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The Inner Penguin
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 14:21:56
There's a penguin in all of us, whether we're fast or slow
child. However, I’m only just learning how to approach my inner penguin.At first, I didn’t even know I had an inner penguin. I thought that being a penguin was about being satisfied with what I had, and about finding joy in the moment – and movement
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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
like my family any more; I didnt talk like my family; when the family got together to sit, I wanted to go out and run. Rather than seeing the positive changes that running was producing in my life, they saw only that I wasnt the old John
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You've Been Penguined
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 10:09:47
You think that because we're slow we're not competitive? Then you've never been at the back of the pack
the indignity of finishing behind the Penguin. In the end, though, it’s all a matter of fun. Besides, unless the awards are being given to the top 30 finishers in each age group, I’m only competing for my own bragging rights
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You've Been Penguined
By John Bingham on 11/03/2003 08:43:33
You think that because we’re slow we’re not competitive? Then you’ve never been at the back of the pack
the indignity of finishing behind the Penguin. In the end, though, its all a matter of fun. Besides, unless the awards are being given to the top 30 finishers in each age group, Im only competing for my own bragging rights
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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
It happens every time I lead a pacing group. There are always a few runners who just can’t stand to run in the pack. This year’s Flora London Marathon was no different. They were there – the lead clique. They were less than a metre ahead of the pack, but still ran clearly in fron...
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Stacking The Deck
By John Bingham on 12/07/2004 16:37:05
It takes more than a polar storm to stop a Penguin from running
Imagine a marathon with seven starts, nine finishes and 1600 turns, run almost continuously for 48 hours on a course only 328ft long. Imagine a marathon at which whales, seals and penguins are the only spectators. Imagine a marathon run
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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
He had the look. As he tightened his shoelaces, tucked in his shirt and carefully donned his sunglasses, he had all the makings of a racer. He was a runner in search of a 5K PB. Everyone around him knew it.Making his way to the start line, he was oblivious to the other runners ar...
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The Power Of One
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 10:25:11
You can't run anyone else's race for them, even if you always train together. Ultimately, running is something that you just have to do for yourself
“This just isn’t my day,” I heard her whisper. When I turned to look at her, I couldn’t believe my eyes. She wasn’t in pain. She was simply finished. It was as though someone had drained out all of her energy. And the marathon finish was still 13 miles away.Now what? I was having...
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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."
After university I decided to get back in shape – about once every 10 years, that is. In my early 20s I took up tennis. In my early 30s I played squash. And, of course, in my early 40s I discovered running. I got a lot of exercise playing tennis. Well, no, not playing tennis, but...
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