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Day Six: My Half Marathon Blog - A Few Running Super Heroes
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A short post today as family commitments and others ( work, training etc ) bite into the available time. I thought I'd take a moment to celebrate some of the true heroes of long distance running.
Firstly there's this guy Phil Thomas . He is planning to run 12 half marathons in twelve consecutive days. According to the linked article he "spends his evenings nursing his pains with ice". He finishes on Sunday by running the AirProductsUK - twice!!!! I dont know what level of fitness you need to reach to be able to do that but I'm glad that I only aspire to running once. Will be checking the news on Sunday to see if he made it. Best of luck Phil
Of course if you really want to suffer there is no surer way than by donning a restrictive and cumbersome costume and potentially doubling your fluid loss on warm days. This man is the master:-
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