Category: Running
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Easy Runs Will Get You Back In Shape
Have you ever taken a period of time off from running? Or maybe you didn’t mean to take time off, but when all was said and done you ran so infrequently you couldn’t keep up with your old pace. Getting back into running shape is probably the most frustrating thing! It is even worse than…
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The 15 min Workout Every Runner Should Do
Hi Runners! We all know we need to Strength Train. Here is a 15 min workout every runner should do 2x a week! Here’s how a Pyramid workout works: You do one cycle through doing 10 reps of each exercise, unless otherwise specified. After you complete a cycle you repeat the exercises 9x, then…
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2013 is the year you will run a marathon!
Now before you start thinking to yourself, “I can’t run a marathon.” Think about this: “Anyone can run a marathon. Oprah Winfrey did it. Senators, presidents, and movie stars do it all the time. The hit reality show The Biggest Loser even culminated in a marathon for the contestants who have lost the most weight–as if to…
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4 Ways for a Runner to Take Advantage of Winter
Runners for the most part are the toughest athletes there are. As many a cross country runner has boasted, “Our Sport is your Sport’s Punishment!” That being said, even the most hard core runners can lack motivation in the winter. There aren’t as many races, and the races we do sign up for we don’t…
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Get Out There and Run 2 Holiday 5ks!
I am sure we all felt the first holiday bulge hit after Thanksgiving. Hopefully, you got right back on track! Hopefully you are eating clean, avoiding Suzy’s Peanut Butter Balls at the office, only having 1 cocktail at the holiday party that seems to be happening every night, and sticking to your workout routine! I’m…
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Kangarun
Runner’s World published an interesting article giving a review of a new app called Kangarun. http://www.runnersworldonline.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=3629 Runner’s World seems to think the app works pretty well. Unfortunately, since I am not an iphone user I haven’t been able to test the app myself, but I would highly recommend anyone with an iphone try out this…
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Calling All Runners
Hi Runners! I was rereading an article in the Nov 09 Running Times. I thought it was an appropriate story to get us all thinking about the upcoming training session. Lorraine Moller writes, “There’s s story told about Arthur Lydiard and his golden boys at the ’64 Olympics in Toyko. Down at the training track, with their…
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Pumped up Kicks: Is barefoot running for me?
No this blog isn’t about Foster the People, or songs that are good to run to. (I will say though right now I am digging: Young Blood by The Naked and Famous, Sail by Awolnation, Somebody that I Used to Know by Gotye, and Frankenstein by Tokyo Police Club) This blog is my opinion on barefoot running.…
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Patting your head and rubbing your belly
Do you remember that grade school trick to pat your head and rub your belly? It always starts by one kid come to school on Monday having learned it over the weekend. By the end of recess every kid is walking back into class patting their head and rubbing their belly. Tricks like this involve…
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Endomorph, Ectomorph,or Mesomorph: How do you Stack Up?
We all have an idea of how we want our body to look. Unfortunately, the universe and our DNA usually tends to have other ideas. That doesn’t mean that you can’t work towards your ideal frame. However, in order to make gains towards your goal, you must first accept the type of body you have.…