Running: The Autobiography (25 page)

Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
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Naseem Hamed, ‘Prince’
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brother Murad
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News of the World
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Nick (Maltese gym manager)
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Nightnurse
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Olympics, London
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110 Sport
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Ongar
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Only Way Is Essex, The
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Orion running club
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Orpington
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Osho (Indian guru)
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O’Sullivan, Danielle (sister)
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O’Sullivan, Maria (mother)
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in prison
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Chigwell house
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in Ronnie’s younger days
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businesses
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family
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after husband’s release from prison
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O’Sullivan, Ronnie

childhood
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teenage years
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and running
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running hints

as a boy
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joins club
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Woodford Green Athletic Club

to overcome addictions
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first race
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and 10k races
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cross-country races
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training regime applied to snooker
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as an addiction
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ambition to represent Essex at cross-country
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wins first 10k race
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as an outlet to feel good
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while at tournaments
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heroes
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breaks bone in foot
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happiness from
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with six best runners in Essex
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wins three races
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holiday in France
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as antidote for depression
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tears calf muscle
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sweating problem
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drink addiction
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drug addiction
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weight problem
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drugs tests
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being on TV
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children
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wins World Championship (2008)
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relationship with Jo (Langley)
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2007–8 snooker season
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and being a dad
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and family
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and Chigwell roots
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and life of successful sportsmen
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and practising
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sees counsellor
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and religions
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inability to switch off from snooker
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splits up with Jo
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game improves after reading Joe Davis book
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benders after breakup from Jo
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problems with access to children
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legal costs and maintenance for children
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depressed over family situation and bad form
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at China Open tournament
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loses six first-round matches
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decides to change life and buys canal boat to live on
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house moves
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goes to Families Need Fathers
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disciplined by World Snooker
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suffers from insomnia
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investigative accountant looks at finances
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decides to return for 2013 World Championship
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and Barry Hearn
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wins Embassy World Championship (2004)
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and Players Tour Championship (PTC) events
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and World Snooker contract disagreement
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wins Premier League
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feels unwell after Sheffield PTC event
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diagnosed with glandular fever
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winning German Masters as turning point
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works with sports psychologist Dr Steve Peters
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earnings reduce when not winning
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lifestyle
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and father
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playing new generation of players
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need to reinvent himself
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in Welsh Open
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and Mark Selby
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walks out on Stephen Hendry
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World Championship (2012)
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prepares for
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World Championship (2012), diary of build-up to
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Wednesday 15th
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Thursday 7th
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Tuesday 24th
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Thursday 29th
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wins World Championship (2012)
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and Islam
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five-point anchor steps
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diary for 2012/13 season
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and winning World Championship
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ambidextrous playing technique
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stress over access to children
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takes six months off after World Championship
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misses tournaments
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takes rest of 2012/13

season off
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daily routine
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guilt over not playing
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misses playing snooker
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works on farm
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first plays snooker as boy
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snooker as a life
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wins first pro-am tournament
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snooker successes as schoolboy
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father’s influence
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gambling on fruit machines
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incident at Pontins
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at school
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and news of father’s arrest
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and prisons
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love of cooking
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and mother’s arrest
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with mother as business partners
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and father’s release from prison
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tensions with father
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decides father shouldn’t be at snooker matches
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stays at father’s flat
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and managing relationships
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and sport
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snooker heroes
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tennis heroes
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Tiger Woods as hero
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Phil Taylor as darts hero
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Ray Reardon as coaching hero
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Antony Genn as rock friend hero
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Damien Hirst as artist hero
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147 break at World Championship (1997)
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and corruption in snooker
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wins World Championship (2001)
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offered money to throw matches
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training with Tracey
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and straight talkers
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plans after retirement from snooker
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ideal diet
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cloth over face incident with Mark King
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and shaving head at Sheffield
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wins Masters (2006)
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and the ‘famous nosh’ in China
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relationship with World Snooker
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winning statistics
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character
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from Alcoholics Anonymous to Sex Anonymous
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realises has addictive personality
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finds walking therapeutic after losing driving licence
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and the reluctant
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break
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calls Samaritans when depressed
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prescribed anti-depressants
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and Dracula teeth celebration
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World Championship (2013)
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training for
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preparations
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semi-final
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final
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wins
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