17 h. ago Tories ‘got it wrong’ when they backed 2045 net zero target, Findlay says

The Scottish Conservatives had previoulsy supported the target of Scotland reaching net zero by 2045, but will now seek to ‘scrap’ it.

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24 h. ago Need for speed: how sport’s risk takers recognise deadly danger and do it anyway | Emma John

In a stable and affluent society, it is possible to declare that ‘life is for living’ through pursuits that shorten your odds of dyingLast year I visited St Moritz’s infamous Cresta Run. You know the one – the vertiginous skeleton course that has killed a number of its participants and maimed many more. I was with a group of friends who were attempting it for the first time, and who quickly became addicted to the adrenaline fix. I stubbornly refused to even contemplate it.It’s not just that my mates are braver than me – they are – but they’re all decent athletes, cricketers, hockey players, marathon runners and Channel swimmers. They have rapid reflexes and hand-eye coordination: I barely have a sense of where my arms and legs end. There are endless ways to hurt yourself on a crushingly heavy toboggan with razor-sharp runners that’s hurtling at 50mph between sheer walls of solid ice, and if anyone was going to slice off a finger or break their head landing upside down, it was me. Co...

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3 d. ago Retired banker reaches Scotland after running 50 marathons along the coast

Steve James has reached Scotland which marks the quarter-point of his goal to run 200 marathons in 200 days.

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6 d. ago Swansea Half Marathon best pictures as thousands of runners tackle 13.1

Runners from across Wales descended on Swansea on Sunday

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8 d. ago I was diagnosed breast cancer three years ago, now I'm running a half

After being cancer free and turning a new leaf with healthier lifestyle, Louise Horton is running in the Swansea Half Marathon to raise money for charity

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8 d. ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, now I'm running a half

After being cancer free and turning a new leaf with healthier lifestyle, Louise Horton is running in the Swansea Half Marathon to raise money for charity

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8 d. ago Why Russell Martin has really left Rangers fans 'underwhelmed' as Celtic daft Alan Brazil has no doubt over one thing

The big news from Scotland reached the talkSPORT airwaves this morning and once again Steven Gerrard's name cropped up

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1 week ago Stirling runner claims top step in gruelling 400km Highlands ultra marathon

Marcus Scotney - who turned 50 earlier this year - was first over the finish line after the eight-day Cape Wrath Ultra, which sees super-fit competitors trek across ten rugged stages of the West Highlands.

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1 week ago 'Bubbly' Edinburgh student dies running Half Marathon as tributes paid

Tributes have been paid to Olivia Tuohy, studying at Queen Margaret University, who passed away while running the Edinburgh Half Marathon on Sunday, May 25.

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1 week ago Benefit cheat mum has to repay £22k after being caught by Facebook post

She was running marathons while claiming thousands in PIP per month for her ill health

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1 week ago Marathon tragedy as female runner dies after collapsing near finish line

The woman was rushed to hospital in an ambulance but passed away.

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1 week ago Triathlon champ Alex Yee reveals ‘overload injury’ after stunning London Marathon debut

Triathlon champ Alex Yee reveals ‘overload injury’ after stunning London Marathon debut  RUN247

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1 week ago Cork City Marathon tragedy as female runner collapses and dies near finish line

A young woman has died after collapsing while taking part in the marathon - we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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2 w. ago Mystery condition left man in 30s feeling like he'd run marathon whenever he stood up

EXCLUSIVE: Cook, Michael Scott Sanders started having sudden heart palpitations in his 30s and said 'it felt like someone was squeezing my chest and wouldn't let go'

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2 w. ago Staff members from Livingston school complete fundraising run as part of Edinburgh Marathon Festival

Around 30 staff members from The James Young High School in Livingston successfully completed the run.

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2 w. ago The coolest running events around the world, from Andes ultra marathons to Italian parkruns

Running tourism blends sightseeing with exercise, offering a new appreciation of a destination

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2 w. ago Avove appoints nine arborists to reach new heights as part of its Scotland team

Leading infrastructure and engineering company, Avove, has secured nine new adult recruits as part of its bespoke Adult Training Programme.

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2 w. ago This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better

Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can pile up at water spots

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2 w. ago Scottish Marathons and Half Marathons 2025: Running events in Scotland you can still sign up for

If you are feeling inspired to run, then there are plenty of chances left this year.

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2 w. ago From TikTok to the track: Gen Z are driving running’s third great boom

At the heart of running’s unprecedented explosion in popularity is the digitally native generation making the sport fashionable, communal and more diverse than everHear that sound? It is the fingertaps of Gen Z scrolling through Instagram reels and TikToks. The pings of card readers as more stylish gear leaves the shelves. The drumbeat of cushioned soles on pavements up and down the country. But, most of all, it is the noise of the jaws of the smartest people in sport crashing to the floor. Because, suddenly and entirely unexpectedly, we are in the third great running boom, one that almost nobody saw coming and powered almost entirely by Gen Z, particularly women.“You go back to the first boom in the 1970s and 80s and there was no real diversity: it was all thin, skinny, white guys in very tight shorts,” says Hugh Brasher, the event director of the London Marathon. The second boom? That, he says, came after Paula Radcliffe broke the world marathon record in 2003, leading to a big ju...

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