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Lightweight Felix Verdejo, who suffered injuries when he crashed his motorbike on Aug. 7 in his native Puerto Rico, has resumed training and will return to the ring early next year.Thank God I am 100 percent recovered and well, Verdejo announced Tuesday. [I am] pleased to announce that I will return to the ring on Feb. 3.Verdejo will box an opponent to be determined in the scheduled 10-round main event of Top Ranks Solo Boxeo card on Spanish-language network UniMas at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN.Verdejo, a 2012 Puerto Rican Olympian and the 2014 ESPN.com prospect of the year, spent five days in the hospital after crashing his dirt bike on a San Juan highway when he lost control as he tried to avoid a bump in the road.Verdejo, 23, who was wearing an open-face helmet, suffered cuts, bruises and scratches to his forehead, face, arms and legs, as well as other parts of his body. He has been on the mend and recently was cleared to begin training.Hes been doing conditioning work. He went for a run over the weekend and a pit bull chased him and almost caught him. He needs to find a new place to run, Moretti said with a laugh. But hes been medically cleared to fight. Hes been doing conditioning for a few weeks and hell start sparring in another week or so. Hell train through the holidays.Before the accident, Verdejo (22-0, 15 KOs) was in line for a mandatory 135-pound world title shot in his next bout against Englands Terry Flanagan (32-0, 13 KOs). Top Rank had hoped to make the fight and put it on the Manny Pacquiao-Jessie Vargas pay-per-view card that took place Nov. 5 in Las Vegas.Moretti said Verdejo still has his mandatory position and that in advance of the title fight with Flanagan, a southpaw, Top Rank would match him with a southpaw in preparation for the bout.Flanagan retained the title by eight-round knockout of Orlando Cruz on Nov. 26. Verdejo will box on Feb. 3, after which Flanagan promoter Frank Warren and Top Rank will have 10 days to make a deal or the bout will go to a purse bid. But Moretti said that as long as Verdejo wins Feb. 3 and comes out of the fight healthy, his next fight would be against Flanagan for the title.Moretti said that Verdejo realizes how close he came to not only losing his career, but his life, in the accident.I think hes been humbled by the whole situation, Moretti said. Hes still young and young people make mistakes. But I think he realizes that when youre an athlete and have a promising career, you dont do things like ride motorcycles and jump off cliffs. Overall it was a humbling experience. Forget about losing your career. He almost lost his life and thats what hits home.We think it may be a motivating factor for him. He knows life is short and he has to do everything he can in and out of the ring to achieve his goals.Jesse Biddle Jersey . 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Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman.State Senator Catherine Pugh is running one of the most watched races of 2016: the Baltimore mayoral race. Tuesday, the citys residents will head to the polls and decide whether Pugh will succeed Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.The Democratic nominee is serving her third term in the Maryland state senate representing District 40 in Baltimore, but Pugh is no stranger to tough races. In addition to being a competitive runner and athlete, Pugh founded the Baltimore Marathon 16 years ago, and it has grown into the Baltimore Running Festival with more than 25,000 participants.Sen. Pugh spoke with espnW about her love for running, Baltimore and how she manages her time.Running BaltimoreThe idea of the marathon was my idea, but the business of running Baltimore is about being an inclusive city, becoming more diverse and realizing that the area has such great things happening. At the same time, we, like many urban cities, suffer from issues that are decades old. Yet, we have great universities and hospitals in ones like John Hopkins and the University of Maryland Medical System, so we are a city of opportunities -- one that is just spurting and starting to grow. So its a very exciting time and envisioning the future is easy, because I have so many assets to work with. At the same time, its how I pull it all together, so I think itll make it a difference in the future of our city.Marathons in MarylandI was actually at an event with former Mayor Martin OMalley and Katie OMalley, his wife, who is a runner. ?Im also a runner, so I asked her at that event what she was training for, and she said she was training for a D.C. Marathon. I said, How upsetting is it that the city doesnt have its own marathon? We used to have what we called the Maryland Marathon, which was really great, so I said, The city needs its own marathon. I then walked over to her husband, who was mayor at the time, and said, The city needs its own marathon, and he said, OK.That was an OK, but there was no money. I remember working for [former Maryland Gov.] William Donald Schaefer, who said, When you see a problem, bring me a solution. When he said OK, that meant I had to come up with the way to get it done. So I went to the citys law department and said the city doesnt have any money. It was my thought that we would create a big proposal, advertising for bidders who created a Baltimore Marathon that would be inclusive of half marathons, team marathons and a 5K that would occur on a Saturday. People said, Why Saturday? and I said, Because it would increase participation. It would get people coming to our city earlier, participating in our running festival prior to the marathon and staying in our city that Thursday night, Friday night, run the marathon Saturday and Sunday stay and enjoy our city. And thats in fact what has occurred. We started out with 6,600 runners and are now at 25,000 runners.Timing is everythingI am such an individual runner. Have you ever seen annyone who likes to play golf and really likes to play by themselves? That would be me.dddddddddddd Running is not only relaxing, but it gives me time to think and gives me time to spend with myself. Its not just a sport and an exercise for me. Its a moment of peace and tranquility.Now, I have run with running groups and trained with other people. Marathon training requires a certain concentration and certain dedication, and sometimes it really is helpful to be in a group because it helps you stick to your agenda. I know when I was running marathons, we ran 80 miles a week and the person that I trained with was very meticulous about what you had to do every day. One of the things he taught me, which is why in my first marathon I ran a 3:19, was that you didnt run for distance -- you ran for time. He said that I had to build my body up to the point that I could take a three-hour run, once a week, for 11 straight weeks, and I would feel the impact of that for when I finally got to the marathon, and he was absolutely right. I am certain that at some point during the marathon training, I got close to 26.2 because people will tell you that you crash at the 18th mile, but I did not and I never had that experience of crashing. Ive always been able to run through. In fact, I think Im more competitive in the end then I am in the beginning. In the beginning of the marathon, Im just trying to stay on pace.Weekly races[I ran] 48 races in one year -- placed in almost every single race. What was really funny is that there was a race in Annapolis where they only award the top 10 women, no age groups or anything. I came in 11th and I was sitting on the side dismayed, and someone walked up to me and said, Whats up with you? Why are you looking all sad? Youre the first black girl in? I said, S---, aint no awards for first black girls. Its about the top 10. I missed it.Running for a purposeWe want people to be healthy. Whether its running, walking, skipping, hopping or jumping, you just have to move your body. We are trying to create more bike trails in the city for people to be able to ride safely.Baltimore is different than most big cities and the streets are not that wide. Our marathons have five different starts because of that, but were getting better at addressing it. I always tell people when they are running through the city, I like running on the street -- on the tar of the street -- because it gives more. The curbs are made of cement, which creates problems for us as we get older with our knees because of the constant pounding. You want shock resistant shoes. You also want a comfortable setting and the tar is more comfortable then the cement. It is important for runners to A: Run against the traffic, and B: Be conscious of your surroundings. I dont wear earphones. I run to my own beat thats in my head. ' ' '