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Woman in a gym on an exercise machine

What’s the point of exercise?

Health

The science behind why you’re sweating away on a stationary bike.

What’s the point of exercise?
Teklit Michael dreamed of running in the London Olympics. But his country, Eritrea, jailed him. So he fled to Israel.

A life of statelessness derailed this Eritrean runner's hopes to compete in the Olympics

Conflict
A life of statelessness derailed this Eritrean runner's hopes to compete in the Olympics
Steven and Mackenzie Loy at the start of the 2013 Boston Marathon. She was stopped a mile short of the finish line after the race was bombed.

Once thwarted by the Boston bombings, this marathoner prepares for the Paris Marathon post-Charlie Hebdo

Sports
Once thwarted by the Boston bombings, this marathoner prepares for the Paris Marathon post-Charlie Hebdo