The thrill of chasing the PR ("personal record," in runner's terms) was self-fulfilling and euphoric.
The movement's heroes include UK garage singer turned DJ Craig David – whose bulging biceps have become synonymous with another motivational hashtag #eatcleantraindirty – personal trainers, professional runners, individuals and now, apparently, the Russian head of state.
To promote fitness, character development and personal achievement, Road Runners Youth and Community Services brings free running programs to 400 schools and community centers around New York.
Records are where you find them, and for me...my personal best, as a runner would say, was not in New York and not in Alaska but in Benson, Minnesota.
As Kenya's pre-eminent track star, Rudisha's ineligibility to compete at Rio under a blanket ban would be a massive blow for the sport and the Games, not to mention the runner's personal aspirations.
Mr. Bush, who rarely gives interviews and hates publicly discussing his personal life, told his Runner's World interviewers, clearly referring to his old self, that "if you're drinking too much, and you're running to cure a hangover, pretty soon you have to make a choice.
Parkrun monitors a runner's personal best but Norman says this isn't people's sole motivation: "The biggest reason for people coming to Parkrun is to do with the community at large It's about people running with others in a safe, inclusive environment".
In order to select motivational music adapted to each runner's personal taste, participants performed the Brunel Music Rating Inventory 2 (BMRI-2) test [48] at the start of the experiment.
To determine the distribution of the foot strike patterns among recreational shod runners and to compare the personal and training characteristics between runners with different foot strike patterns.
All four runners posted personal bests by two seconds or more".
