RUNNING!!!!!
What's the history of running?
http://www.medicinenet.com/running/article.htm
Human beings started walking and running some 4-6 million years ago when we evolved and rose from all fours. Ten thousand years ago, hunter-gatherers like the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico, ran 15-75 miles a day on the hunt. But it was Pheidippides (490 BC), an ancient "day-runner," who put running on the map. Pheidippides is purported to have run 149 miles to carry the news of the Persian landing at Marathon to Sparta in order to enlist help for the battle. Scholars believe the story of Pheidippides may be a myth (if the Athenians wanted to send an urgent message to Athens, there was no reason why they could not have sent a messenger on horseback), yet the myth had legs (no pun intended) and was the genesis of the modern marathon. It was the first running of the marathon (26 miles 385 yard) in the modern Olympic Games of 1896 in Athens that commemorated Pheidippides' historic run. Throughout the latter part of the 19th century, track and field, including running, took a prominent place in the field of sport. By the late 1800s, children in school were competing in running races. In the 20th century, it was the famous black sprinter Jesse Owens who, in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany, shattered Hitler's dream of proving the superiority of the Aryan race by winning gold medals in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, and the 400-meter relay. More American were spectators of running than they were participants during the era of Jesse Owens, but that has changed in the past 35 years. Runners like George Sheehan, Bill Rodgers, Jeff Galloway, Alberto Salazar, and Grete Waitz (winner of nine NYC marathons from 1978-1988 and inspiration to all women to get out there and run!) promoted running through their athletic success, and now running is solidly a popular activity for exercise as well as for sport.
INTERESTING RUNNING STUFF
I read an article named Soccor Beats Jogging for Fitness
It stated that a Friendly game of Soccor works off more fat and builds up more muscle than Jogging. It also claimed that Soccor Players felt less tired after they exercised than a Jogger because they had more fun.
to read the article click on the below link
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jd3EF9yRLQBJttzJmqX1AI_3iEXQ
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Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.
It knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.
It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle
when the sun comes up you'd better be running.
(But, unless you're a runner, you won't understand.)
-Anon
RUNNING JOKES
You know it is time to resume running when...
You try to do a few pushups and discover that certain body parts refuse to leave the floor.
Your children look through your wedding album and want to know who mom's first husband was.
You get winded just saying the words "10 kilometer run".
You come to the conclusion that, if God really wanted you to touch your toes each morning, He would have put them somewhere around your knees.
You analyze your body honestly and decide what you should develop first is your sense of humor.
You step on a talking scale and it says, "Come back when you are alone".
