Like a lot of former athletes, Australian rugby stalwart Ben Alexander found retirement difficult, but now the Wallabies prop has found something that keeps him moving.
abc.net.au/news/ben-alexander-run-for-resilience/101880680Plenty of athletes struggle in retirement and after 10 years at the top level and 72 Wallabies caps, Ben Alexander was no different.
"When I played really well and we won I'd feel great about myself and when we lost and I didn't play well I'd feel really shit about myself. Since hanging up the boots, Alexander has found that pride in plenty of different ways – he helps run The Dock, a popular pub on the Kingston foreshore in Canberra with former teammate Scott Fardy, and works four days a week with KPMG.That's the genesis behind Running for Resilience, a program Alexander has been running for almost three years.
The first run attracted about 20 people. Today, the program runs three times a week with more than 250 punters turning up each time.It's a varied crowd – there's former athletes, veterans and regular people – and not everybody runs. There's plenty of walkers because, as Alexander points out, the more important thing is to just keep moving.
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