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The World's Oldest Marathon Runner Has One Simple Rule
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The World's Oldest Marathon Runner Has One Simple Rule

A ninety-two-year-old who has completed a marathon every year for six decades says the secret is not training harder but never letting two days pass without moving. He credits routine over motivation and says he has never once felt like running before he started. His family say he treats rest days as seriously as race days.

Wednesday, 09 September

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The Rugby Club Where Nobody Keeps Score
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The Rugby Club Where Nobody Keeps Score

A community rugby club for over-fifties has grown to three hundred members with one rule: no scoreboard. Players say the absence of a result removed the arguments, the injuries and the need to be good at rugby. Doctors have started referring patients.