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Edinburgh Marathon entries set to reach capacity very soon

The EdinburghMarathon standard entries are filling up faster than ever and are expected to reach capacity by Sunday 8th January.

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Wightman Nominated for BBC Sports Personality Final Six

World 1500m champion Jake Wightman (coach: Geoff Wightman, club: Edinburgh AC) has been nominated for the 2022 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award which takes place on Wednesday 21 December from 18:45.There are just six people from all sports in the final.

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland top medal table at European Cross Country Champs

Great Britain and Northern Ireland topped the medal table at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships at the Piemonte-La Mandria Park in Turin over the weekend, with ten medals overall including individual gold medals for Charles Hicks [U23 Men] and Will Barnicoat [U20 Men].

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Running in cold weather

We are quite lucky in Britain in that we rarely see extreme weather conditions but we do get many different kinds of weather that can challenge our running routines. With Scotland recently hitting -15 degrees Celsius, you may need to heed some of the points here.

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Gifts for Runners

As the winter weather kicks in and annual gifts become the norm for many of us; we have put together a few ideas to help pitch the perfect present!

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Ellis Cross added to GB&NI team for the European Cross Country Championships

UK Athletics can confirm Ellis Cross has been called up to the senior men's team for the European Cross Country Championships on Sunday 11 December.

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Laura Muir set for 1000m world record attempt in Birmingham

Olympic silver medallist and World bronze medal winner Laura Muir (coach: Andy Young, club: Dundee Hawkhill) will mark her return to the West Midlands at the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final on Saturday 25 February as she attempts to break Maria Mutola's world indoor 1000m record.

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