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Fighting Talk: Find Your Mantra
By Sam Murphy on 27/04/2011 12:26:55
Convince yourself you’re invincible and you’ll be clocking PBs like nobody’s business
(March 1995), subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups taking part in a dart-throwing test. Both groups were told to aim for the bullseye on each of their 15 throws, but the first group were asked to tell themselves 'You cannot do it' each
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Growing Young Gracefully
By John Bingham on 10/03/2003 12:35:33
Running can be the way to release the big kid inside you
I was an old man when I started running. Not that 43 is all that old, its just that I was living an old mans life in an old mans body, dreaming an old mans dreams. Im much younger than that now.Before I started running, I could count the years of accumulated excess like the ...
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Getting Real
By John Bingham on 10/03/2003 12:52:30
The route to becoming a 'real' runner is often a lot shorter than you think
continued to pass me. First the sub-2:30 marathoners, then the sub-3:00 group, and so on. Little by little they all caught up to me, until I was running with those who hoped to finish in the sub-4:00 range. I began to feel more at home with these runners
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As The Penguin Flies
By John Bingham on 10/03/2003 12:52:30
If you're running solo and feeling blue, think of yourself as part of a community - there are a lot of fellow runners out there who are just like you
It started long before it began. The idea was as eloquent as it was simple and perhaps a tad outrageous: stuff a couple of pairs of running shoes and a change of clothes into the saddlebags of a motorbike and head across country in search of new roads and new friends. As with ...
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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
occurred for me in the middle of a marathon relay. My mother, my son and I were a team. Being the real runner, I completed the first 13.9-mile leg. My son, blessed with youth and enthusiasm, had the 9.3 miles in the middle, and my mother, claiming
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Environmentally Friendly Running
By John Bingham on 14/03/2003 09:58:53
Open your eyes, take a good look around, and realise that where you run is your run
m running and why Im running. Flower power. Now theres a 1960s idea that still makes sense.Waddle on, friends.
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Runnin' Along And Feelin' Groovy
By Andy Blackford on 04/09/2003 15:49:58
Slow to start but a joy to experience? The benefits of a healthy lifestyle
were is next door neighbours, like. To make things worse, he were sick on their cat.Aye. He ran a crackin race next day though. Knocked three seconds of t Commonwealth 10,000m record, as I recall.Four, actually.Ah, says the angel on my left
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Speaking From Experience
By Steven Seaton on 01/06/2002 15:16:53
The more we run, the more we learn. Here's a lifetime of running lessons at your fingertips
regularly isn’t going to make you a faster or stronger runner, but not drinking will make you slower and weaker.Sean Fishpool Running life: Runs five times per week; ran a 1:19 half-marathon in 2000. Years running: 11 To do your hard runs hard, you have
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Turn Disaster Into Triumph
By Amy Swan on 31/03/2010 15:59:08
At the time, a DNF or DNS can seem like the worst day of your life. It really isn't but you still have to deal with the disappointment and focus on the next challenge
.That was the nightmare in which navy triathlete Charlie Pennington found himself in 2009. His main aim had been to make it to Australia's Gold Coast for the World Championships and he decided to take his wife and eight-month-old son on the 12,000-mile trip. It was a big
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Q+A: How can I change? I'm 40 and a physical wreck
By Bud Baldaro on 09/09/2002 17:45:51
Our experts answer real-life questions
manage a short distance, and to be honest I don’t enjoy it that much, but I’m determined to stick at it. How can I keep myself motivated?A Targets are extremely important motivators. You already say that you want to lose weight, and be the fittest you
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