tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628756996338254422024-03-06T09:31:33.364+08:00I travel, I run therefore I amChong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.comBlogger868125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-48518938582319849942015-07-20T23:36:00.001+08:002015-07-20T23:38:41.017+08:00 「馬拉松 看世界」專頁 向世界馬拉松出發<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">如無意外,本周日我應該身在三藩巿,跑今年第五個外國比賽,也是人生第三十個馬拉松比賽(廿九個在香港以外)。雖然Blog有好一段日子沒有update,但跑步仍是繼續下去,這兩年尤其多,也去了俄羅斯、澳洲這些新國家、新大陸跑,是另一個飛躍期。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">這些年的跑馬路上,有幸認識一些志同道合、見識廣博、洞察力強、對比賽有要求、愛跑步更愛享樂、愛探索世界各地的馬拉松、有各種特殊經歷的奇人異士,一起到世界各地跑步。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">這幾個朋友,包括:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-曾經去肯雅與當地人跑步,專程去大阪只是為了試森之宮Q’s Mall天台跑道,任職航空業的Raymond;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-懂法文、意大利文;跑步、單車、游水、攀石、滑雪、風帆都玩,周遊列國做時裝設計貿易兼跑步的地球人Mr. E;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-專攻小眾及第三世界比賽(例如古巴、格魯吉亞、西伯利亞...),穿人字拖跑馬及差點命喪西伯利亞貝加爾冰湖馬拉松的Frankie;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-跑很多美國和加拿大的比賽,副業代理運動電子產品的Alvin;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-跑步健筆Edkin,跑文見《信報》、Yahoo及主場新聞博客群</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">有些朋友認識了好幾年,因投緣而越走越密,例如Raymond。我五年前在泰國布吉馬拉松的起點遇上Raymond,之後一直保持聯絡,至今已跟他一起跑過台南、峇里、沖繩那霸、德島、日本東北風土、莫斯科半馬、澳洲黃金海岸、及三藩巿這八個比賽。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">有些只認識不到半年,例如Mr. E。我是今年三月在日本德島認識他,沒有電話、沒有Whatsapp、也沒有夾時間,但我們在48個小時內,竟然居酒屋、街上、馬拉松起點及終點四次巧遇!既然如此有緣與投契,一定要好好保持聯絡了。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">這群人參加過的所有馬拉松賽,應該都有百幾二百個,只差南美洲和南極洲沒有去;世界各地比賽及風景的照片,我們也有至少過萬張。既然大家都有講不完的故事,但坊間討論區談及外地馬拉松,多是關於如何報名、報名時間、好不好跑、報名費多少、訂機票酒店等實用資料,不如開一個簡單的Facebook專頁,分享在訓練、時間、報名和成績以外,外國馬拉松途上的風景、遇到的人和事,及不同的文化體驗。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">於是我們在五月中,開始了「馬拉松 看世界 /Run the World」的Facebook專頁。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">專頁除了需要讀者的Like,更需要有紮實和有質素的內容,吸引讀者追Post,讓讀者有得著,感激一眾兄弟,特別是從來沒有寫作習慣的Frankie,寫了數千字的零下三十度冰湖馬拉松戰記,以及西伯利亞鐵路及馬拉松遊記,成功吸引了一些台灣及俄羅斯讀者追Post。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">專頁每天大約出兩至三個Post,並分開不同的專題出街,例如馬拉松遊記連載、馬拉松上的名建築、馬拉松上的美食、世界馬拉松獎牌巡禮及靚人靚景相,讓有興趣到外地跑步的讀者,看到不同文化背景下的馬拉松世界。每段介紹,都設有簡單的英文翻譯,讓有興趣的外國朋友也可以閱讀。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">若你對我們的足跡有興趣,歡迎移玉步到以上的Page和Wordpress Blog,不止是我一人,集合眾人之腳和筆,新的故事一定更加精采。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">專頁的網頁是:https://www.facebook.com/marathonscenery</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">內容亦收錄在Blog:https://hongkongruntheworld.wordpress.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">希望透過我們的Facebook專頁,你會透過我們的角度,繼續欣賞世界馬拉松的風景。</span><br />
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-2653623904232424712015-05-11T22:12:00.000+08:002015-05-11T22:12:00.116+08:00Boston to Big Sur之旅(四).《SportSoho》.9/2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">可惜我都係那些講就天下無敵,做就畏首畏尾的無膽匪類,真係唔敢成排索女逐個咀咀,驚畀人認住呢條友見女就咀、淫人鬼妹、咁鬼咸濕,所以真係相當克制,唔敢恃跑行兇亂黎,點到即止就好了。</span></div>
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<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: SimSun;">看到窗外的風景迅速飛過,城鎮一個又一個城鎮掠過,有如快速由終點回帶至起點,我已經與</span>Carol<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: SimSun;">講到無話題,但車子仍在看不見盡頭的高速公路上奔馳。</span>42<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: SimSun;">公里不再是一組數字,而是連坐車都覺得好很遠的距離。想起要在這裡跑回波士頓已腳軟,更何況起點位於更遠的</span>Hopkinton<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: SimSun;">,唔淆底先出奇!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: SimSun;">最巨型的攤檔則是衣物回收處,收集跑手丟棄的衣物,清潔好後轉贈給當地的慈善團體。這種安排在美國很普遍,也值得香港的賽會效法,一來跑手可避免擔心著涼而拖至最後一刻才寄存行李,影響了熱身、起步和比賽發揮。二來又可以把多餘的衣物,經賽會轉贈給有需要的人士。</span></div>
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-7054827290367110372015-05-07T21:45:00.000+08:002015-05-07T21:45:00.603+08:00Boston to Big Sur之旅(二).《SportSoho》.7/2014<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">由於上屆比賽遭恐怖襲擊腰斬,為了讓未能完成賽事的人參加,本屆波士頓馬拉松的名額,特別由</span>27,000<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人增加至</span>36,000<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人。上回談到波士頓馬拉松的</span>Race Director Dave McGillivray<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,在波馬</span>Expo<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">的講座,我也把握機會問</span>Dave<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,明年的名額會否維持</span>36,000<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人?若明年的規模又縮減至</span>27,000<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人,將會有更多跑手,雖然已達到波馬</span>Qualifying Time<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">的要求,但仍然無法得到一紙號碼布。</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Dave<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">答不到我的問題。他說,至少要看看今年比賽如何,才考慮明年的情況,但他解釋了以波士頓馬拉松設名額考慮的因素,大意如下:</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Rodgers<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">。</span>Rodgers<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">生不逢時,生於一個馬拉松獎金既不普遍、即使有也不算豐厚、體育贊助也不流行、贏冠軍只是榮譽而沒有多少物質回報的年代。他很健談和熱情,知道我是香港體育專欄作者的背景後,問了我不少關於香港的東西,又表示很有興趣到香港跑。</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Adams <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">啤酒、投影機播放波馬的片段和音樂。</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-68928628866936151092015-05-06T21:51:00.003+08:002015-05-06T21:52:39.477+08:00Boston to Big Sur之旅(一).《SportSoho》.6/2014<div class="MsoNormal">
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Street <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">約半小時。房東是個大陸人,雖然衛生情況一般,廚房和廳有些異味,但找到地方落腳也不錯了,反正也只是住三晚而已。</span></div>
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Director Dave McGillivray<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,講解本屆的賽事安排和賽道特色。</span>McGillivray<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">大約矮我半個頭,但速度和辦賽事的能力,與身高沒有關係,</span>Gebrselassie<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">也是矮個子,本屆波馬冠軍</span>Meb Keflezighi<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">一樣個子不高。</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Director<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">對質素沒有要求,也不覺得有需要讓跑手留下美好回憶,比賽只會是事事旦旦、錯漏百出、沉悶無比。</span>McGillivray<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">先生最聞名的事蹟,是曾經兩次跑步橫跨美國(</span>1978, 2004<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">)為慈善機構籌款;以及每年的比賽日,他都會在做妥工作後,自己落場跑一次波士頓馬拉松。</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-58098827856153913162014-04-13T23:43:00.000+08:002014-04-13T23:43:00.247+08:00波士頓馬拉松──Qualifying Times的演變<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">波士頓馬拉松以</span>Qualifying
Times <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">聞名。舉例說,一個</span>18-34<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">歲的壯年男跑手,需要跑</span>3<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">小時</span>5<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">五分以內,才有資格報名;同一年齡組別的女跑手,需要的成績是</span>3<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">小時</span>35<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">分以內。若你是四字頭的男跑手,只好等到</span>65<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">歲,時間放寬至</span>4<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">小時</span>10<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif;">分才有機會了。</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-71833564018198839962014-04-12T23:40:00.002+08:002014-04-12T23:40:51.836+08:00波士頓馬拉松──香港跑手加油!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-37360005011346534502014-03-26T02:07:00.000+08:002014-03-26T02:07:02.137+08:00我是如何參與波士頓馬拉松<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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時間過得很快,不到一個月就是波士頓馬拉松了。<br />
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從沒有想過,可以參加馬拉松,因為以我的成績,根本沒有資格報名。但為甚麼我可以參與呢?故事要由三年前說起,只要你想去一個地方,總會找到方法去到的:<br />
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三年前的大阪馬拉松,我認識韓國馬拉松旅行社eco tour的朋友Sayid Yung。也因為他,我才有機會參與南北韓邊境的DMZ馬拉松,以及知道原來波士頓馬拉松,與世界不少體育旅行社有聯繫,包括他那一家,只要透過波士頓官方認可的旅行社報名,也可以參與波士頓馬拉松。<br />
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慢跑手要參加,另一個方法是透過波士頓馬拉松指定的慈善團體籌款,最低門檻是籌美金四千元,但由於今年賽事的反應相當擁踴,四千元恐怕也難以成交。每年大約有幾千名慢跑手,透過這兩個方法參與波士頓馬拉松。還有20名Mobility Impaired跑手(包括視障、非輪椅殘障連同領跑員),他們更是最早出發的一批,好讓他們有足夠時間完成賽事。<br />
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所以波士頓馬拉松絕不是一個只預留給精英的比賽,慢跑手、各種傷殘人士,同樣可以參與這場盛會,每一名參賽者都得到尊重,拿到一樣的獎牌。<br />
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某些人或會覺得,報團所得的號碼布是「走後門」,不及用成績換取的矜貴。如果要批評,就請批評定這條規則的賽會,因為他們在精英化之餘,亦讓慢的外國跑手參加。<br />
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跑步的,有誰不想參加波士頓馬拉松?這可是很多跑手,窮一生之力追求的目標!特別是我很想很想參與,恐怖襲擊後的第一屆波士頓馬拉松,看到更多的波士頓人出來打氣,感受這個歷史最悠久的比賽體現的公民精神,就算再發生恐怖襲擊讓我死在路上,相信也是含笑而終,圓了心願。<br />
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於是我嘗試找韓國朋友,看看可否透過他們的旅行社報名?結果出奇地順利,把款項匯到韓國的戶頭後,電郵填了簡單的個人資料,便成功報名了。碰巧太太四月要去美國東岸做研究,簡直與波士頓馬拉松的日子perfectly match,既可以陪太太做研究,又可以跑步!<br />
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按成績時間報名的跑手,去年底核實成績後,就會列入entry list,但透過旅行社海外選手,要待二月底才正式確實。等了又等,終於在2月23日,於entry list中找到我的名字了!<br />
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大約有40多名香港人參與本屆波士頓馬拉松,三十五歲以下的只有四個,大概因為波士頓馬拉松對年紀大跑手較寛鬆。<br />
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我告訴自己,若有機會再參加波士頓馬拉松,一定要用真材實料的成績報名,但以我的條件,恐怕死練爛練也達不了標。所以,這很可能是我第一次,也是最後一次參與波士頓馬拉松的機會了。<br />
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每天工作後,我都盡量抽空練習,但工作也實在疲累,更多時是沒有意志撐長課。我曾經想過,一定要天天記錄,準備波士頓馬拉松的練習,待他日回望時,都有多一些回憶,提醒自己曽經為一個夢寐以求的比賽奮鬥...<br />
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或許在生命盡頭的一刻,我會愧疚為甚麼明知這是惟一一次機會去波士頓,也不準備和練習多一點?愧疚自己花太多時間在工作,而沒有做足準備,沒有以最好的狀態迎接跑步世界中,最華麗的盛宴,甚至在比賽中受傷,糟蹋了這次機會。<br />
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<br />Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-27438095024514415992014-02-26T23:40:00.001+08:002014-02-28T23:54:23.033+08:00Food for Run & Thought, 22-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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等了幾個月,報名終於在今天確認了,在本屆波士頓馬拉松參加者的名單中,找到我的名字了!!!香港約有40多名跑友去波士頓,較大陸和台灣都多。<br />
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<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">若《強風吹拂》是熱血的主菜,《一個人邊跑邊吃》則是飯後甜點。繪本的主角並不是那些半小時可以完成十公里的精英,而是更像我你他她的高木直子,這位好不容易才突破五小時完成</span>42.195KM<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">大關的插畫師。看過這本書後,才知道日本原來有很多別開生面、與食物有關的本土長跑比賽,例如「北海道端野咖哩飯五公里跑」。</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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Sheehan<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">醫生的《</span>Running
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Global History<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">》可能更適合你。</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sheehan<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,但他在美國是體育界殿堂級的名人,他被美國的《</span>Sport
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World<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">》雜誌的出版社</span>Rodale<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">於去年重新出版《</span>Running & Being<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">》,由</span>Sheehan<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">的兒子及名體育記者</span>Kenny Moore<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">為新版寫序言。</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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Global History<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">》則是跑步簡史,挪威作家</span>Thor Gotaas<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">由盤古初開說起,記錄不同文化關於跑步的軼事、趣事和小故事。原來十八世紀,裸跑在英國曾經是時尚,甚至是預先張揚的活動,男與女都會參與裸跑,每次都吸引數百名觀眾看。</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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& Being, The Total Experience<o:p></o:p></div>
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A Global History<o:p></o:p></div>
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Books</div>
Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-69974958613908663572014-02-04T14:43:00.000+08:002014-02-04T14:43:00.498+08:00Food for Run & Thought, 21-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard,
everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great!"</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have
finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div>
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little gear is needed. It's easy to run right from my door."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Andy
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"I think when you run by someone and there's a
thumbs up or encouragement, that's something that I really love. It's a
brotherhood, a support and an appreciation for the effort we're all making. I
think it's also about living well, living healthy, taking care of ourselves,
getting in touch with ourselves, our bodies, our minds. It's a mind-body
connection that running helps enhance."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gene
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try to remind myself that I am preparing for the extraordinary."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-65216335183116276332014-02-03T00:15:00.000+08:002014-02-03T00:15:00.866+08:00Food for Run & Thought, 20-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"The human body is capable of amazing physical
deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap
into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> "</span></b></span></div>
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dean
Karnazes, author of</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><strong><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Run!:
26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and
irrational as our running - and nothing quite so savage, and so wild."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bernd
Heinrich, Ph.D., author of Why We Run: A Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Just move your legs. Because if you don't
think you were born to run, you're not only denying history; you're denying who
you are."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dr.
Dennis Bramble, University of Utah biologist, quoted in Born to Run</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"In a ski race, you can tuck down a hill and
recover for a bit; in a running race, you work hard at all times, which builds
mental toughness.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">"</span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Dunklee, 2014 Winter Olympic hopeful in the Biathlon<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If
you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it,
go through it, or work around it."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-58027771534275035552014-02-02T14:47:00.000+08:002014-02-02T14:47:00.036+08:00Food for Run & Thought, 19-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Focus on the few reasons why you can."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Goucher</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"My injury was devastating. But I decided I
wouldn't feed negative thoughts. I was going to surround myself with positive
people, imagine the best outcomes, and bathe myself in awesomeness."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lauren
Fleshman, two-time U.S. 5-K champion, after an IT injury forced her to refocus
her 2012 Olympic Trials goals</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"My running time is my time to escape, feel
good, and soak everything in."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Norah
O'Donnell, Cohost of CBS This Morning, from I'm a Runner, Runner's World, April
2013</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-86208699541410850782014-02-01T18:00:00.000+08:002014-02-01T18:00:02.162+08:00《強風吹拂》與箱根驛傳長跑賽<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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因電影「字裡人間」的關係,令香港的讀者開始認識三浦紫苑。「字裡人間」就是改編自她的小說《啟航吧!編舟計劃》,談的是編《大渡海》字典的故事。《強風吹拂》則述說日本歷史最悠久的長跑比賽──箱根驛傳(日語:駅伝),寛政大學宿舍「竹青莊」的十名宿友,併湊成雜牌長跑隊,由零開始向箱根驛傳比賽挺進的故事。</div>
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箱根驛傳究竟有甚麼魅力?每年的新年,日本人必看的電視節目有兩個:一個是12月31日舉辦的紅白歌唱大賽;另一個就是1月2、3日全程直播的箱根驛傳長跑賽。由八十年代起,電視開始直播箱根驛傳。這一代的日本人,或多或少都喝過箱根驛傳的電視奶水長大,看長跑在日本並不是小眾的興趣,而是主流文化的一部分。</div>
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驛傳是指驛站傳遞,是長跑接力賽的意思,比賽的正式名稱為「東京箱根間往復大學驛傳競走」,由日本馬拉松之父金栗四三於1920年創辦,目的是培養有天份的長跑運動員,將來在世界的舞台與各國跑手爭長短。今天的箱根驛傳已是日本長跑選手搖籃。2012年代表日本出戰倫敦奧運的中本健太郎、藤原新、山本亮和另一名將川內優輝,大學的年代都跑過箱根驛傳。</div>
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比賽由日本關東學生田徑聯盟主辦,日本《讀賣新聞》協辦,經初賽選拔後,十九間聯盟轄下的大學田徑隊,另加一隊由不同大學精英拼湊成的混合隊,每隊派出十人(另加六人為後備),由東京的讀賣新聞東京本社出發,經橫濱、平塚、小田原跑至箱根蘆之湖後折返東京,總共跑217.9公里。</div>
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一個學界比賽,能夠成為全國直播的節目,除了因為它是日本歷史最悠久的比賽(由1920年起舉辦至今,只有二戰期間暫停),也因為「箱根驛傳」有其獨特的感染力。三浦紫苑曾說,她從小到大都有看箱根驛傳,直到2001年初,忽然想起這項既有朝氣又隆重的新年盛事,但卻從未有人寫過關於這個比賽的故事,於是她便開始執筆,寫一個關於箱根驛傳的故事。</div>
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三浦紫苑花了六年時間搜習資料、採訪教練、運動員及寫作,於2007年才寫好《強風吹拂》,並摘下當年日本「本屋大賞」<sup style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[1]</sup>第三名。台灣於2008年曾推出中文翻譯本,但書下架後便沒有賣了,直至去年才有另一出版社推出新譯本。</div>
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小說裡,寛政大學四年級學生清瀨灰二在一個晚上,無意中看到呼嘯疾走的藏原走,流暢的步姿令灰二驚為天人,一心招攬藏原走加入「竹青莊」宿舍,組隊參加新一屆的箱根驛傳。九名宿友在清瀨灰二的感召下, 包括曾被逐出校隊的天才跑手藏原走、沒有跑步習慣的黑人留學生姆薩、剛通過司法考試的阿雪、沉溺漫畫世界的王子、愛抽煙並已放棄田徑的尼古、無特別專長的雙胞胎城次與城太、學富五車的 King 及神童,一起向箱根出發。</div>
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可是箱根驛傳參賽門檻極高,參與的選手需要在17分鐘內完成五公里,或35分鐘內完成十公里<sup style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[2]</sup>,但「竹青莊」除了清瀨灰二和藏原走外,其餘八人完全沒有長跑的經驗,能夠在預賽入圍已是奇蹟,枉論與傳統強隊一較長短。當然,若寛政大學過早於預賽被淘汰,三浦紫苑也沒有故事可以寫下去,所以這群烏合之眾,還是成功藉著艱苦的特訓擠身決賽,如櫻木花道的湘北、戴志偉的南葛隊,在電視直播的舞台上大放異彩。</div>
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三浦紫苑並沒有運動的經驗,但她筆下倒有不少富有哲學意味的對白,探討跑步的真諦,足以令人再三玩味。她的興趣並不是長跑的勝負和速度,而是每個角色面對現實的局限之下,如何盡自己最大的努力,堅忍不拔地突破難關,他們最終明白跑步並不在於勝負和速度,也不是一個人孤獨前進,而是一股力量,一股與夥伴連結起來的力量。</div>
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若果跑步只是追求快與速度,成績與時間成為衡量一切的準則,那麼大家根本不必去練跑,因為寛政大學長跑隊根不可能與六道大學、房總大學等傳統強隊較勁,勝出箱根驛傳。清瀨灰二斥責藏原走訕笑隊友慢的一段話,實在罵得大快人心,這番話對所有過份偏重時間與速度的跑友,也是當頭棒喝:</div>
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「你這豬頭!快給我醒一醒!王子跟大家都那麼認真、努力,為什麼你不能給他們一點肯定!他們是拿出真心在跑,你為什麼要去否定他們!就因為他們跑得比你慢嗎?在你心裡,只有速度才是衡量一切的基準嗎?那我們幹嗎要跑步?去坐新幹線啊!去坐飛機啊!那不是更快嗎!」</div>
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「阿走,你要小心,光只追求速度是不行的,到頭來只是一場空。我就是一個很好的例子,難道你看不出來嗎?總有一天你會吃到苦頭……」<br />
那麼在速度和勝負以外,跑者應該追求甚麼?</div>
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在一次的訓練後,清瀨這樣告訴藏原走:「你知道對長跑選手來說,最棒的讚美是甚麼嗎?」</div>
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「是快嗎?」</div>
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「不,是強。」</div>
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清瀨說:「光跑得快,是沒辦法在長跑中脫穎而出的。天候、場地、比賽的發展、體能,還有自己的精神狀態--長跑選手必須冷靜分析這許多要素,即使面對再大的困難,也要堅忍不拔地突破難關。長跑選手需要的,是真正的『強』。……所以我們必須把強當作最高的榮譽,每天不斷跑下去。」</div>
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「變強需要時間,也可以說它永遠沒有終點。長跑是值得一生投入的競賽,有些人即使老了,仍然沒有放棄慢跑或馬拉松運動。」</div>
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人生何嘗不是這樣?人生追求的並不是名次,眼前的勝負得失並不算甚麼,能夠堅持不放棄走到人生的盡頭,沒有失去目標和理想,才是真正的強者。</div>
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書名:強風吹拂<br />
作者:三浦紫苑<br />
出版社:漫遊者文化事業<br />
出版日期:2013年8月</div>
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[1] 本屋大賞是由書店的店員作評審的文學獎,於2004年成立。</div>
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[2] 以今年第九十屆的參賽者為例,有能力在29分鐘內完成十公里的日本選手多達83人,最快的更跑出27分38秒的成績,足足比香港記錄快三分鐘。</div>
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butt and running. For me it isn't about the speed or the distance necessarily,
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did not know I had. Some days it is my salvation!"</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Carrie
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Running made me feel like a bird let out of a
cage. I loved it that much.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> "</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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telephone, mood elevator, and spiritual communion."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Moller<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-53675059468385718702014-01-30T23:57:00.000+08:002014-01-30T23:57:00.022+08:00Food for Run & Thought, 17-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"At first an ordeal and then an
accomplishment, the daily run becomes a staple, like bread, or wine... or air.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Cheever, author and Runner's World contributor<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Through the ups and downs of running, I have
found new perspective in life. The suffering and success has made me a
stronger, happier person.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> "</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Casady<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"I found hope, love, recovery, and life in
running. In so many ways, it changed my life forever.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> "</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Christine
Casady<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Running, for me, is like a cheap therapy
session. It's the solitude that allows me to think a bit more clearly and
"de-stress."</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ruffin
Rhodes, architect and business owner<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"It's important to remember that each
footstrike carries you forward, not backward. And every time you put on your
running shoes you are different in some way than you were the day before.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> "</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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"The Penguin" Bingham, Going with the Flow, The Penguin Chronicles
Archive<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-33731997772333507662014-01-29T23:54:00.001+08:002014-01-29T23:54:31.109+08:00Food for Run & Thought, 16-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Running is all about having the desire to
train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned
to steel. And when you've finally forged hard enough, you will have become the
best runner you can be. And that's all that you can ask for."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Paul
Maurer, The Gift - A Runner's Story<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"It's very hard in the beginning to understand
that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that
the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">George
Sheehan</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"There are as many reasons for running as
there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an
animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own
play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are
meant to be.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> "</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Sheehan</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"I often hear someone say I'm not a real
runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a
fake runner."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bart
Yasso<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Running allows me to set my mind free.
Nothing seems impossible, nothing unattainable."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kara
Goucher<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-2632247302484287652014-01-28T23:21:00.000+08:002014-01-28T23:21:00.527+08:00Food for Run & Thought, 15-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you
did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a
much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run
by other runners, too."</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive
yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you
find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you
thought."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390141967822_8592"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home
Depot<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Play not only keeps us young but also maintains our
perspective about the relative seriousness of things. Running is play, for even
if we try hard to do well at it, it is a relief from everyday cares."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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of Running</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I love the wind blowing through my hair, the different
smells, the sun beating down on me, and the scenery. On my run this past
Sunday, I was reminded of how great running feels when I was running along side
the Rappahannock River. It was fantastic, smelling the freshly bloomed trees
and bushes and watching the ripples of water just flowing down the river. Ahhhh!"</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390141967822_9284"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jennifer Homendy, Runner's World
Challenger<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"It's my meditation and my sanity. That's what my trail
running is - something I do each day to be happy."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390141967822_9516"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Danelle Ballengee, world champion
adventure racer<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
Chong Hiu-yeung (莊曉陽)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05988324361101790668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875699633825442.post-77321769940833254492014-01-27T23:19:00.000+08:002014-01-27T23:19:00.393+08:00Food for Run & Thought, 14-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"The first person you have to inspire every day is
yourself. Running will do that.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> "</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Marc
Parent, Runner's World columnist<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"When I forget who I am, I remind myself by finding my
stride."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kristin
Armstrong, Equilibrium, Mile Markers blog, Runner's World.com<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are
rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows
you to see how wonderful your life is."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kara
Goucher<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Running requires endurance, character, pride, physical
strength, and mental toughness. Running is a test, not a game. A test of faith,
belief, will, and trust in one's self. So hardcore that it needs a category all
to itself to define the pain. Running is more than a sport; it's a lifestyle."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jessica
Propst</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from
those of us on the couch is that we learn through running to take what the day
gives us, what our body will allow us, and what our will can tolerate."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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speaker</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ryan
Hall, U.S. Marathoner<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more
fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mia
Hamm<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"The smiles, the cheers, the cowbells, the laughter, the
jumping out to give me high fives, the grandkids running along with me for a
few moments, these are the biggest rewards for training. There's this
intangible thing that sinks into my heart every single time."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sharon
Cuoto, RW Challenger of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to
believe that you're a mentally tough runner."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ryan
Hall<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how
far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in
the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop
trying to get somewhere else."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John
Bingham, No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine
your own tempo. You can choose your own course and think whatever you want.
Nobody tells you what to do."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Nina
Kuscik, marathoner<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"As a breed, runners are a pretty gutsy bunch. We
constantly push ourselves to discover limitations, then push past them."</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bart
Yasso<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that
maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we finish the race."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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Barack Obama at the Boston Marathon memorial service on April 18, 2013</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Running is the ultimate faith healer, restoring belief
not only in oneself but life's possibilities."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bart
Yasso<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Running has taught me to be patient, to trust the
process, that anything worth doing is worth training for and doing well. It has
made me a better wife, co-worker, friend, nurse, sister, daughter, and person
in general."</span></strong><br />
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Ball, Runner's World Challenger of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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from an indomitable will."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mahatma
Gandhi<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I'm overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power
of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Diana
Nyad<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by
people not smart enough to know they were impossible."</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Doug
Larson<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"A run begins the moment you forget you are running.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> "</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Adidas
ad<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Alex
Karras, American football player and actor<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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