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Lead Stories: Friday, November 21, 2008

JOSH COX: Interview Excerpts

Posted November 1st, 2007 at 9:30 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics, Special Features, Interviews

Below are textual excerpts from my interview with U.S. Olympic Marathon hopeful JOSH COX.

NOTE: To listen to the interview in it’s entirety via Episode 99 of The Final Sprint Podcast, please click here.

In the interview Cox talks about a multitude of topics, such as: Sunday’s U.S. Olympic Men’s Marathon Trials, his comeback, his father’s battle with cancer, their father-son relationship, faith, his “calling”, GodTube, Team Running USA, the transition to Mammoth, and much more!

On Competing in Sunday’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials:

“I’m gonna run November 3rd like it’s the last 26.2 miles of my life”

“[Once I’m at that start line] - I’m gonna let it rip. A lot of guys are motivated by a lot of different things but I am running this [race] for my Dad.”

On His Comeback – Physically, Mentally and Emotionally:

“I’m excited that I am excited about running again which is something I hadn’t been for the last two years.”

“I was basically the fat kid when I first showed up to Mammoth] … I am just getting’ my butt handed to me daily by Meb”

“My Dad told me, ‘Just be faithful with what God has entrusted in you’ … [and now when I run] that’s what this is all about.”
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Quote of the Day: 10/31/07

Posted October 31st, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes

“You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you’re going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally.”

- Frank Shorter

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Mental Fitness:
Mind Over Matter

Posted October 8th, 2007 at 9:00 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Running & Training, Health & Fitness, Exercise

Matt Fitzgerald running coach racer author runner runner's world books I recently came across this interesting article in the New York Times. It talks about mind over matter, how personal training sessions actually train your mind more than your body.

Mr. Fitzgerald, a 36-year-old running coach and racer who has written seven training books in the last four years, three for Runner’s World, gives unconventional advice. That is because his exercises are not meant to train your body. They are aimed at training your brain.

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Warning: If you start running, you may become “addicted”

Posted January 15th, 2007 at 7:03 PM by Amanda Black

Section: Running & Training, Motivation, Health & Fitness, Exercise

People often look at serious runners with awe and admiration, wondering why they would choose to do such a thing and how a person could get up at five in the morning and go for a run in the freezing cold before the start of a stressful day.

For most runners the answer is simple: they need it, they love it and they just don’t feel “right” if they don’t go for their run. In a lot of ways, running is actually psychologically and physically addictive. The body produces natural endorphins during exercise; the so called “runner’s high” and many people just can’t get enough! Author Pam Hilts explains that these endorphins:
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Yoga can be a cure all – for all (yes, even for runners)

Posted December 7th, 2006 at 12:00 PM by Valerie Cerami

Section: Running & Training, Cross Training, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab, Exercise

It can be done by anyone; anywhere. It involves mind, body and spirit. It strives to create balance; unison of physical and mental. It nurtures all areas touched upon in life; thorough in addressing all segments of one’s self and beyond. A learning experience. An art form. A must - for all athletes – and non.

Historically, yoga is almost as old as running. Running was actually the very first form of physical conditioning. I bet those cavemen didn’t even realize the health benefits they were developing while chasing prey – or being chased by an angrier or larger caveman! Read the rest of this entry »

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