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‘Angel’ Policeman Helps Woman Who Lost 200 Pounds Finish a 10K
Asia Ford finished last in a Louisville, Kentucky 10K run, but photos of a city police officer holding her hand for miles, and helping...
95-Year-old Smashes 200m World Record: ‘Bodies Can be Rebuilt at Any Age’
A 95-year-old former dentist has set a new world record for his age group in the 200-meter indoor sprint, knocking a massive 2.4 seconds off...
Saudi Girls Get Gym Classes for the First Time (And Other Advances)
Public schools in Saudi Arabia will for the first time offer programs of physical exercise and sports for their girls. Even though the country’s...
Kenyan Marathoner Finishes Third Despite Crawling to the Line
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"After showing herself to be in the elite class of female runners at the Austin Marathon, Kenyan Hyvon Ngetich hit the wall —...
Two Elderly Ladies Are Flying for the First Time – Watch Them Support Each Other
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A true gem of a short video produced by Vodafone features two Dutch grandmothers in their 70s who "agreed to do something they...
London’s Red Phone Box Goes Green as Solar Powered Charging Station
Some of London's iconic red telephone boxes are being transformed into free solar-powered mobile phone charging stations painted green.
The first "Solar-box" was unveiled Wednesday on...
Weekly ‘Pop-up Picnic’ Builds Community in Oakland
No one knows exactly who started it, but since spring, people who live in Oakland, California have been showing up Sunday afternoons for a...
91-Year-Old Woman Breaks Marathon Record
Harriette Line Thompson, a cancer survivor and last living sibling in her family, just shattered the world record with the fastest time in a...
Photos Will Make You Wish You Ran for Cancer
On Sunday, March 9, the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research posed as cheerleaders to don purple pom-poms and encourage thousands of runners in...
Spontaneous Praise Breaks Out for WWII Vet During 8K Race
A 95-year-old veteran in full dress uniform came outside on the street to encourage and cheer runners in an 8K race but the admiration was...
New York Trio Hauls Van Full of Clean Water to People in West Virginia
I've got an incredible story for you that starts with a high school senior who heard about the toxic chemical spill that poisoned the...
Baseball is Banning Home Plate Collisions Next Year
Home plate collisions, the type of plays that wrecked the career of former All-Star Ray Fosse and injured Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila in...
Rivers’ Garbageman Named CNN Hero of the Year!
The Good News Network is thrilled that a young man we've reported on for years, who has removed more than seven million pounds of...
‘Backwards Bill’ Runs NYC Marathon in Wheelchair to Show Disabled Kids How to Stay Active
Every one of the more than 45,000 runners expected to finish the 2013 ING New York City Marathon on November 3 brings to the...
Thanks to a Wrong Turn, Woman Accidentally Wins a Marathon
Meredith Fitzmaurice never dreamed she'd win Sunday's "Run for Heroes" marathon in Ontario. Especially because the Belle River, Ont., runner planned to run the...
Boston Marathon Winner Returns Medal to the City
The 2013 Boston Marathon champion, Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia, gave his championship medal to the City of Boston Sunday on behalf of all the...
Elderly Dad With Dementia All Smiles When Re-Taught to Ride a Bike
On a cycling website, a man from Minneapolis and his wife told the story of her father, a 79-year-old man with some dementia and...
His Body Broken, Spirit too, Until He Started Running
His brain and body shattered were in a horrible accident as a young boy. He learned too young about cruelty and pity, enduring teasing...
Registration Surges for Sunday’s Vancouver Race After Boston Blasts
Registration has surged for the annual race since Monday and participants are being encouraged to honor the victims of the explosions by wearing the...
Six Amazing Ways People Helped After Boston Marathon Tragedy
Mr. Rogers famously answered the question of what to tell children when scary things happen on the news. It holds true for all of...