Long Distance Running - Articles
Long Distance Running-Can I Maintain?
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Kathy ..
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... in mileage you are much more likely to get sick than when you are running shorter distances.Ten minutes later I threw it up.My suggestion: Don’t take supplements when running long distances. They just don’t mix!luckily the crackers on the run, the two gel packs and the half piece of bread beforehand helped to squelch my blood sugar from dropping. I ...
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Chunking it Up: A Tip for Your First Long Distance Runs
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Kathy ..
My girlfriend is currently training for her first half marathon. She has not yet run past 8 miles – and only did this last weekend. She’s been asking for tips about long distance running, because as her miles increase she finds herself growing bored with the training.I know that most people training for their first longer race face this s ...
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The Beauty of Long Distance Running (And I’m Very Tired Today!)
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Kathy ..
... as I read that I love this lady because she is much like me, and like most athletes - no, all athletes - I know. Testing physical limits. Proving yourself, to yourself. I run long distances not to show everyone else I can do it, but because I want to prove to myself that I can. That is the mentality of a long distance runner, I believe. We do it so ...
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4 Biggest Challenges of Long Distance Joggling
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Perry R.
... cial because I did a 16+miler yesterday and a 15+miler today. I’ve never done back-to-back 2-hour plus runs and you might be interested in the experience. The challenges of long distance running and juggling Motivation: The hardest part about doing long runs is just [...]Filed under: Joggling life, Running life, Tips, Training Log, Training Tip ...
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Book Review: Born to Run
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Matt M.
... a Indians.I don't want to give away too many details about the main story. Instead, I want to focus on the many interesting things that were mentioned in the book related to long-distance running. First, there is much more scientific evidence than I thought to show that humans evolved as long-distance runners. I am not saying that is the proper ...
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Sprinters Should Limit Distance Running
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Mark D.
Sprinters should limit distance running during training. Sprinters need to activate and train the bulkier fast twitch muscles. If you do too much long distance running, your slow twitch muscle fibers will take over and make you slower and nonexplosive.I was once asking a client about running exercises they were doing in ...
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"Bad" run
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Greg H.
... 's not exactly an oxymoron, it comes close. For the first time in a while, I had a "bad" run this morning. I'm not talking about bad in terms of too-challenging hills or too long of a distance -- this run was a meager 8.5 miles (it's cool to be able to say that!), through the relatively mellow trails of Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. I mean "bad" ...
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Running is bad for your knees? Don’t listen to it!!!!
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run4change
... pects. Turns out that your knees will fare much better as a marathon runner than they would if you were sedentary. So here are the links to some science in running for you.Long Distance Running and Knee Osteoarthritis A Prospective StudyChanges on magnetic resonance tomography in the knee joints of marathon runners: a 10-year longitudinal study. ...
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