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Stories · 4 stories
Stories · 3 min
Thirty-one, and finally in the deep end
Ama Sarpong grew up two kilometres from the sea and never learned to swim. Then she signed up for Wednesday nights.

Stories · 3 min
Four minutes off a 5K, one Tuesday at a time
A Legon student on a youth membership, Kofi Amponsah turned up to the track in January expecting to be the slowest. He wasn't — for long.

Stories · 3 min
From Saturday coffee to 21 kilometres
Adjoa Ofori joined for the social. Eighteen months later she has a half-marathon medal and a spot on the start line in Lagos.
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Jamestown's running coach
Nii Lartey grew up under the lighthouse. Now he brings coaching, kit and a club race to the neighbourhood that raised him.