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A little encouragement for runners everywhere!

I’ve recently read a great little book called, ‘Running with the Kenyans’, By Adharanand Finn.  At a time when my training has suddenly got a little more serious, his personal story of transformation through running has made all the effort seem inspirational, almost spiritual. There are some great quotes from his book here which runners everywhere will find themselves identifying with.  Enjoy, then get your trainers out! ‘Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.’  Abe Gubegna, Ethiopian author. ‘No race begins at the start line.’  Haile Gebreselassie ‘If you want to win something, run 100m. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.’  Emil Zatopek ‘When the missionaries arrived, the Africans had the l