Happy Sunday LGN calorie burning kings & queens of the aerobic two-step, LGN Wellbeing’s Weekly Info Nugget (aka WIN) With festive cuddly toys already being wrapped, this week your LGN slice of running insight looks at sporting mascots, to kick us off did you know the first Olympic mascot was introduced in 1972 - a Dachshund dog called Waldi - olympic.org/mascots SPOTY – vote for Jo: We at LGN will be voting for Jo Pavey to win BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year, not only did she become European 10,000m Gold medallist at the age of 40 & with two kids, but more importantly we love the fact her 4 year old son picks her motivational lucky mascot for each race, at Commonwealth Games it was a small teddy, At European Champs in Zurich it was a wind-up dog, and for World Cup it was a lion. radiotimes/news/2014-11-24/sports-personality-of-the-year-2014-jo-pavey Rio 2016 mascot: Given Jo Pavey’s penchant for lucky mascots you might be surprised to see the Olympic 2016 mascot Brazil has chosen to represent vibrant Rio. ftw.usatoday/2014/11/rio-olympics-mascots-2016-de-janeiro Gazelle & pomegranate mascots? And finally to help put the Rio 2016 mascot into perspective, please savour the fact the European Athletic Champs in Baku (Azerbaijan) will be represented by a Gazelle and a Pomegranate…. insidethegames.biz/major-games/european-games/baku-2015/1024022-baku-2015-reveal-gazelle-and-pomegranate-as-official-european-games-mascots LGN race of the week: What: Brighton Half Marathon When: 22nd February 2015 Where: Brighton Why: Day at the sea side How: brightonhalfmarathon/take-part/half-marathon/
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