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Official publication of the paperback of Why We Run

For the first year of my son’s life I hardly ran at all. Amid the chaos of the early months of fatherhood, the furthest I ran was the double London Marathon from Big Ben to the start and back, and … Continue reading

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Hero-worshipping in the Midlands

In the summer of 1987, as a 10-year-old, I would spend the early days of the school holidays waiting for 6pm when Channel 4 showed the day’s highlights of the Tour de France. On the TV Phil Liggett was doing … Continue reading

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