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Physical Challenge

A key attribute of being ‘TrueSapien’ is the desire to ‘Challenge Life’.Here you’ll find event reviews and previews, helpful information on various types of challenging activities like running, OCR, Triathlon, cycling, swimming and calisthenics.Benefit from experiences shared by other TrueSapiens. Be inspired to try new things, step outside your comfort zone and push yourself further than you thought possible!

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Why Should You Be Part of an Online Running Community?

Regardless of where you live, there are sure to be a number of ‘in person’ running groups that you can get involved with. However, a lot of people are opting to join running groups virtually. There are a growing number of reasons for this. The Benefits of Joining an Online Running Community An online group is a flexible and convenient way to immerse yourself in the larger running community. You can log on, browse and discuss running at a time that suits you. This is ideal if you have a demanding work schedule. Or you have a busy home life

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Aim High. Challenge Life. Escape Your Comfort Zone.

Why do the majority shrink and shy away from personal or physical challenge? It may be a physical challenge like running our first 5k, Marathon, Cycling, Fitness Race or OCR. Or maybe a career promotion, relationship, learning a foreign language or other other personal challenge. People everywhere seem stuck in their comfort zone, systematically, often subconsciously wasting their potential. So why are the majority happy living their lives completely within their comfort zones and never experiencing what life has to offer outside of it? Has this reluctance to commit to challenge become inherent and habitual? A Life Of Convenience Yes,

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Interval Training – An Overview

If you’re serious about improving your running, Interval Training should be a key component to your training plan. It is simple and can be done in numerous ways. On the road, track or treadmill, varying distance or a time. it really is that simple. So What Is Interval Training? Interval Training – Interval training is a physical activity consisting of alternating periods of high and low intensity activity. That’s great but let’s put it even more simply. Run hard and run fast followed by a period of recovery repeated a number of times. The key to it is consistency. The time…...

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How I Changed My Running Style

Soon after I started running, I got hooked on looking for ways to improve. I dived straight in to running literature. At the time, there was a huge ‘barefoot running’ movement in the running community, which seemed to stem from the success of the book, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall The book was a very enjoyable read (I have re-read it several times since). I quickly followed it up with a book by one of the authors’ influencers, Ken Bob Saxton, called ‘Barefoot Running Step by Step’. You can read about some of my early forays and experiments with…...

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Challenge Life – A Lifestyle Choice

What does being ‘TrueSapien’ and living a ‘Challenging Life’ mean to me? It’s more than just about aiming to be a little fitter. It’s more than intermittently participating in events and then sitting back admiring my achievement. And more than sporadically attending the local fitness class or gym in attempt to attain short term and short lived gains. A Lifestyle Choice The way I choose to live my life can only be described as a deliberate and significant lifestyle choice. I completed my first Ironman, Ironman Wales, in September this year. It was a tough but thoroughly enjoyed experience BECAUSE…...

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Pacing. Helping Others Achieve Running Success.

I want to talk about Pacing. But what is Pacing? Basically, I run 13.1 miles with a flag on my back, sometimes a vest, often just a t-shirt. If I’m really special I get to run with a balloon strapped to my top!!! All of these pacer tools are relevant to the time that I will complete the race in. My name is Delroy Taylor. Well that’s the name my mother gave me! Nowadays just ‘Del’ will do, unless I’m in trouble. I’m 41 and from Warwickshire. I have four of those small humans that I call “bank robbers”, some

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The Line – What It Takes To Hill Climb

The Line. It’s a simple line. A line you choose to cross, then a line you must cross, a line that marks the start and the line that marks the finish.The problem with a Line is that it can have so many meanings. It can also be the line attached to the hook that draws you in …. then where do you draw the line ? A line you, yourself, have drawn in the sand…. Hello. They call me Rapid, or Rapid Rich if you want to be formal. I’ve been asked to contribute to this Blog because of my…...

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Are You Running Safely? A Practical Guide To Running Safety

Are you running safely or are you literally running scared? The onset of Autumn/Winter and the dark morning and evenings that accompany it introduces to some of us a most unwelcome barrier to our running plans. What is the problem? TrueSapien and ‘ExploreRunner’ Tim Caldwell addresses this issue and how fear of running in the dark may be overcome. As a man, I don’t feel like I have to deal with anywhere near the same number of barriers that women face in today’s society when it comes to going out for a run. No-one seems to care what I wear,…...

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Motivation and how it is effected by seasonality

With summer over, autumn upon us and winter in our sights how does the change of season affect us as human beings? There are claims our brains are affected by seasonality such as huffingtonpost.com article How Different Seasons Affect The Way Your Brain Works, but does this relate to motivation? Is SAD the only affect on motivation? With exception of the New Year boost that is apparent from every gym around the world (from my limited view anyway) it seems it just might. There are plenty of articles about SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder, where the shorter the days impact

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How To Survive An Ultra Marathon

What is an Ultra Marathon? Even non runners will be familiar with the term Marathon but what makes a Marathon ‘Ultra’? How does it differ from a standard Marathon and what does it take to complete one? Basically an Ultra Marathon is any race that is longer than a Marathon (26.2 miles). Some are several hundred miles long but most are in the region of 30-50 miles. Often off road or ‘trail’ based, popularity in these events has soared as they represent a further and enhanced challenge for se that have completed a standard Marathon. Here, TrueSapien and ‘Explorunner’ Tim…...

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No Self Motivation Required!

Self motivation isn’t the key to achieving success. In fact ‘self motivation’ is often the cause of failure or a complete lack of drive altogether….. It is widely believed that self motivation and it’s successor ‘self discipline’ are the prerequisites to success and achievement. Many a self help or personal development book from the recent past has backed this belief up, providing countless methods and strategies for developing and maintaining a resilient and unwavering self motivation and discipline. The consensus seemed to be, that in order to achieve success, you needed to consistently coach yourself, convincing yourself of the future…...

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Don’t Fall Into The Excuse Trap. Be TrueSapien!

The Excuse Trap is a treacherous place and one not easy to escape from. Our dreams, targets and purpose are all driven by attitudes such as resolution, perseverance and drive, all of which are at the mercy of excuses. The mediocre, the average and the ignorant live a life where excuses dominate every outcome of their actions. In severe cases, excuses are already prepared in advance of action, in readiness for inevitable failure even before the outcome is known. They allow themselves to make excuses for not following their dreams, or use them as reasons to justify quitting after routine…...

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