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Welcome to The Spinoff’s live updates for September 22, by Stewart Sowman-Lund. Say hello at [email protected].
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There are 23 new community cases of Covid-19, all in Auckland. Of these, just one has not yet been epidemiologically linked. 80% of eligible Auckla ....
Kiwi long-distance runner Allison Roe broke the New York City marathon record in 1981. Forty years ago, in 1981, running was booming. Race numbers exploded, huge new marathons and fun-runs transformed cities as big as New York, London, and Sydney, shoes and apparel for running had become an instant industry, media and sponsors brought crowds and cash, and potent new names hit the headlines – Frank Shorter, Grete Waitz, Alberto Salazar, Nike, New Balance, Asics. It all seemed miraculous. And nothing was more miraculous than the sudden emergence, at the Boston Marathon on 20 April, 1981, of an unknown yet wondrous talent – Allison Roe from New Zealand. ....