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Mike Mason · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 844 Location: Hockley

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7256729.stm

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'sometimes I am running so fast it appears that rocks and trees are standing still......' 'I may be slow, but you are ugly and I can train harder.' '90% is mental, the other half is physical'it's going to get a lot worse, before it gets worse'.

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1431 Location: Rayleigh

yes, OK, so you beat a brow-beaten polish/czech enhanced team of billionaires and overpaid pooftas..well done !

More motivational reading can be found here...but old now but just found it in our library....

http://news.nationalgeographic.co...4/08/0830_040830_aronralston.html

In April 2003 climber Aron Ralston entered Utah's Bluejohn Canyon only to become trapped when an 800-pound (360-kilogram) boulder shifted, crushed his hand, and pinned him to the canyon wall. For six days, Ralston struggled to free himself while warding off dehydration and hypothermia.

Trapped and facing certain death, Ralston chose a final option that later made him an international sensation: Using a multitool, the climber amputated his right hand, then rappelled to freedom.

Ralston has written an account of his experience, Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Atria Books), which arrives in bookstores this month. National Geographic Adventure recently spoke with Ralston about his accident and lifesaving act.