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10 Hilarious Spectator Signs from the 2014 Broad Street Run

When you’re on mile seven of a 10-mile race—i.e. when your legs feel like they might fall off, and you lost your hair-tie three miles […]

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10 Lessons from a Broad Street Run Newbie

It’s been a long time since I’ve been called a virgin, but there I was, in my corral at yesterday’s Broad Street Run, doing something […]

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The Checkup: Your Post-Broad Street Recovery Stretching Plan

• Feeling sore after banging out 10 miles on Broad Street yesterday? This five-stretch recovery routine is calling your name. [POPSUGAR Fitness]

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Sip-N-Glo Is Making a Broad Street Run Smoothie

Calling all Broad Street Runners: After the race, before your rush to the nearest shower, you’re going to need to make a pitstop for some […]

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Morgan’s Pier Will Give Free Beer to Broad Street Runners on Sunday

This just in, via a tip from our friends at Foobooz: The just-opened-for-the-season Delaware riverfront bar, Morgan’s Pier, will be handing out free beers to […]

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Ultimate Broad Street Run Race Day Playlist: Get Pumped Anthems

The time has finally come, friends: Broad Street Run weekend is here. And we come bearing race-day gifts! Here, we’ve got two full hours of […]

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84-Year-Old Lorraine Cephus Has Run Every Broad Street Run—And She Is Amazing

Lorraine Cephus read about the first-ever Broad Street Run in the Daily News. It was 1980, and she’d been running for a few years at […]

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5 Reasons Not to Wear Your Broad Street Race Shirt on Sunday

Yay! You’re running Broad Street! Good for you! Let the celebration begin … after you cross the finish line. Friends, I’m here with a Broad […]

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What to Eat the Day Before, Morning Of and During the Broad Street Run

If you’re a newbie to distance running and Broad Street is your first big race, you might be feeling a tad lost on what you […]

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A Viewer’s Guide to the 2014 Broad Street Run

The Facts The Broad Street Run has been held on the first Sunday of May since 1980, making this the 35th year. It is the […]

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Cecily Tynan’s Official Broad Street Run 2014 Weather Forecast

Broad Streeters can breathe a sigh of relief: The torrential rain and flooding we’ve experienced these past 48 hours—and, that, according to my weather app […]

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New Interactive Heat Map Shows Philly’s Most Popular Running and Biking Routes

Remember back in February when I told you about that map someone created logging popular running routes in Philly using data from the app RunKeeper? […]

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Broad Street Runners: What to Do Before Sunday If You Have Shin Splints

I heard from few readers earlier this week who are worried about running Sunday’s Blue Cross Broad Street Run because of some lingering shin split […]

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The Broad Street Run Now Has an App

Not only did the Broad Street Run get a shiny new website this year (it’s so much better than the old one, don’t you think?), […]

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Free Starbucks for Broad Street Runners

If you guzzle Skinny Mochas like they’re water, listen up: The Pain Management Center, which has locations in the Navy Yard and over in Jersey, […]