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Olympic Runner Morolake Akinosun Achieves Goal She Set For Herself 5 years ago

Original Article From The New Zealand Herald. Click here to read original article. “Morolake Akinosun is going to Rio, as she predicted five years ago.” Her tweet from July 30th, quoted her tweet from 2011 predicting that she would be in the 2016 Olympics. Image from pattydearie.com Akinosun is 22-years old and runs in the field […] >> READ MORE

40-Year-Old Dad of Three Makes His First Olympic Team: from Runner’sWorld.com

This article is brought to you by runnersworld.com written by Alison Wade read the full article here “Four times, Scott Westcott tried to make Australia’s Olympic track & field team. Four times, he failed to hit the standards he needed. In 2013, he had his regrets, but he decided to retire, feeling it was better to turn […] >> READ MORE

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16-year-old Hurdler Sydney McLaughlin Headed To Rio

New Jersey resident, Sydney McLaughlin became youngest athlete to make the U.S. Olympic track team in decades on Sunday when she finished third in the 400-meter hurdles at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, The Associated Press reported. At 16-years-old Sydney is defying all odds by finishing third (54.15) in the 400-meter-hurdles and breaking a decade-old […] >> READ MORE

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7 Important Pieces of Running Advice From Real Coaches at YouthRunner!

There are a million places to find advice for what to do or not to do when it comes to running. Only one has the expertise and focus on kids that YouthRunner has. Their coaches were kind enough to take time to answer questions sent in by readers. Here’s our first part of this ongoing […] >> READ MORE

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New Zealand Olympian Rod Dixon Talks About Getting Kids Running

Three-time New Zealand Olympian and two-time World Cross Country Championship medalist Rod Dixon joined the Another Mother Runner podcast awhile back to talk about his background and youth running. At the 1983 New York City marathon, Rod overcame a two and a half minute deficit with 10 kilometers to go and he ran down the race leader […] >> READ MORE

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Athlete Spotlight: Junior Olympian Jaleel Gelin

In 2015, Jaleel Gelin raced in the 4th and 5th grade age-group of our Miramar, FL series. His mile time of 5:59 on a tough Miramar course was fast enough to put him in the Healthy Kids Running Series Record Book. Still, Jaleel has his sights set on bigger records: national records. Last year, Jaleel […] >> READ MORE

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Friendship and Teamwork Help Two Marathoners Earn 2016 Olympic Spots

On Saturday, February 13, a few hundred runners ran through the streets of Los Angeles chasing their goal of qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Only the top three men and top three women would earn spots on the U.S. Olympic Team, and two women used their friendship to ensure they […] >> READ MORE

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Olympic Runner Morolake Akinosun Achieves Goal She Set For Herself 5 years ago

40-Year-Old Dad of Three Makes His First Olympic Team: from Runner’sWorld.com

16-year-old Hurdler Sydney McLaughlin Headed To Rio

7 Important Pieces of Running Advice From Real Coaches at YouthRunner!

New Zealand Olympian Rod Dixon Talks About Getting Kids Running

Athlete Spotlight: Junior Olympian Jaleel Gelin

Friendship and Teamwork Help Two Marathoners Earn 2016 Olympic Spots

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