It’s easy for someone to say that they’re going to run a marathon‚ but the hard part is actually going through with it. Since my freshmen year I told myself that I would join SRLA‚ also known as Students Run Los Angeles. This was a club that trained you for the Los Angeles Marathon which is 26.2 miles. Every year I put it off whether it was because of sports or programs I was part of because I felt that I wouldn’t have time. It was until my senior year I realized that this was my last year to be
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Enquiry Topic: Can Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon promote Hong Kong people’s participation in running as an exercise? A. Problem Definition The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon (SCHK Marathon) is a yearly held major sports event in Hong Kong. Gaining high acceptability both locally and globally‚ it has been awarded the “M mark” event by the Major Sports Events Committee of Hong Kong since 2004.[ Major Sports Events Committee http://mevents.org.hk/en/events_marathon.php] It was also
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The Battle of Marathon happened in 490 BC and lead to the rise of the city of Athens and the fall of the Persian Empire. The cause of the battle was the The Ionian Revolt which happened in 499-493 BC‚ the story is that Histiaeus didn’t like his long exile beyond the Tigris and wanted to go back to Ionia. He sent a message to Aristagoras on the head of a slave to tell him to start a rebellion. The Ionians got help from the Athenians but they saw the revolt was going to fail so left after they had
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The battle of Marathon is one of history ’s most famous military engagements. It is also one of the earliest recorded battles. Their victory over the Persian invaders gave the fledgling Greek city states confidence in their ability to defend themselves and belief in their continued existence. The battle is therefore considered a defining moment in the development of European culture. In September of 490 BC a Persian armada of 600 ships disgorged an invasion force of approximately 20‚000 infantry
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In 490 B.C.E. the Battle of Marathon was a brief but important event in the war between the Greek city-states and The Persian Empire. The results of the battle had unforeseen effects on Athens and the future of Western Civilization. The Greek ’Golden Age’‚ centred in Athens‚ brought about new forms of art‚ the foundations of future philosophy and redirected literature and drama. The achievements of the Athenians during this period were directly connected to the inspiration and prestige (which later
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Have you ever witnessed something amazing and felt so inspired to want to go out and do something? Last October‚ my very close friend and co-worker Adrian completed his very first full marathon. I supported him through his training days‚ helped him fight his temptation to smoke‚ and cheered him on all the way to the day of his race; I waited for him at the finish line. As I was waiting for Adrian to cross the finish line in the pouring rain‚ I saw thousands of runners struggling to finish and others
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Good morning‚ I’m Alexandra Heminsley. I have run several marathons (five and counting) ‚ but I was not always a runner. Today I’m here to talk to tell you that you as well can achieve your goals and tell you about how I achieved mine. In fact I never quite associated running with myself until in my thirties. My flatmate was a runner‚ and she would always come back from her runs with a certain glow‚ and I told her that I wished I could run like her. After taking up walking for a while‚ I finally
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Boston Marathon “Whoever controls the media controls the mind” (Morrison). There are an unknown number of people who watch news daily and there are some who just watch them once in a while. Majority of these people who watch media do it just to catch up with some information and know what’s going on nationwide or worldwide. Media such as newspaper‚ TV news and social networks are really trusted by the society‚ therefore no matter what they say the majority of people trust the information that
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Force Field Analysis This problem solving and decision making tool is offered to you from Bolero Associates. Here’s what you get: Ø An explanation of the tool and how to use it Ø An example Ø A blank template for you to use or distribute What it is A Force Field Analysis (Lewin 1951) is widely used tool in change management and process improvement circles. This tool is used‚ typically in a brainstorming session‚ to focus on the DRIVING FORCES in the CURRENT SITUATION and the RESTRAINING FORCES that
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CAMBRIDGE E X A M I N AT I O N S ‚ C E RT I F I C AT E S & D I P L O M A S CAE ENGLISH PA P E R 1 C E R T I F I C AT E I N A D VA N C E D S A M P L E PA P E R S English as a Foreign Language PA P E R 1 R E A D I N G S A M P L E PA P E R 2 FIRST TEXT/QUESTIONS 1–17 Answer questions 1–17 by referring to the newspaper article about travel guide books on page 3. Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet. For questions 1–17‚ answer by choosing from the list (A–G) on the
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