Snickers, the US chocolate bar that, until July 1990, was sold in the UK under the brand name Marathon, is to revert back to its more popular traditional name, because people think Snickers sounds daft. Snickers were introduced in the United State...
Friends of 42-year-old Dave Paxton of Nashville, Tennessee, were greatly impressed when Paxton informed them that he was contemplating registering for a 50-mile ultra-marathon. “To me, it’s doubly impressive considering that he doesn’t even run or...
It's been run every year since 1981, and is one of the most popular 'public competitor' events in the world, but from next year, 2020, the London Marathon is to undergo a massive identity transplant - it will be known as the London Snickers. The n...
The 39th London Marathon has been won by Kenyan distance specialist Eliud Kipchoge, who scampered over the line ahead of a huge field, and kept on running - all the way back to Kenya! Kipchoge, 38, completed the 26 miles and 385 yards in a time of...
There was real drama in the finishing stretch in the Belfast Marathon today, when, coming into the final 100 yards of the race, three men still in contention entered into a neck-and-neck sprint finish, only for one of them to bow out 10 yards from th...
It is one of the toughest events in sport, but today Geoff Shoes, 37, a professional runner from Kenya won the Glasgow Marathon. He is the first person to cross the finish line of the event since it started in 1980. Organisers were shocked to see Sho...
The plethora of media coverage Donald Trump has garnered in his feisty presidential campaign appears to have yielded some rather unexpected results; polls now show that Trump is not only neck-and-neck with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the...
Competitors in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil will have to go through more tests than any event to date. "We do not want there to be any cheating here", says Spokesman Fabio Guaray. "If you plan to cheat, stay home. You will embarrass you...
NEW YORK CITY - Officials for The 2013 New York City Marathon have just announced that Pamela Anderson who had registered to run in the 26.2 mile race may not be allowed to participate. A spokesperson for the NYCM Committee Chip Carvalino stated t...
Having some Facebook friends who are prone to remind me of their superior physical condition and fitness by recounting their long distance running accomplishments, I was driven to research this peculiar phenomenon of running, once reserved for desperate circumstances such as escaping an enemy or a hungry bear, but now indulged in as though exertion were cake and sweat were frosting. At least one...
New York - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is being roundly criticized for permitting the New York Marathon to take place this weekend while millions of the city's citizens still suffer from hardships brought on by Hurricane Sandy. In an attempt to avoid...
London Mayor Boris Johnson has said the Olympic competitors in this summer's marathons and other competitions taking place on the streets of London, will not be exempt from on-the-spot fines or even arrest if found to be dropping litter during those...
The Manchester Marathon was won today by a forty-two year old woman from Salford called Annette Fisher. "I hadn't even realised I'd entered the marathon," said Ms Fisher. "I'd hung my bed sheets out on the line because it was quite windy and I th...
The woman known simply as B. won the Boston Marathon last week. She was diagnosed with a rare thyroid disorder that caused her to become morbidly obese at a very young age. Despite these challenges B. has managed to become the first obese person to w...
Some people are very concerned about Kirstie Alley entering the next Boston Marathon but Kirstie says that she will be fine. "All you have to do is enter the thing and you'll help obese people everywhere begin to think that they can do things too.
Embattled Golf star Tiger Woods announced early today that he has decided to take his career as a professional athlete in a new direction; one that will more accurately reflect who he is as a person and what he is all about. Woods, recently the ce...
A spunky sperm named Brian today revealed to Spoof.com reporters how he emerged from a horrifyingly traumatic ordeal to emerge as supreme champion in the world's toughest test of swimming endurance. Brian lived on a small planet which was frequent...
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