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Hi all. This may be of interest to newbies or more experienced runners. It is a link to radio 4 program, Andharanand Finn who wrote Running With The Kenyans gives a short talk on why he and we run. Worth a listen.

bbc.in/1Lh7Rlj

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the_tea_fairyGraduate

Oh, my dad was telling me about this on the phone but didn't know what it was called/when it was on, so thanks for the link :)

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goonkeepgoingGraduate

Thanks :)

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ViaMGraduate

Thanks for sharing!

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ancientrunnerGraduate

Thanks for that - we are all the same at heart I think!

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misswobbleGraduate

Wonderful! I enjoyed that.

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Bazza1234Graduate

a bit too esoteric for me unfortunately. One of the reasons I have kept away from yoga. Can't really identify with any kind of "spiritual" mumbo jumbo!!!

However - there certainly are reasons why we run and endure - I just can't think of one at the moment!! :)

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