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    Six Awesome Personal Short Running Stories By Six Everyday People.
    Six Awesome Personal Short Running Stories By Six Everyday People.
    Six Awesome Personal Short Running Stories By Six Everyday People.
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    Six Awesome Personal Short Running Stories By Six Everyday People.

    By Andreas Michaelides

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    A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This proverb was expressed by the Chinese philosopher Laozi bests describe the amazing stories this book tails. The journey could be anything from losing weight, getting fit, quit smoking, dealing with alcoholism and so many other endeavors our human psyche is always looking to achieve to fulfill her destiny. I hope the journeys of these six ordinary people will show you that nothing is impossible as long you take the decision to commit and make good time management. Happy reading!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndreas Michaelides
    Release dateSep 3, 2016
    ISBN9789963228539
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      Six Awesome Personal Short Running Stories By Six Everyday People. - Andreas Michaelides

      Six Awesome Personal Short Running Stories

      By Six Everyday People.

      By Andreas Michaelides

      Copyright © 2016 by Andreas Michaelides. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations, or except where permitted by law.

      The information contained in this book is intended to be educational and not for diagnosis, prescription, or treatment of any health disorder whatsoever.

      This book is sold with the understanding that neither the authors nor publisher is engaged in rendering any medical or psychological advice. Readers should consult their physician prior to beginning a new exercise program, changing their diet, quitting smoking, or making other lifestyle changes.

      The publisher and authors disclaim personal liability, directly or indirectly, for the information presented within.

      Although the authors and publisher have prepared this manuscript with utmost care and diligence, and have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information contained within, we assume no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or inconsistencies.

      Six Awesome Personal Short Running Stories By Six Everyday People

      ISBN: 978-9963-2285-3-9 ( Epub)

      Cyprus Library.

      www.cypruslibrary.gov.cy

      Table of Contents

      Forward by Michael Rivers

      About the Authors

      Ellen Crombie

      Jenna Kinzie

      Katie St. Pierre

      Laurel Cole

      Paul Silva

      Ryan Slezsak

      Andreas Michaelides

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      Stories

      In for the Win: My Olympic Dream by Ellen Crombie.

      Run to Explore by Jenna Kinzie

      My Journey of Becoming a Runner by Katie St. Pierre

      Running to Happiness by Laurel Cole

      Mind-Body-Spirit Connection by Paul Silva

      I’m Not Getting Any Younger… by Ryan Slezsak

      Why I Love Running by Andreas Michaelides

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      Foreword

      by Michael Rivers

      Fitness coach and creator of Cyprus Ultra Marathon.

      It all started at the age of 39, after many years of excessive drinking, smoking and generally not looking after myself. I was overweight and my health was starting to suffer. I seemed to be ill with colds more than anyone I knew, always tired and lacking any real energy. I decided to make a change for my health by taking up running. I thought if could do this a few times per week it would help get me back to health and a healthier lifestyle.

      I set out with a goal to run 5 km without stopping. The first time I tried to run, I got about 1 km from my apartment exhausted and wanting to vomit. I had the most horrific pain in my lower back from muscles that hadn’t been used in such a way in a very long time. Not one for giving up, repeating this whole miserable experience every week for about 3 months, I was finally able to run 5 km without stopping. Hurray! And as any runner knows this is how it starts, 5 km...10 km...21 km then an all out obsession to run that first marathon. It took me over a year to finally finish a 10 km race without stopping, then came a series of half marathons and then about two years later my first marathon which I achieved in a time of 4:09.

      The most surprising part of getting into running was just how much I started to learn about nutrition. It soon became pretty clear that what I ate and drank had an effect on my next training run and race. I first cut out meat from my diet and I started to feel better, then I stopped all dairy and felt amazing, then I became 100% vegan and felt unstoppable! I had by now lost over 12 kg of body fat and never felt fitter or healthier.

      I have since run 10 full marathons, countless half marathons and 10k's. And in pursuit of testing my vegan diet, I took off one morning in the Cyprus heat of 34C, ran to Larnaca airport 50 km away, turned around and ran back to my home in Limassol, a total of 100 km in 15 hours. A month later, I ran a full official marathon each Sunday for 3 weeks. Paphos Marathon, Rome Marathon and Limassol Marathon. All completed 100% injury free.

      From that first 5 km goal to 100 km, my life has changed completely because of running. I’m now a vegan sports and fitness coach and the creator of one of the world’s most challenging ultra marathons - The Cyprus Ultra Marathon.

      To find out more about me, visit michaelrivers.com

      About the Authrs

      Ellen Crombie

      Ellen Crombie as you can guess is quite into running. She is been blogging since the age of 14 about everything running related- and she is hoping to continue her blog as she pursues and (at one point) achieves her Olympic dream. However there’s one problem… it’s unlikely that she will make the Great Britain’s team whilst she is a teenager. ‘TeenRunner’ may need a name change

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