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3 stories · Beyond the score.
A ninety-two-year-old who has completed a marathon every year for six decades says the secret is not training harder but never letting two days pass without moving. He credits routine over motivation and says he has never once felt like running before he started. His family say he treats rest days as seriously as race days.
A study of professional sports teams found that squads who reported more open disagreement in training performed better across the season than those who described themselves as harmonious. Coaches say the difference is whether the argument is about the work or about the person. The finding is now being tested in corporate teams.
A community rugby club for over-fifties has grown to three hundred members with one rule: no scoreboard. Players say the absence of a result removed the arguments, the injuries and the need to be good at rugby. Doctors have started referring patients.