Running

Turkish ultramarathon runner Şirin Mine Kılıç is a strong and challenging woman. I met her on the last day of the 2013 Runfire Cappadocia Ultra Marathon.

My GPS's batteries had run out and I had left behind the spare ones, thinking I couldn't carry them on the last day with me.

Two Spanish were stabbed and another six runners hurt themselves during today's 7th running in front of bulls which is part of the "San Fermin" festival in Pamplona, Spain.

The injured people - seven men and a woman, were taken to hospital in Navarre. There is no danger for their lives. The two Spanish were stabbed in the feet, while two of the other runners are with head injuries.

Bulgarian athlete Ivet Lalova-Collio placed 4th in the 100 m sprint race at the athletics tournament in the French city if Marseilles, reported BNR.

 She finishted in 11.49 seconds. Winner with time of 11.17 seconds became Nigerian Blessing Okagbare, followed by Carole Zahi from France with 11.34 seconds and British Asha Philip with 11.43 seconds.

Turkey will for the first time participate in the Mount Everest Marathon on May 29, Sports for Everyone Federation head Yasin Bölükbaşı said on May 8, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.      
  
Ece Vahapoğlu, a Turkish author and journalist, will represent the country.        

These days, one of the main topics of discussion in Turkey is far from sports and its ethics due to the approaching referendum. However, with the latest news that added three more Turkish national athletes to the long chain of Turkish sportspeople who have been tested positive with doping, I wanted to write about the need for doping.

Ethiopian-born Turkish athlete Elvan Abeylegesse has been stripped of the two silver medals she claimed at the Beijing 2008 Olympics over 5,000m and 10,000m, along with her 10,000m silver medal from the 2007 World Championships, for doping violations.

Veteran marathon runner Maria Polyzou, Greece's record holder, will attempt to run three entire marathons around Greece on three consecutive Sundays to promote the cause of bone marrow bank Orama Elpidas.

When Barney Spender ran the Athens Marathon in 2002, he probably did not envisage that running in Greece and tracing the legendary steps of ancient messenger Pheidippides would take up more than two years of his life in the future.

A simple Ethiopian athletics camp which is attracting elite runners from around the world has opened its doors to state-run Anadolu Agency. 

Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah is just one of the top-tier competitors using the facilities at Yaya Africa Athletics Village near the rural town of Sululta, 12 kilometers north of the capital Addis Ababa.

The 30th Belgrade Marathon will be held on April 22, featuring ten of the world's greatest athletics legends as promoters, the organizers announced on Tuesday.