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Jog around the Blog: Born to run
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Jog around the Blog. For the love of running. Wednesday, February 2, 2011. I've never considered myself the Bruce Springsteen of running - I wasn't Born to Run. In fact, the first time Wouna and I gave in to a nagging runner friend and joined her for a 5km fun run I was already past 30. And little kids of between 3 and 5 ran the shit out of me. I still have huge gaps every so often in my running log, where I drop out completely and go without running for months. Could it be routine? Jog around the Blog.
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Jog around the Blog: Hit that perfect beat!
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Jog around the Blog. For the love of running. Friday, February 11, 2011. Hit that perfect beat! Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride. Nobody's gonna slow me down. Oh no, I got to keep on movin'. Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride. I'm running and I won't touch ground. Oh no, I got to keep on movin'. Take a chance, take a chance, take-a take-a chance-chance! Hit that perfect beat, boy! Through to my latest fave. And secondly I'm less cut off from reality, so at least I'm somewhat aware of approaching cars...
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Jog around the Blog: March 2011
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Jog around the Blog. For the love of running. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The marathon - most fabled of all running events. As most of you will know, the marathon, a long distance running event of 42.195 kilometers, was instituted to commemorate the fabled and heroic run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon (hence the name) to Athens. The story goes that brave Pheidippides ran the entire distance without stopping, exclaiming 'We have won! Anyway, the point I actually wa...
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Jog around the Blog: June 2011
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Jog around the Blog. For the love of running. Friday, June 10, 2011. Apologies for missing the plot! And so Jog around the Blog nearly died a quiet death due to other commitments, lack of encouragement, but most of all losing sight of the goal. Which brings me to the question: why are we doing this? And what do we hope to achieve? Like Paul Dudley White said: "A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.". Do mor...
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Jog around the Blog: Remember that first time?
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Jog around the Blog. For the love of running. Monday, February 28, 2011. Remember that first time? There's something very special about first-time events. And I don't mean doing something for the first time, like your first kiss, or your first marathon - that's a subject for another day. I'm referring to "the inaugural". Experience - being there the first time a running event is staged. What got me thinking about this was the Frontrunner Half Marathon. That we did in New Plymouth a week ago. The race...
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Jog around the Blog: The magical Marathon
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Jog around the Blog. For the love of running. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The marathon - most fabled of all running events. As most of you will know, the marathon, a long distance running event of 42.195 kilometers, was instituted to commemorate the fabled and heroic run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon (hence the name) to Athens. The story goes that brave Pheidippides ran the entire distance without stopping, exclaiming 'We have won! Anyway, the point I actually wa...
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Jog around the Blog: Running up that hill
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Jog around the Blog. For the love of running. Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Running up that hill. Even after this realisation that it was actually possible to top the hill without walking, it remained an important indicator of ability - each time we had a bit of a lapse in our running, or a layoff due to injury, the distance we could run up that hill before slowing to a walk, became a measure of our progress. In addition to living in a hilly neighbourhood, we were also members of a running club. So you c...
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Jog around the Blog: A miss is as good as a mile!
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Jog around the Blog. For the love of running. Tuesday, March 8, 2011. A miss is as good as a mile! In my humble opinion, this also applies to running events. If you have to miss a run due to some or other ailment, the opportunity would have passed and you would never ever forget that moment when you had to make the regrettable decision. This was also a time when I firmly believed that the Coke supplied at races was making me nauseas and was therefore only drinking water at the refreshment stops. Whether ...