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Getting Real
By John Bingham on 06/08/2003 16:11:57
Until you exorcise the memories that keep you from succeeding, there's no point in exercising your body. You can be the best runner you can be, if you're realistic about your abilities and your goals
This section is adapted from No Need For Speed - A Beginner's Guide To The Joy Of Running, by John Bingham. Buy this book!You may be uncomfortable hearing that no one can tell you what your fitness goals should be. No one can tell you how much
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Q+A: How should I tackle my first marathon?
By John Bingham on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
will be a PB.John The Penguin Bingham, RW columnist
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Enjoy Your Journey
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 10:45:02
You don't have to worry constantly about where you're going with your running - just enjoy getting there
’s as far as any rational person would want to run.So out I’d go – without reaching the three miles. Day after day I failed in my goal. Day after day I accumulated evidence that I was not a runner. Every run hammered in the fact that I wasn’t there yet
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Forced Retirement 
By John Bingham on 27/07/2004 16:16:58
It can be hard to stop - even when you know it's the best thing to do
satisfaction from races when I have given my honest, best effort. Other mid-pack runners tell me the same. Consequently, we feel bitter disappointment when we don’t achieve a goal. Our devastating sense of failure is no less profound when our goal is solely
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Kid's Tough
By John Bingham on 11/03/2003 09:03:46
Running can make you come face to face with who you really are - or who you're going to be
him to the finish.At the one-mile mark he was running faster than his goal pace. Some of us doubted his strategy. The course was not impossible, but it was unusual an out-and-back route that was uphill to the turnaround, then downhill to the finish
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Kid's Tough
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 10:06:08
Running can make you come face to face with who you really are - or who you're going to be
him to the finish.At the one-mile mark he was running faster than his goal pace. Some of us doubted his strategy. The course was not impossible, but it was unusual – an out-and-back route that was uphill to the turnaround, then downhill to the finish
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The Penguin Family
By John Bingham on 10/03/2003 12:52:30
Let your family into a special secret - take them running with you
the privilege of age, took the final three miles.Aged 26, 48 and 69, we had a common goal. For a few hours on a cold morning in November, the generational roles were eliminated. We were not just a mother, a father and a son we were teammates. We were
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The Bigger Picture
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 10:37:57
Racing certainties: "For me, the real joy of running and racing is finding out what I'm capable of on any given day."
, these runners cling to their fantasy race. The trouble is, in the fantasy race the weather is perfect, the course is clear and fast, and all the other runners are having bad days.It’s not enough for these runners to complete a race or reach a desired time goal
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21 Today
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 10:40:24
Running his 21st - and favourite - marathon, the Penguin tells us what it was like pacing the 'Get-You-Rounders' over this year's Flora London Marathon course
marathon, and even more remarkable in that this was my third London event. It’s the one that I’ve run the most times, the course with which I am most familiar, and the event where I now identify most closely with the participants. My goal in any marathon
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Labour Laws
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 10:50:18
Learn to take life - and your running - at your own pace
runner began in a similar way to my life as a labourer. I looked outside myself for guidance. I tried to meet goals that were set for me. I was overwhelmed with ‘shoulds’. And I was overcome with fatigue. It wasn’t until I began to ‘work my shovel’ as a
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