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If like me, you didn’t get your wished for place on the Olympic Park Run next year (good luck to those that did), how about getting involved with Sport Relief? Check out the news (P8) to see how you can be part of the final 6 mile race. It’s not long ‘til Christmas and with this in mind, we have made some features festive. Go to Gear and Gadgets for some great present ideas for you or loved ones. It’s very easy to let our training slip over Christmas, if that could be
you, read top tips from Andy Dubois on how to keep your training up over the festive period (P26). Don’t miss advice on getting into your LBD for Christmas (P38) and Julia Armstrong ponders on the Christmas morning run (P44). And as ultra-running becomes more and more popular we feature an interesting story in Women on the Run (P24), read Moire O’Sullivan’s account of attempting 110K in the Irish Mountains. She says: “When we dig deep, it’s amazing what lies inside.”
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DECEMBER 2011 ISSUE 37
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TOP TIPS: ON KEEPING YOUR FITNESS UP OVER CHRISTMAS, 26
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