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January Jollies
22-01-2006, 01:19 AM,
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January Jollies
Yep, I remember a great piece of writing by Joe Henderson in which he tells of how he ran a deliberately slow marathon to run with the guys (and girls) at the back of the pack, and discovered that "that was where the real heroes were" - people who not only pushed themselves to their limits, as the front runners did, but who often had overcome amazing adversity just to be there at all. The overwhelming anonymity of their placing just made them all the more heroic as far as Joe was concerned.

Whilst the Gebrselassies and Radcliffes of the world are certainly inspiring and worthy of their status, personally I find the Dick and Rick Hoyts and Mick and Phils of the world so much more humbling. As you say Nigel, they give those hard runs a whole new context.
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January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 04-01-2006, 08:03 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 05-01-2006, 07:52 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 05-01-2006, 08:17 PM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 05-01-2006, 09:32 PM
January Jollies - by Seafront Plodder - 05-01-2006, 09:49 PM
January Jollies - by glaconman - 06-01-2006, 05:44 AM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 06-01-2006, 09:06 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 08-01-2006, 08:29 PM
January Jollies - by Seafront Plodder - 08-01-2006, 10:24 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 08-01-2006, 10:55 PM
January Jollies - by Seafront Plodder - 09-01-2006, 08:15 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 09-01-2006, 07:38 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 09-01-2006, 07:43 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 09-01-2006, 07:51 PM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 09-01-2006, 08:06 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 10-01-2006, 03:34 AM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 10-01-2006, 09:05 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 10-01-2006, 07:38 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 10-01-2006, 08:11 PM
January Jollies - by Seafront Plodder - 10-01-2006, 08:52 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 10-01-2006, 10:12 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 10-01-2006, 10:12 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 10-01-2006, 10:16 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 10-01-2006, 10:51 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 12-01-2006, 09:23 PM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 12-01-2006, 09:54 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 12-01-2006, 10:09 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 13-01-2006, 08:43 AM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 13-01-2006, 09:25 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 14-01-2006, 12:11 AM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 14-01-2006, 12:14 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 15-01-2006, 11:05 PM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 15-01-2006, 11:29 PM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 15-01-2006, 11:34 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 16-01-2006, 09:53 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 17-01-2006, 05:04 AM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 17-01-2006, 08:10 AM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 17-01-2006, 08:31 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 17-01-2006, 09:02 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 19-01-2006, 09:25 AM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 19-01-2006, 02:34 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 19-01-2006, 11:12 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 21-01-2006, 11:17 AM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 21-01-2006, 11:53 AM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 21-01-2006, 12:37 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 21-01-2006, 07:13 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 21-01-2006, 07:17 PM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 21-01-2006, 07:26 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 21-01-2006, 10:01 PM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 21-01-2006, 10:16 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 21-01-2006, 11:50 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 22-01-2006, 12:06 AM
January Jollies - by Nigel - 22-01-2006, 12:08 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 22-01-2006, 01:19 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 23-01-2006, 07:47 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 23-01-2006, 08:01 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 26-01-2006, 11:46 PM
January Jollies - by Seafront Plodder - 26-01-2006, 11:51 PM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 26-01-2006, 11:52 PM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 26-01-2006, 11:59 PM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 27-01-2006, 12:03 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 27-01-2006, 12:08 AM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 27-01-2006, 12:16 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 27-01-2006, 03:07 AM
January Jollies - by El Gordo - 27-01-2006, 10:08 AM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 27-01-2006, 10:43 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 30-01-2006, 03:05 AM
January Jollies - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 30-01-2006, 03:34 AM
January Jollies - by Sweder - 30-01-2006, 07:53 AM

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