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Meb Brings It On Home!
The winners are in for the 2009 New York Marathon. Another exciting and great race with some surprises. Paula Radcliffe placed 4th in the race and suffered from ongoing injuries. Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia finished in first place. Meb Keflezighi, wearing a USA singlet, 34 years old, set a PR (2:09:15) [...]
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I wish good luck and a strong finish to everyone running tomorrow in the New York Marathon and to the runners participating in other marathons coming up the rest of this fall!
As the media frenzy leads up to the New York Marathon, there is more than one story to pay attention to. There is history, [...]
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Look for a sport specific shoe.
Go to a specialty store. Runners should visit a specialty running store.
Take injury history into account.
Measure feet each time shoes are fit.
Wear the customary socks [...]
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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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This running season has seen the devastating news of several half marathon deaths. Runner’s as young as their 20’s and 30’s have died. While the odds of dying in a marathon are quite low, it can and sometimes does happen. Some of the latest numbers show that the estimates of 1:50,000 marathoners has now lowered [...]
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Best quote of the day was by Chris Mcdougall in the New York Times:
“You know any sport has gone off the rails when you have to remove body parts to do it,” said Christopher McDougall, the author of a recent book about ultrarunning called “Born to Run.”
With it’s motto of “all the news that’s fit [...]
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Running hills has been used for many years as an intermediate step in building strength and endurance on the way to speed work and later racing. Arthur Lydiard included hills as an integral part of his training program.
Long distance training came first. Hills followed. And later speed work was undertaken before peeking for the racing [...]
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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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George Sheehan said more than once that “We are all an experiment of one”. A favorite quote, of which the original author is unknown, but one I’ve long followed is “learn from everyone, follow no one, seek patterns”. ( Scott McCloud, at TED gave a talk entitled “Understanding Comics“ which seems to have enunciated [...]
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Pribut’s Top 10 Tips For Beginning Runners:
1. Get the right shoes for your foot and your individual biomechanics.
2. Start off slowly and gently.
3. Gradually increase first your distance and later the intensity.
4. Pay attention to your body.
5. If you are trying to loose weight: Don’t overeat, over hydrate or replace more calories than you [...]
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