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Plus Size Model Featured on Women’s Running Cover
July 17, 2015
From Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty, to Victoria Secret featuring plus-sized models in their annual fashion show, to plus size model, Erica Schenk, being featured on August’s cover of Runner’s Magazine, the image of the ... Read More »
Bizarre Running World Records
July 17, 2015
Check out these 7 bizarre running World Records! 1. Fastest Marathon Running Backwards At the 2004 Beijing Marathon, Xu Zhenjun of China ran the course backwards—not from the finish line to the start line, but ... Read More »
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by: Rachel in All Posts, FEATURED, General, Gone For a RUN, Runner News
Reasons Why More Women are Running Half Marathons
July 10, 2015
Ever notice that more women are running half marathons? U.S. News shares some secrets of what’s driving women to sign up for these races, other than the trendy race perks of course. Running provides you ... Read More »
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by: Rachel in All Posts, FEATURED, General, Gone For a RUN, Runner News
Boston Marathon Raised $28.3 Million for Charity
July 8, 2015
This year Boston Marathon runners ran on behalf of more than 200 non-profit organizations and raised an astonishing $28.3 million for charity. The overall total breakdown: $15.6 million was raised through the Boston Athletic Association’s ... Read More »
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by: Rachel in All Posts, General, Gone For a RUN, Runner News
100 Mile Ultra Marathons
July 3, 2015
Have you ever noticed that when something in society goes mainstream, there is a push to do bigger and better things? Running in races, whether it be half marathons or full marathons, is starting to ... Read More »
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Meet Superstar Runner Winter Vinecki
June 17, 2015
Winter Vinecki is a 16-year-old athlete who is not only a runner, but also a triathlete, obstacle course racer and aerial skier. Starting at age 5, Winter entered in 5k races. A few years down ... Read More »
Logging on to Recap our Virtual 10k!
May 1, 2015
We did it! This past weekend 1,000 runners around the globe logged off and ran Gone For a Run’s Log Off. Shut Down. Go Run Virtual 10k! Everyone did such a great job! It was ... Read More »
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1,000 Runners Ready!
April 14, 2015
Gone For a Run has officially sold out of our first Virtual Race! We have 1,000 awesome participants that will be running with us April 24th-26th! I for one am very excited to run my ... Read More »
