Walking the Hills
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Monica O.
Marathon Training: I started my day with a quick 6 mile run around the neighborhood. I’ve decided the hills are what kill me more than anything else. So many times I am running and feeling great and then I hit a hill and “WHAM!” I feel like I ran into a wall and I need to walk. Boo.I have no desire for hill training right now, but ...
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Walking over the hill
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Pat Parker
Photo courtesy of JommeVThis month's dojo theme is evasion – getting out of the way. In a previous post I talked about how we typically teach to fall out of the way, letting gravity take over and power our movement instead of trying to lunge out of the way under our own feeble, inconsistent power. Well, it turns out that there is an exception ...
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Stairway Walk – Forest Hill
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Paul B.
Link to Google MapIt’s time to leave Old San Francisco and venture west into the neighborhood known as Forest Hill. Forest Hill contains the largest collection of houses designed by the influential Arts and Crafts architect, Bernard Maybeck, who designed the Palace of Fine Arts, among other famous structures in the Bay Area. He was a tremen ...
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Stairway Walk – Apple Hill
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Paul B.
Since we seem to be on a roll with fun events lately, I thought we’d try something different. I’m going to rent a 12-passenger van and take a group of folks to the Sierra foothills town of Camino, California, better known as Apple HillWe’ll meet at Cafe Flore, located at the Northeast corner of Market and Noe Streets at 10am, and ...
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Walking up the hill.....Daddy wa...
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Tara M.
Walking up the hill.....Daddy was home today as he braved the elements to get to the airport yesterday in the blizzard, only to have the flight canceled due to the Airport being closed....we got record snow in Central Park and parts of Long Island and New England.....what fun!
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Stairway Walk 3 - Nob Hill
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Paul B.
Well, I mentioned at the beginning of the month to keep the 22nd of February open for the next Stairway Walk, and here it is!The Google Map Here.Nob Hill, home of railroad barons and silver mining bonanza kings, is full of architectural details and fun stories from the mid-to-late 1800s. This walk is only 1.6 miles, has some climbing and stairways ...
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Another Successful Walking Program--on Capitol Hill
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Fiona G.
Finally, some encouraging health news out of Washington.
More than 3,500 House and Senate staffers have spent the last six weeks racking up as many steps as possible as part of theWalkingWorks Capitol Hill Challenge, an annual pedometerwalking programthat pits state delegations and Hill offices against each other over something other th ...
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Stairway Walk 2: North Beach and Telegraph Hill
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Paul B.
Link to Google Map of the route. I am pleased to announce the second Stairway Walk in our hopefully becoming monthly event: North Beach and Telegraph Hill.Sunday 25 January 2009 at 11am, meeting at the Southeast corner of Bay and Mason Streets.One of the great things about this event is that it’s going to take us both to some fairly touristy ...
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Stairway Walks 1: Yerba Buena Cove, Telegraph Hill, Chinatown
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Paul B.
What: Stairway Walk #1: Yerba Buena Cove, Telegraph Hill, ChinatownWhen: Sunday 7 December 2008, 11:00 - 15:00Where: SE Corner of First St. and Market St.Who: You!I’m going to be leading the first of a series of Stairway Walks inspired by the book, Stairway Walks in San Francisco, by Adah Bakalinsky. This first walk is right from the first w ...
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Walk Breaks
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Matt M.
I think one part of running that hasn't been studied enough is the use of walk breaks. A few weeks ago, this New York Times article generated a lot of discussion about the subject. Some people felt that taking a walk break during a race was not appropriate for "real runners". Others commented on how they have effectively used walk brea ...
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