08-09-2020, 08:47 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Practice allows you to try all different methods Longdogs, and choosing the best method on the day....Success to me was not necessarily winning but completing a difficult and enduring course. For me, just finishing a marathon is a success, but if you were Mo Farah not winning would be failure.
I think 'Success' means different things to different people.
Success in sport?
Success in business?
Success in wealth?
Success on the stock market?
Success in happiness?
Success in love?
Success in the music industry?
Success as a dancer?
Success in politics?
I don't think money is the success that some people think it is....
It is strange though how as time goes by sports people improve, getting faster and better. Obviously some of that is down to equipment; footwear, rackets, etc.
08-09-2020, 08:50 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by Primus1
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Take foxy for example, if he ran a marathon in a time that he was satisfied with, then he would claim a success, if, however the elastic went in his shorts, then that would be a failure...
But unless I was apprehended by plod, I would still continue and finish......Completion is everything....
A lady friend of mine actually crossed the finish line with one of her breasts hanging loose.....She was rather well endowed though....
08-09-2020, 08:50 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by Mups
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Ooh I say Dongle, there's some deep thoughts going on there. 
It's a funny old question when you think about it, isn't it.
I think we learn from both, - failures and successes - but the emotions that go with them both are very different.
Do you think that very often if we succeed, we mentally congratulate ourselves, give ourselves a pat on the back, and feel proud.
Yet when we fail, we blame everyone else.
I like to be successful in whatever I try but if I don't think it's possible, I wouldn't try it. i would never try dancing for instance. A mental pat on the back is fine btw.
08-09-2020, 08:57 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by Primus1
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A lady friend of mine actually crossed the finish line with one of her breasts hanging loose.....She was rather well endowed though....And all the men finished 0.0001 seconds behind her
08-09-2020, 08:58 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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No, I don't think money is everything either although it does help quite a bit. It is strange though how as time goes by sports people improve, getting faster and better. Obviously some of that is down to equipment; footwear, rackets, etc.
Back in the day when Roger Bannister ran the first sub four minute mile they had some very strange ideas about what was the best thing to eat before a run. I think the biggest breakthrough in sporting achievement is down to a better understanding of diet and Kenyan's.....
08-09-2020, 09:00 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by Primus1
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A lady friend of mine actually crossed the finish line with one of her breasts hanging loose.....She was rather well endowed though....And all the men finished 0.0001 seconds behind her
Photos available by request.....
08-09-2020, 09:02 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Nothing in this world succeeds quite like a budgie with no beak. (Old Manchester "joke")
Or:- Hello, my name is Cess.....
08-09-2020, 09:02 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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And 'Diet' is most important Longdogs. One of things I meant when I said trying things out in practice. I once 'Carbo Loaded' for one of my marathons. It turned out to be the fastest one I ran. Back in the day when Roger Bannister ran the first sub four minute mile they had some very strange ideas about what was the best thing to eat before a run. I think the biggest breakthrough in sporting achievement is down to a better understanding of diet and Kenyan's.....
08-09-2020, 09:04 PM
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Re: Success or Failure
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Yes, I hadn't thought of that. Diet is tailored to the person these days whereas in the days before Bannister, they all ate dripping.
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