Coventry runner receives recognition from Prime Minister for efforts to make the outdoors more inclusive
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exercise rates amongst south asians in britain a re low so another motivation for haroon is inspiring his community into sport. when i first started running, i ll be honest and saying it was very lonely. i would travel to different cities, running half marathons and marathons, and you could count on your fingers or sometimes not count at all the number of people of ethnic, minority and race participation. things have changed a lot since then, but there s so much more to do. people that would never, ever dream of completing 26.2 miles, to see them just get to the start line itself is a massive achievement. and how much that also normalises, you know, running for our communities. that s the biggest sort of value and appreciation that i have. for haroon, this hasn tjust been about running a marathon. it s been about breaking down barriers and encouraging his community to get involved in exercise during the month of ramadan. lydia campbell, bbc news. and that is all from the world of sport
is they re very comfortable with cummins, the captain leading the attack. the experience of starc and hazlewood and the the golden arm of scott boland, their logic is if they need to call up a fast bowler, michael neser is down the road at glamorgan, playing in wales. so adam, i m sure it won t have escaped your notice that england have won their last 9 of their last 11 tests and also added to that, australia haven t won a series in england since 2001. confident? the bazball revolution has been pretty special. numbers you detailed there. every metric you choose to point at, they ve changed test cricket. we should be so lucky to have a series that goes all the way to the wire with the australian side. on paper, the best in the world and the resurgent england side. i can t think of an ashes series that s better placed since 2005. elsewhere, four days to go now until this year s london marathon. participants are probably winding down training and beginning to carb load ahead of the a2km c
of the reasons of recent suicide by k pop stars. if you need support with the issues we ve been talking about, you could speak to a health professional or an organisation that offers support. details of help available in many countries can be found at befrienders worldwide. go to www.befrienders.org. in the uk, you can find a list of organisations that can help at bbc.co.uk/actionline. the london marathon is back this sunday, and over 40,000 runners are expected to take part. this year s marathon is staged just after the end of ramadan, meaning that muslim competitors will have trained whilst fasting. haroon mota from the muslim runners group explained what it s like to train for a marathon while fasting. its quite challenging. for this year, ramadan started the last week of march, and we re now approaching the end of april, so it s kind of new territory, marathon training
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