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Sydney Marathon: The 7th Marathon Major
Sydney Marathon ballot opens tomorrow and is the latest marathon to join the World Marathon Majors. The original Six Star medal won't change and they won't be making a 7-star medal, rather waiting for a 9-star option, likely when the two other candidate races (Cape Town and Shanghai) join the fold. It seems that current Six Star Medallists won't get anything at the finish line aside from the standard Sydney Marathon medal which I'm a little disappointed by. I'd love them to reconsider this and offer a clip on for the original Six Star medal. Or an extra t-shirt at the very least (especially...
Sydney Marathon: The 7th Marathon Major
Sydney Marathon ballot opens tomorrow and is the latest marathon to join the World Marathon Majors. The original Six Star medal won't change and they won't be making a 7-star medal, rather waiting for a 9-star option, likely when the two other candidate races (Cape Town and Shanghai) join the fold. It seems that current Six Star Medallists won't get anything at the finish line aside from the standard Sydney Marathon medal which I'm a little disappointed by. I'd love them to reconsider this and offer a clip on for the original Six Star medal. Or an extra t-shirt at the very least (especially...
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Berlin Marathon 2024 Race Recap
There's a chance that after 15 marathons that I have become a little too relaxed about things, and make interesting decisions...like wearing new shoes on race day, or testing our beetroot loading for the first time. One of those things turned out to be a good...
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