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A 3:30 Marathon? Winning is Believing in Yourself
By Peter Shankman | Mon, 31 Mar 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: When I discovered "outside sports" — and by "outside sports," I mean anything that involved me getting off my (at the time) huge ass and sweating in an effort to lose weight — I would tell anyone who would listen. Didn't matter if I didn't know what I ...

Unhealthy Fun — and What You Can Do About It
By Peter Shankman | Fri, 21 Mar 2008 at 2:52 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The man who climbed up a mountain and came down ... a sore man. So I'm in Palm Springs for the week, where it's warm, but not overly warm. I'm probably the youngest person here by far. This is a place for older people. Which is ironic, since they have ...

Why Spitzer Should Have Gone for a Run
By Peter Shankman | Thu, 13 Mar 2008 at 7:19 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Had Governor Spitzer gone for another run, this whole thing never would have happened. With apologies to Woody Woodpecker's favorite quote (If Woody had gone straight to the police…): I'm willing to bet that if the Governor of New York State had ...

My Training Mantra ... for Now
By Peter Shankman | Tue, 4 Mar 2008 at 8:51 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: They say you gotta have a mantra. You know, something you say when you need encouragement … something that keeps you going when you ask yourself what are you doing it for. The nice thing about mantras is that they can change as you need them to. So ...