London’s running schedule is hotting up next month. Alongside the capital’s tussle with Liverpool and Glasgow on the morning of Sunday 3 June, workers in The City and Docklands have their own chances to nip out, buy some emergency trainers and get some kilometres under …
The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here’s a peek at what we’ve been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview with Audrey Niffenegger, whose popular book, The Time Traveler’s Wife, was based …
The fight for London Mayor is seriously beginning to kick off. Our Ken, Greg Dyke, John Major, that the guy from the Big Issue – all have been fingered for the job. Now the latest candidate being touted is none other than Brian Paddick. Paddick …
You’re barely considered a proper sport these days unless you augment your league competition with some sort of knockout finale. The Americans seem to have been first with the Superbowl and the baseball world series amongst others, but over here we have largely failed to …
Want to race down the motorway from London to Brighton with the wind in your hair, a parka on your back and a classic soundtrack by The Who buzzing in your ears? Perhaps you don’t go in for all that reckless mod nonsense and for …
After the football, London now takes on Liverpool and Glasgow in June for a City v City 10km race with a distinctly silly videolink set-up. Our runners will start at 9.30am in Greenwich. The winner crossing the finish line will appear on a big screen …
Next Monday evening you could join Londonist amongst the audience at the JZ Young Lecture Theatre on Gower Street as Cristiano Lucarelli, with 18 goals this season currently second top scorer in Serie A behind only Francesco Totti, joins his agent and biographer Carlo Pallavicino …
Like an energiser bunny, Greg Billingham from Cheshire just keeps on going. Only very, very slowly. He’s just reached the half-way mark of the London Marathon. An achievement that leaves him in 36,000th place and over three days behind the leading pack. Running at one …
Black cabs in Hong Kong? Sex academy Amora opens. Not to be confused with West Ham striker of almost same name. Marathon claims the life of one participant. And the freesheets accuse each other of all kinds of dirty tricks. Image of marathon spectators courtesy …
And so the big day arrives with a bang! I’m up early and cycling through quiet city streets already dappled with sunlight, cameras slung around my shoulders. I switch to public transport to make my way over to the Red Start in Greenwich Park and …
What’s your name and which part of London do you live in? Ruth Sloss, South Ealing. How long have you been running for? About 4 years. Is this your first Marathon? Yes (gulp!). What inspired you to enter the Marathon? I started running thinking I …
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