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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
| John Bingham is an author, columnist, and comic, and the spokesperson for the slow-running movement. Known to his flock as "The Penguin" for his waddling pace Bingham has, for two decades, encouraged runners of all shapes, sizes, and speeds to follow his example and change their lives for the better by taking up the sport. His popular column The Penguin Chronicles ran for 14 years in "Runner's World" magazine and now appears in "Competitor" magazine. Bingham has written several books including "An Accidental Athlete", a memoir that tells for the first time the story of how Bingham took up running at the age of 43 to become the unlikely icon of today's running boom. Bingham is spokesman for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training program and voice of the Rock'n'Roll marathon series.
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| Groundhog Day |
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02/02/2012 - If you haven’t seen the movie Groundhog Day, I strongly encourage you to see it. I think it’s Bill Murray’s best work. The movie is funny enough on it’s face, but if you look beyond the gags the allegory is really poignant. I don’t think it gives away the plot to suggest that the point [...]
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| 100 Chronicles and more |
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01/27/2012 - Another from The Penguin Chronicles archive. How my running life began, and why it’ll never get old. There was a time when becoming a runner was the farthest thing from my mind. Runners were, or so I thought, a lost group of tortured souls with tortured soles, achy muscles, and creaky knees. They were – [...]
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| Year of the Dragon |
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01/18/2012 - In the Chinese horoscope, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. [the new year begins January 23] The Dragon symbol is of an intelligent and laborious worker who never puts aside work though sometimes this leads him to excesses. The water Dragon has enough courage to face challenges and easily finds weak points that stand [...]
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