For some, running gives them the ability to see new and wonderful parts of the world that they would not otherwise have the chance to experience. The Siberian International Marathon (SIM) is a race that does just that.
European under-23 champion Nick Miller broke a 31-year-old British hammer record in Sweden on Wednesday night - but he almost never made it to the track.
It was four days to remember in Eskilstuna - a European Athletics Junior Championships of records, of tears, of cheers and, above all, an event that showed how much the sport is alive and kicking with the stars of the future.
Host nation Sweden won their first gold medal of these 23rd European Athletics Junior Championships in Eskilstuna with a national junior record in the 4x100m relay.
Azerbaijan's Nazim Babayev produced the performance of the week in Eskilstuna today with a stunning leap in the triple jump to smash a record that had stood for nearly 30 years on a final day of the 23rd European Athletics Junior Championships where Gr...
Emel Dereli successfully defended her shot put title at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Ekilstuna on Saturday and she did it in the best possible fashion by once more smashing her national record on this stage.