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Archive for December, 2007
The Legend of Cliff Young: The 61 Year Old Farmer Who Won the World’s Toughest Race
Those who are in the ultra world already know about the legendary Cliff Young but those outside may not have heard the story. The whole nation thought he was a crazy old man to undertake an almost impossible feat. Most feared that he would die trying. But this humble old man proved all the critics wrong.Cliff Young, at 61 years of age, participated in 1983’s Sydney to Melbourne race. Considered to be the world’s toughest race, with the distance of 875 (543.7 m) kilometers and took at least 5 days to finish, Cliff Young entered the race against world-class athletes. Read how he achieved the unthinkable and inspires the whole nation.Read the rest of this entry »
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Early Trail Runners
Top 10 Reasons To Date a Runner
1. Easy to find. They’re either at Home, Work, Out Running, or at the Running Store 2. Stamina on the track = stamina in the sack 3. If you need a T-Shirt they have 400 of them stacked in the closet 4. They always know every street and backroad in town and how far away they are 5. When you wake up they’ll have run 5 miles and have breakfast waiting for you 6. They know how a good shoe should fit 7. They appreciate a good sunrise or sunset 8. You are guaranteed to get 1 hour to yourself each day 9. They always have Glide around, if you know what I mean 10. They know how tender a nipple can beGebrselassie Plans On Breaking World Record Again in January
Haile Gebrselassie has one last marathon before the Beijing Olympics and he plans on making the best of it. With a bonus of $1 million, at the Dubai Marathon on January 18th, he has pretty good incentive as well. That bonus is only given if he breaks the world record. The winner get 250K which is not chump change either .Gebrselassie set the world record when he clocked two hours four minutes 26 seconds in Berlin last September.
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