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Friday, 23 August, 2002, 06:40 GMT 07:40 UK
Bush reveals running secrets
![]() Mr Bush runs three miles almost every day
US President George W Bush has given the first exclusive full-length magazine interview since he took office.
Mr Bush, who is 56, began running as a young man who needed to clear his head after drinking sessions, but at the age of 40 he gave up drink and became a self-confessed fitness fanatic. He told Running magazine: "I'm convinced that running helped me quit drinking and smoking." Room for improvement Mr Bush tries to run three miles in under 21 minutes, six days a week. In the interview he reveals that his times have improved since the war on terrorism began. "They were pretty fast all along, but since the war began I have been running with a little more intensity," he says. The interview will have pleased the White House - Iraq was not mentioned - but Running magazine is not entirely uncritical. The president's running style, the magazine concedes, is perfect in the upper body - but it complains that he needs to tilt his hips forward a couple of degrees to achieve maximum efficiency. |
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