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WHERE CAN WE BUY THESE? An Arizona State University engineering student has built a wearable jetpack that, in trials, has improved one subject's 200-meter time by 3 seconds and his mile time by 18 seconds, Runnersworld.com's Scott Douglas reports. Click here to read the story and see a video.
TREADMILL MARATHON: Greensboro's Dena Harris talked herself into a 26.2-miler Saturday morning on a treadmill. "Running a marathon for no reason, with no goal, for the heck of it, simply to see if I could?" she writes. "That has my name written all over it." Click here to read her blog post.
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RUNNING NAKED: No, we're not talking about leaving the watch home. We're talking literally. News & Observer staff writer Josh Shaffer did it recently in a 5K at Ocean Isle Beach. Click here to read the story.
RACE DAYS THIS WEEK
Saturday: Warren Rives 5K, 8 a.m., High Point.