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Now that you’ve trained properly after having a medical exam and clearance to run, you are nearly ready for the big day. Prudence should keep you upright for the next 26.2 miles. Some have said “Start slow, and finish slower”. But that may not be your plan. Make sure you run within your means. Be [...]
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Health care reform of some sort is in the making for this year. The shaping of it probably should not be a political issue, but should be instead an informed decision made with wisdom.
Before medical procedures are performed a consent form called “informed consent” is read, (mostly) understood, agreed to, and signed. All speakers at [...]
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June 3, 2009 is the day for the celebration of National Running Day. This is a fine day to rededicate yourself to your fitness program. A day to set up your schedule to complete your first 5 K race or to solidify your marathon training schedule. We’ll be adding information to help you with both. [...]
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The District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) has been declared the fittest of the 50 largest cities in the United States. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) using their American Fitness Index (TM) AFI has found that the overall health and fitness of Washington, D.C. ranks first nationally. The index is a composite which includes [...]
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Whatever your politics are, wherever you live, not just in the United States, but all over the world, people are hoping for change. And there is a lot that needs to be changed. In fact some things have been so bad that any change will have to be for the better.
But, as the expression goes, [...]
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Each year the calendar starts afresh, but hangovers linger from the last year. What you are right now, you’ve been building to, or fallen to by virtue of what you’ve done over the last year. This holds for you as an individual, and for bigger things like the economy.
Many say it is not good to [...]
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Training, dedication, and hard work (along with a good diet and a bit of rest carefully added) will go far in helping you improve your conditioning and body composition. Your performance will increase. But for most of us, we will not become world class athletes, or even national class athletes. That is no reason not [...]
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Science, Numbers, Journalism and Critical Thinking
I believe it was on a Merlin Mann podcast, where someone jokingly mentioned the concept of an iColon website which in typical Web 2.0 fashion people could share the images and films of their colonoscopy procedures. This week the New York Times managed to demonstrate where their heads were at [...]
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George Sheehan’s book “Running & Being” is one that every dedicated runner should read. George, a cardiologist, and one of the early, great running philosophers and gurus has been an inspiration to all old school runners.
Many years back, some people, Jim Fixx included, thought that running marathons would give an immunity to fatal heart disease. [...]
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Over the past several years the concept of well rounded young athletes playing 3 sports over the course of a year has died. Most want to be specialized in one sport. Whether the sport is soccer, baseball or running, we rarely see the child athlete playing football or soccer in the fall, basketball in the [...]
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NY Running: The New York Times had a fine article highlighting running in Central Park. Many years ago, when I r...
July 4th Weekend Books:
His Excellency: George Washington - by Joseph Ellis
A fine introduction to the life of George...
Congress Fail: Shortage Looms as No Facilities In US to Produce Tech-99m: For several years Canada has been the primary souce of production of technetium-99m, an isotope that...
