Cool runnings: when your age is an edge

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Blue Mountains: schöner Blick in die Natur Source: W.Mueller

Six thousand runners will descend on the tracks and trails of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney for one of the world's most challenging ultra-marathon events. Among those taking part over the gruelling 100-kilometre distance are two septuagenarians who are using their ages as an advantage.



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