m PBs. Hansen spoke to the event organisers ahead of the competition on 19 May. european-athletics.org/compe…
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We've been busy working on content for the awesome @NightOf10kPBs #Highgate10k on 19 May. Official event programme is coming. In the meantime, here's an interview we did with @SvenPres @EuroAthletics who talks grassroots athletics, Bislett Games and his best 10,000m memories.
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European Athletics
@EuroAthletics19 Apr 2018
It's getting close! Today marks one month to go until the European 10,000m Cup takes place at the Parliament Hill Athletics Track in London. Who's going? european-athletics.org/compe…
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Dewi Griffiths@dewigriff_2099 Apr 2018
Thanks to @ASICSeurope for telling my story. This was a lot of fun to shoot. Give it a watch and let me know what you think. Join the movement. Im Dewi Griffiths #IMoveMe m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1XIv…
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Jo Pavey MBE & 5-time Olympian will be our Q&A seminar guest on May 19th. • Let's celebrate Jo and our #LoveLifeLove25Laps philosophy. • PBs for stat lovers: 1,500m - 4.01.79 3,000m - 8.31.27 5,000m - 14.39.97 10,000m - 30.35.20 Marathon - 2.28.24 • #Highgate10k
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‘This word-of-mouth success is something of a throwback to when shorts were short and sideburns and moustaches were de rigueur.’ Great read on the success of the fast, flat and competitive @podium5k 💪 xitter.cf/dan_eck/status/9733140…
Daniel Eckersley@dan_eck12 Mar 2018
Latest blog; review, report and recapping my run out at the @podium5k - and what makes the event a success. chasinggibraltar.wordpress.c…

Podium 5k, 11th March 2018.

In a fast-changing world, even something as simple and as humble as running is not immune to moving with the times. It’s no longer sufficient to simply hold a race, now everyone is after a ha…

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#Highgate10k entries now open for sub 36min women & sub 32min men. nightofthe10kpbs.com #Lane3BeerNCheer Credit: Steve O'Sullivan
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Dan Roan@danroan4 Mar 2018
A remarkable life, of which those 3 mins, 59 seconds only constituted an element. Sir Roger embodied a simpler, cleaner era when sport was a pastime not a profession. Things have changed. But not the esteem he’s held in. Now, more than ever, his example & philosophy resonates. xitter.cf/bbcsport/status/970258…
BBC Sport
@BBCSport4 Mar 2018
Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88. 👉 bbc.in/2FePsX5
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While #beastfromtheeast sweeps across Britain, those at #IAAFWorlds will be grateful for the indoor warmth. Here are four Brits we think may just pull off something a little extraordinary in Birmingham this weekend. leftspikefanzine.com/worldin…
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For the regulars and first-timers, the returners and ambitious, the #NationalXC has a special resonance that probably no other event on the domestic calendar can replicate. Retweet if you'll be running at Parliament Hill tomorrow 💪 leftspikefanzine.com/nationa…
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Vinco
@VincoSport15 Feb 2018
#BUCSNationals Indoors Athletics Championships will be LIVE on runjumpthrow.com and runnerspace.com in North America. The action starts tomorrow at 1pm UK time in Sheffield. Who's ready? 🙌
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‘I’ve convinced myself I can do it, that I can be in those positions. Next time maybe I can be the one breaking the tape.’ Beaming #BUCSXC bronze medallist Philippa Bowden on the mental shift behind her success ahead of this weekend’s #BUCSNationals leftspikefanzine.com/bucsbow…
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‘I didn’t want to look back on my career and think, what if I hadn’t tried something new?’ Steph Twell shares the story behind her coaching switch, the prospect of stepping into the unknown – plus her ambitions for 2018 and beyond. leftspikefanzine.com/stephtw…
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