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    Over five hundred climb the Gherkin for ChildLine Step Change event

    By lflint | Published: 05.03.12

    Yesterday saw more than five hundred participants take on one of London’s most iconic buildings, the Gherkin, for the event Step Change in a bid to raise funds for the children’s charity ChildLine. Climbing up it’s 1,037 steps all the way to the top, those who took part in the event competed as individuals or [...]

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    Event review: The Tribesports London Ultra

    By lflint | Published: 28.02.12

    The Tribesports London Ultra is A 50km, or if you like imperial, 31.1mile run, following the Capital Ring circuit around London. The race had a new start this year at The City of London Sport’s Ground in Grove Park and ended at Perivale Track in Greenford. It’s a marked route through traffic and the perfect [...]

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    Event review: Wildman ASICS Off Road Trail Run

    By lflint | Published: 14.02.12

    Sportsister’s Lizzie Flint left the roads behind to take part in the WildMan; an off road running event that is a part of the ASICS Off Road Trail Run Series. The running series is organised by Human Race, an event management agency that focuses on multisport events. The Off Road series comprises of five trail [...]

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    Event review: Westport Sea2Summit

    By lflint | Published: 24.01.12

    Now in its second year, the Westport Sea2Summit is an adventure race based in beautiful County Mayo, Ireland. Not for the faint hearted it includes running both on the road and along the beach, climbing up and down a mountain, cycling up some tough hills and there’s even an obstacle course thrown in for good [...]

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    Head to the hills on a fell running adventure

    By marta | Published: 10.01.12

    Sportsister reader Gemma Brady won a competition in Sportsister to win a free spot on a women only fell running course. Here she tells us what is was like to swap the flat streets of London for the hills of the Lake District. I’m a serious runner… or at least I like to think so. [...]

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    Roller derby World Cup 2011 - the captain’s log

    By JessicaW | Published: 10.01.12

    The inaugural Roller Derby World Cup took place in Canada in December and saw 13 teams of amateur skaters from around the world flock to Toronto to battle it out for the new title.

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    Event review: Rapha Super Cross

    By Danielle Sellwood | Published: 13.12.11

    This new event was a departure from the usual cyclo cross races which are held in the backwaters of London with very few spectators. Rapha Super Cross was a new experience. Based on an idea by co-organiser Ian Cleverly the aim was to stage an event that a wide variety of people would want to [...]

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    Event Review: Muddy Hell Cyclo Cross

    By Louise Hudson | Published: 29.11.11

    Sportsister reports from two different cyclo cross events, held in the capital on the same weekend first up the annual Rollapaluza Knog Muddy Hell cyclo cross race at the historic Herne Hill Velodrome, South London

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    Event review: TUI Half Marathon - Parma

    By lflint | Published: 18.11.11

    For a city running race, there can be few start lines that rival that of the TUI Marathon Palma de Majorca, 2011.

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    Event review: London Spartan Sprint

    By lflint | Published: 15.11.11

    Sportsister’s Clarissa Goodwin joined hundreds of other Spartan warrior wannabes to take part in the first ever London Spartan Sprint in the muddy hills of Surrey.

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