Which celebrities deserve your respect for their dedication to training for the 2011 Virgin London Marathon and who saw it more as a huge photo opportunity. Find their finishing times here.
Competitive Sport
Want to know which celebrities to look out for running the 2011 Virgin London Marathon and when to expect to see them. Check out our run down with their predicted finishing times and the charities they are running for.
The 4th Quidditch World Cup held in New York 13-14 November 2010. Expecting geeky Harry Potter fans I was surprised to find it was a credible sporting game played by competitive athletic types. See photos and video of this game taking Universities by storm and sure to be played on pitch near you soon.
Today is Guinness World Record Day. Forget Usain Bolt’s 9.58 for 100m or Paula Radcliffe’s 2:15:25 for a marathon, today’s record attempts are the ones everyone aspires to. Who doesn’t want to be the world record holder for 100m – dressed as a pantomime animal, be credited for the most skips on a pogo stick in one minute, or lay claim to the longest duration spinning a basketball on the nose.
The deadline for Good for Age entries for the 2011 Virgin London marathon is approaching. Check the qualifying times to see if you can apply and avoid the ballot.
During the epic Wimbledon 2010 match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, which lasted 11 hours five minutes, Andy Murray tweeted ‘This is why tennis is one of the toughest sports in the world, this will never ever be matched again’. We look into just how tough competitive tennis really is compared to other sports.
No matter how well the England Football team perform there will always be people complaining about the 2010 South Africa World Cup. But it’s time to look to the many benefits the tournament brings and even find positives in the Vuvuzelas.
Which celebrities deserve your respect for their dedication to training for the 2010 Virgin London Marathon and who saw it more as a huge photo opportunity. Find their finishing times here.
