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Greg Rutherford
British
November 17, 1986
Athlete
Adrenaline is an incredible thing.
Greg Rutherford
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Thing
Incredible
Adrenaline
I now have five major titles, and not many athletes can say that.
Greg Rutherford
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Say
Many
Now
Running up a steep hill or up steps are fantastic ways of building explosive strength.
Greg Rutherford
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Strength
Up
Ways
I've never had a car sponsor or all the things that most others seemed to have had.
Greg Rutherford
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Car
Had
Never
During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life.
Greg Rutherford
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You
Life
Your
I take my three dogs for long walks every day, and I use that time to talk myself through winning every major competition.
Greg Rutherford
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Time
Every
Take
People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner.
Greg Rutherford
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Truth
Fitness
You
For a long time, I thought I'd be a physio if I wasn't a sportsman. At one point, I wanted to be an inventor, and I'd come up with little schemes.
Greg Rutherford
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Time
Up
Little
I drive relatively fast - within the remits of the law, obviously - but I struggle with people who do stupid things on the road. I have a massive urge to shout expletives at them.
Greg Rutherford
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People
Who
Them
I seem to be the 'luckiest' athlete around - and that's one of the most frustrating things. You compete against a vast array of people and train your whole life for those moments.
Greg Rutherford
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You
People
Life
I live in a beautiful village in the middle of the countryside, and being able to disappear off on my bike for a couple of hours two or three times a week is a wonderful way to relax.
Greg Rutherford
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Way
Being
Live
I take magnesium to prevent cramps. A few years back, I suffered from hamstring tears, and part of that can be to do with muscle cramping, and then pushing the muscle at that point. I also take a fish oil supplement.
Greg Rutherford
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Then
Years
Take
It will be good fun finding out what sport baby's good at; perhaps it will be something obscure. My parents were fantastic at taking me to training sessions and letting me try lots of different sports, so I want to do the same.
Greg Rutherford
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Good
Sports
Me
It was when my American coach Dan Pfaff came over from the States in 2009 and started working with me that we really began to look at my diet. He decided I was eating too many carbohydrates, so I cut back on bread. Over the next year I lost weight and became leaner.
Greg Rutherford
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Diet
Me
Really
