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Governor crosses line in Falklands marathon: your turn, Mr Capes?
Falklands Radio reports that the Falkland Islands’ governor, Nigel Haywood, has crossed the finishing line in the the world’s most southerly marathon “with the governor’s flag in his hand”. Which begs...
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New women’s record in St Helena marathon
A new women’s record has been set in the world’s most remote marathon race, on the opening weekend of the 2012 St Helena Festival of Running. Henrietta Timms won the race round the 42-kilometre circuit...
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Graham beats Jacob’s Ladder record – hands down
The record for climbing Jacob’s Ladder has been broken by less than a second – by a “runner” who went up on all fours. Graham Doig cleared the 699th step of the St Helena landmark in a time of 5...
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Marathon relief: chef in bomb suit gets more than a red nose
Falklands governor Nigel Haywood has completed the Stanley Marathon in a time of 3 hours, 30 minutes and 1 second – on his birthday. He was nearly three times as fast as chef David Bradley, who...
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It’s a record: ten runners to sail in for ‘really hard’ races
The first record has already been broken in the St Helena Festival of Running, a fortnight before it has even begun. Ten visiting athletes are lined up to take part in St Helena’s next festival of...
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Pioneer runners get St Helena on the move
The things people will do to get a free T-shirt – like run 15 or more kilometres around Jamestown, for instance (not all at once). Or maybe they were running because actually, it’s healthy and quite...
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