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Author: Paul Radcliffe
August 15, 2014
Distance Running Time Dilatation
Our society is very fast paced. We live in an era of instant messages and instant gratification. No one has time for anything! Our attention span has been reduced to twitter messages of 140 characters or less. Magazines promote that we can lose “10 pounds by the weekend!” It’s possible to communicate “face-to-face” with anyone almost anywhere in the world. And we have instantaneous access to the collective information of human history through smartphones. And yet, everyone seems busier than ever and don’t seem to have time for anything! I suppose it’s ironic that running, a sport that is synonymous with speed, has made[…continue reading]
August 13, 2014
Not So Sweet News…
A few weeks ago, a co-worker was surprised to hear that I don’t drink coffee, get up to run at 5am, and seldom drink alcohol. He chortled “What, do you want to live to be 140?” In a roundabout way, I do! The crazy running I do is just part of a healthy lifestyle to which I’m aspiring. But, if I intend to live that long, I obviously would like to have all my organs and body’s systems working well too. Age without youth may actually be a course… It may sound superficial, but the physical benefits of being healthy[…continue reading]
August 9, 2014
Have You Ever…?
Last week, I went to my local Running Room and met up with a 10k Clinic for a 6k group run. I hadn’t been there much in the last few months so my notoriety and reputation have thankfully diminished somewhat. That’s a fancy way of saying there are some new faces there that don’t know me. A group of about 8 of us went out for the run. I wound up leading for most of the run at a pace I though was comfortable. After the run we did our usual high fives and light stretching on the curb outside[…continue reading]
