Extra time – fifteen seconds of happiness

There’s a difference between being fit and being healthy. An eminent figure in sports medicine said this to me 20 years ago. I’d never thought of it like that way before. And I’ve not stopped thinking of it in this way since. The doctor was talking about the challenge of keeping athletes on the British Olympic team fit – pardon the pun – for purpose. So much, so straightforward, you’d have thought. But as with most things, there’s more to it than you think.

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