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Greg Rutherford
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Born:
November 17
, 1986
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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.
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Running up a steep hill or up steps are fantastic ways of building explosive strength.
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People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner.
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I'm a very keen baker; I pride myself on my cakes. I go along the classic sponge line, but I like to jazz it up: I've made some psychedelic birthday cakes.
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My entire life, I've been searching for acceptance.
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I have been in discussions with the BBC regarding my involvement with SPOTY after hearing what I believe to be very outdated and derogatory comments from a fellow SPOTY nominee.
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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.
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Long Time
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I eat a lot of vegetables and salad. I put strawberries, pomegranate seeds, blackberries, and blueberries into shakes and add Greek yoghurt for a snack. I have this when I'm not training.
Greg Rutherford
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Vegetables
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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
Tears
Fish
Back
Muscle
To put up with me, you have to be patient.
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You
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Be Patient
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
Life
You
People
Moments
I was always the slightly fat kid, which used to bother me quite a bit.
Greg Rutherford
Me
Fat
Always
Kid
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
Me
Look
Eating
Back
The type of IBS I am prone to is the constipation type, where I get trapped wind and can get sharp painful spasms in my intestines as well as having sluggish bowels.
Greg Rutherford
I Am
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