On 20th July - the very next day - the company that had been running private walk-in centres announced they were closing all their centres outside London.

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They are walking the walk, or running it, with their own five person team taking part in the 160 km (100 miles) race.

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Or you can be lazy about it, you can turn on passive tracking and just walk around with the app running and it will track your travels and plot your photos, comments and saved locations to the map, giving you an animated diary of your day.

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He then switched on the treadmill while the stimulator was running, to try to encourage the rats to walk using their back legs alone.

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It was suggested that rather than the running and biking I normally do, I should take a daily walk on the beach, as well as try some high-altitude hiking, since Bramham had sensed a little trouble in my lungs (news to me) and felt I could benefit from that vigorous workout.

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During my walk through Malawi's tiny Mnjolo village, the little girls kept running up behind us, touching our clothing and giggling.

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But if you walk into a mobile-phone shop, your handset will be up and running in five minutes.

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Dave Mohammad patted a yorker straight back to bowler Alfonso Thomas but inexplicably set off for a run - with Ganga firmly intent to remain at the other end - allowing Thomas to simply walk with the ball and take off the bails, and Mohammad to keep on running back to the pavilion.

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Shortly after registering, Spark "woggers" (runners who walk) began sending her instant messages, motivating her to join a real-life running club to work on her foot.

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