Tag: marathon runners
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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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Treadmill (n.): A Good Tool for Speedwork
Treadmill (n.): A torture device perfected in the 20th century, designed to destroy one’s mind though sensory deprivation and monotony. -Mark Remy Runnersworld.com executive editor, in The Runners’ Rule Book Mark Remy is right, the treadmill is a torture device! We should try to do most of our runs outside. Get out on trails, run…
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Running Physiology, How We Become Better Runners
How is it that I can go from not being able to run 3 miles to being able to complete a marathon? What is going on during training that makes what used to be my hard speed during intervals my now normal pace? Before I begin to explain some of the running physiology that occurs in our…
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The Math Behind Yassos
One of my fellow runners passed along a link: running.ephang.com . I would definitely recommend checking it out! My task is to poke holes into his theory of why yassos work. First off I want to say Thank you Wei for doing the math. Being a math/science mind I know I appreciate knowing why I am doing…