Running is defined as the following action: “To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride.” Running is also one of the most popular mass-participation sports in the world with large running events –such as the New York and London marathons – drawing a wide number of competitors from around the world. It was reported that in 2002 as many as 7.7 million Americans took part in road races.

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2. Overview
Running is defined as the following action:
“To move swiftly on foot so
that both feet leave the ground during each
stride.”
Running is also
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3. Overview
one of the most popular mass-participation sports
in the world with large
running events –such as the New York and London
marathons – drawing a wide
number of competitors from around the world. It
was reported that in 2002 as
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4. Overview
many as 7.7 million Americans took part in road
races.
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5. Top resources
Runner’s World
www.runnersworld.com
New York Road Runners
http://www.nyrr.org/
Cool Running
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6. Top resources
http://www.coolrunning.com/
Running & Jogging
http://running.about.com/
Map My Run
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7. Why I run
Taken from the moteevate blog.
I was 27-years-old when my metabolism
finally gave in. Until then I could eat whatever I
wanted to eat, drink as much
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8. Why I run
as I wanted to drink and park myself on the couch
for as long as I liked. It
didn’t matter what I did, my body just wouldn’t
accumulate any fat. I was a
rake, stick-thin, able to wriggle into any pair of
pants with ease.
But that all suddenly stopped when I hit my
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9. Why I run
late twenties. I began to notice a dune of fat
forming around my midriff, an
overspill of flesh poured over my waistband, and
my bottom began to look like
it didn’t belong in skinny jeans.
Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t put on a huge
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10. Why I run
amount of weight, but it was enough to notice or
make people wonder if I was
smuggling something under my shirt.
That was my motivation to start running
again. I say again because, back in high school, I
was a keen cross country
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11. Why I run
runner. In those halcyon days I would zip through
half a mile in a little over
two minutes. Training was intense – I ran across
endless sand dunes that
stretched out across the Scottish coastline, veered
inland and sped through
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12. Why I run
scarp, vale and stubble fields, and thought nothing
of rushing up hills and
barreling down the other side. But then off I went
to university and suddenly
hill reps and weekend races didn’t seem like such a
good idea. Within a couple
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13. Why I run
of months I would only ever run to catch a bus.
You might think that my previous athletic
experience would be a help when I laced up my
running shoes after all those
years. Quite the opposite in fact – when I started
running again my inability
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14. Why I run
to trundle through a mile without feeling like my
lungs had been napalmed made
for a cruel reminder of how unkind I’d been to my
body. I thought that it would
be easy to get back into shape, that I’d shed
pounds and smash my personal
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15. Why I run
bests in no time. I mean, I’m an adult now, surely
the late twenties me can run
faster than the 15-year-old version? Well, it turns
out that me 2.0 isn’t even
quick enough to taste the dust of my teenage self.
The culmination of too many
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16. Why I run
late nights, too much beer and a knee mangled in a
bizarre dry ski slope
accident (but that’s another blog post entirely).
But still I kept on running. Don’t get me
wrong, those first few training sessions were
tough. There was the physical
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17. Why I run
pain of dragging leaden legs through two miles of
continuous running; then
there was the wounded pride when I realized that
my body couldn’t handle what
my mind expected it to do. But I didn’t give up
because I knew that, even if I
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18. Why I run
was trundling rather than running, I was starting to
get healthy again. Soon
enough I saw changes in my body. I could return to
store changing rooms and try
on skinny fit jeans without fear of getting stuck and
having to be removed from
them by the “Jaws of Life”.
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19. Why I run
After that I still didn’t stop running. I
kept on going because, when the fear of going into
cardiac arrest had cooled, I
realized that, actually, I really enjoy it. There’s a
real pleasure in doing
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something so primal, something as fundamental as
putting one foot in front of
the other. Increasingly we are cooped up in offices
and stuck behind desks all
day; it’s liberating to use your body for something
other than tapping away on
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a keyboard. I also found that running makes me
feel great. There is
nothing more therapeutic than pounding all of
your worries out on the tarmac.
Your job, your relationship, your mortgage, your
team’s chances of making the
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22. Why I run
playoffs – none of that stuff matters when you’re
three miles into a session
and towing your butt up a massive hill.
So, I guess, the reason I’ve kept on
running is because my mind has paired it with
positives – I find it therapeutic
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and it makes me feel good. This, it seems, is a
crucial factor in maintaining
the motivation to keep lacing up your running
shoes and hitting the road. While
panning for internet gold to post on the moteevate
twitter feed
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24. Why I run
I came across this Huffington Post article. In it
Christy Matta –
trainer, consultant, writer and general all-round
motivational guru – said: “If
exercising more often is paired in your mind with
missing relaxing time in
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25. Why I run
front of the TV, you’ll likely lose your enthusiasm
for exercising. On the
other hand, if exercising means you get a much-
needed break and some time with
a friend, you’re much more likely to stick with it.”
So, if you’re struggling to heave yourself
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off the couch, pause for a second and try to re-
classify the role of exercise
in your life. It shouldn’t be a chore, and if it is you
will pass it up
whenever you get the chance. Instead, pair it with
positives – the buzz you get
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27. Why I run
after completing a workout, the way exercise
clears your mind or, if this works
for you, the opportunity it gives you to wear
spandex.
I’ve found my positives, and since then
I’ve never looked back – except to admire my once-
again-svelte rear end.
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28. Why I run
Matthew Nelson
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