Many run primarily for the exercise, but others run to condition themselves for well-publicized races of various distances.
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We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.
Runners are competitive folks. I think some might feel slighted they haven't got more recognition. I think they have a point. In running, you won't necessarily get noticed just for turning in good performances.
Marathon runners set explicit goals.
There is always the excitement of running races.
I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.
People are so easily impressed by running, but I run pretty frequently.
Besides being good for our body, running helps us to focus and throw away negative energy.
Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.
In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut track repetitions and hill repeats that buckle your knees - at that moment in almost every race when you ask yourself how much you're willing to hurt to catch one more runner - you can draw strength and inspiration from your running mates.
Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.
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