Tom and Brian Williams: Chasing Ghosts at the Comrades Marathon

Tom and Brian Williams: Chasing Ghosts at the Comrades Marathon

Before Brian Williams and his son Tom set off to run the Comrades Marathon – an 86.8 kilometer race in South Africa, Brian’s mind was already at the finish. He said, “If we succeed, it'll just be to be the fulfillment of a dream. It'll put to rest many of the ghosts of my past. It's hard to put into words what it means, but it means a lot.”

For his role in the anti-apartheid movement, Brian was exiled from South Africa for decades. He grew old away from his country, had a family in the UK and could not attend his mother’s funeral back home. So to return to South Africa after so many years, running Comrades was about much more than covering that massive distance. It was about reclaiming his sense of home. And running 53 miles in your 70s after a lifetime of not really being that active… it was a triumph of stubbornness, too.

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Becoming a Marathoner: Live from New York

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Over 52,000 people ran the 2019 New York City Marathon. Some were fast, some were less fast, but they all ran the same course, and the same distance, and according to our panel of experts, they were m...

15 Marras 201938min

Dr. Rachel McKinnon: Fighting For The Right to Ride

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Most athletes don’t have to fight for the right to compete in the sport they love. The vast majority of us can just sign up and race. For Rachel McKinnon, it’s not that simple. She’s a transgender ath...

10 Syys 201933min

Laurens ten Dam: Live Slow, Ride Fast

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“I only won two races in my career and I had a 16-year career, so that would be a shit career if it was about winning for me.” Many cycling fans might be surprised to hear that from Larens ten Dam. In...

27 Elo 201922min

Susie Chan: Overcoming Injury and Rediscovering Ultra

Susie Chan: Overcoming Injury and Rediscovering Ultra

Susie Chan didn’t start running until she was almost 40 years old, but she didn’t waste any time. She went all in, racing ultras like the Marathon Des Sables – a multi-day epic through the Sahara Dese...

13 Elo 201920min

Rickey Gates: Every Single Street

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After finishing a 3,000 mile run across the US, Rickey Gates had a strange feeling that he’d missed something. His route showed him a super thin slice of the country and left him with more questions t...

30 Heinä 201926min

Mirna Valerio: This Is What a Runner Looks Like

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When Mirna first started running, she wasn’t very good at it. The body she has isn’t most people’s image of a “runner’s body”. “It's a fat body. It's definitely a fat body,” Mirna said. “And I have no...

16 Heinä 201929min

How did I get here?

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On this episode of Athletes Unfiltered, we’ll speak to three athletes who asked themselves, “How did I get here?” We’ll introduce you to Mimi Anderson, who was a normal British housewife – until she r...

5 Maalis 201932min

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