Every week our Holiday Hero Neil Simpson takes an in-depth look at a brilliant holiday topic, doing all the legwork so you don’t have to. This week, he shows how you can get fit – even on holiday. Booking a sporty summer holiday is a great way to keep New Year fitness goals in reach … Read more
As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus outbreak and urges people to self-isolate, one man has decided to keep fit by running a full marathon on his balcony. Elisha Nochomovitz, 32, from Balma, a suburb of the southern French city of Toulouse, took the internet by storm after he was seen running 42.2 … Read more
The London Marathon race will be postponed six months amid the ‘global pandemic’ of the killer coronavirus, organisers confirmed today. London Marathon Events said the world’s biggest 26.2mile run, which attracts 45,000 racers from across the planet, will take place on October 4. The decision comes as the life-threatening bug, which claimed its eleventh UK … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has conceded that the UK ‘might have to’ cancel the London Marathon next month to prevent coronavirus spreading like wildfire. The 26.2mile race is the largest mass-participation sporting event in the world involving 45,000 runners from around the globe and up to 1million spectators lining the capital’s streets. But the April 26 event … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
The president and CEO of the Honolulu Marathon has joined a chorus of former students who have publicly accused a late University of Michigan doctor of sexual abuse, saying the physician performed a rectal exam on him during a medical appointment in the 1970s. Dr. James Barahal, who himself is a longtime physician, told The … Read more