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Alec Ash

Alec Ash starts the Pyongyang Marathon. April 10, 2016.

I traveled to North Korea to run in the Pyongyang Marathon, and it was fine

April 19, 2016Sports

The Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in Pyongyang, North Korea, is open to amateur tourist racers. Journalist Alec Ash traveled there to run the marathon this year, and says he had to finish in four hours — or be shut out of the stadium.

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