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exercise

  1. Northerner

    When I feel unutterably sad, there’s only one thing that helps: exercise

    One in seven people in the UK admit that they have taken no exercise in the past 10 years, according to a poll by the British Heart Foundation. The excuses for this ranged from laziness to bad weather, and some even claimed that they found exercise too boring to contemplate. Up until a couple of...
  2. Northerner

    Marathon effort by diabetic Colin

    When Colin Waite's sons suggested they should all try to get a place in next year's London Marathon, Colin agreed as he knew they were unlikely to succeed. And he was right about the slim chances of getting a place. His three grown-up sons were not successful - but Colin, 75, was! Colin, of...
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