Pennsylvania Running Race - Articles
Running or Racing?
by
the rockstar
On Halloween, my 13 year old daughter's XC season ended. It was a successful season for her and you can best figure that out since she has been talking about continuing running. Her team doesn't practice anymore and there were some local events (road and XC) I thought she was considering. I came home from work one night a few days ago and this conv ...
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Running Versus Racing
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Matt M.
A reader sent me this interesting link a while back. It shows that there is an optimal running speed for endurance running - a pace that has the lowest energy expenditure. For the males tested, it turned out to be around 7 and a half minute miles, though there was variation due to body size and limb length.The study really showed that there is a ...
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Last run before the race
by
Allen
I ran a comfortable two miles this morning. I just let my body dictate the pace. My average pace for the first mile was 11:10, and my average pace for the second mile was 10:15. I don't know if I'll have the endurance to keep a 10:15 pace for the whole race, but if I did I'd finish in 2 hours and 14 minutes. That would be a miracle! Tomorrow, my w ...
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Running, Racing, Reporting
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Amy H.
Call it the three R's in your running career -Running, what we do with the everyday trainingRacing, when you venture out for some kind of timed event and cross the finish lineReporting, our endless supply of stories, antedotes and details about our racing and sometimes our everyday runningAs runners, we seem to have an endless supply of books, reso ...
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Running in the Race for the Cure
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Alexandra H.
Saturday morning, I was among the 50,000 participants in the Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure, a 5K event held in Washington, DC. The event raised $4.9 million to fund the breast cancer research community health programs for the medically underserved in the National Capital area.Next year, the event will be named the “Susan G. Komen ...
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Running
by
Donna
Last night the thermometer in my car actually read 89 degrees! It was amazing to see that at 7pm -- so I was psyched for my run! LOL -- psyched and run in the same sentence... that's a head-shaker for sure! I met up with my running club for a 40 minute "easy" run. I was doing pretty well until I needed a potty break. :) No matter tho ...
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Running
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Weight Master E.
Over the years, running has gotten a bad rap. Many people think that the impact your feet absorb isn't good. This is only a myth. When we were born, our bodies were designed to walk, run and jump. Things such as ballet, yoga, and other exercises that push your joints to the limits are not good for you. Did ya'll know that ballet dancers have a high ...
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Running
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Weight Master E.
I mentioned yesterday how I've gravitated to bicycling instead of running, but I do still run at least once a week--sometimes more. When I was in high school, I ran all of the time. What's funny is I was so comptetative, I would kill myself before I'd let someone pass me on the track. Seriously, my side would be hurting, calfs cramping, but I'd st ...
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T Runs On?
by
Melting Mama
Hold your calls to DSS. The espresso was nearly gone, when you drink a cappuccino, that goes first, and what is left is foam, she got the skim milk foam, which I do not like.THEN WTF DO YOU DRINK IT, WOMAN?! Well, BECAUSE? I have to get milk in me somehow, right? I have no Vitamin-D in my body, and milk is chock-fulla the stuff, so when we go ...
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To run or not to run
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Amy G.
I miss running. Until this morning the most I had run at one time, for the past 6 weeks, was about 3.5 miles. Sure, I've been beating my brains out swimming and cycling, and adding in some walking when the air quality was vaguely decent, but 3.5 miles. Last year by this time I had run 300 miles more than I've run this year. I miss it. A LOT. ...
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