Crappy Sprints/ 11 Mile Run
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Clara
I went to the track yesterday and only did a few sprints. There were soccer players practicing on the field and other runners on the track and I just don't like sprinting when others can see me- I get self conscience and think I'm "sprinting" way too slowly. I know it's dumb of me. Today my work schedule allowed me to have a few hour ...
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Run Training Post: Building Sprint and Lactic Threshold
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Cord C.
I DID NOT feel like running this morning but pulled myself out of bed and got to the gym at 5:15am to get started on some speed work on the treadmill. I started out at 8:30 per mile for my .5 warm-up then moved up to 7:30/mile for my main 4 mile set. During that set I did 5x200 meters at 6:00/mile with full recovery after each speed session. I f ...
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FREE Stuff Giveaway: Inspirational Running DVD, Volcanic Sprint
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Amy H.
If running in our neighborhoods and local trails seems challenging, we might all be in for a new perspective. This week's FREE Stuff Giveaway giveaway is a DVD of Volcanic Sprint, the inspirational story of the Mt. Cameroon Race of Hope, a marathon-length sprint 10,000 feet up a live volcano in Africa. This film is a gripping alternative to tradi ...
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Sprints
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Clara
Yesterday I made myself stay after work to run sprints on the treadmill. I ran a total of about 3.5 miles in .2-.5 increments. Baby steps.
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Sprints
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Clara
Yesterday I made myself stay after work to run sprints on the treadmill. I ran a total of about 3.5 miles in .2-.5 increments. Baby steps.
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Sprinting
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Richard Nikoley
... icular result I could identify. This is perhaps because I was doing my two intense sessions at the gym anyway, so it would have been difficult to attribute any results to the sprinting. However, I didn't do any workouts this vacation week and I can definitely say that the sprinting essentially gave me the same feeling, i.e., that wonderful substant ...
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Sprinting | Muscles
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Dr. Jennifer C.
... s. 41(3):506-14, 2008). This study showed that the ability to produce force quickly, as measured by the time to achieve 60% of maximum voluntary contraction is related to sprinting performance, with the coefficient of determination accounting for 53% of the variance in the data. These data also show that sprinting ability is linked with drop ju ...
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Aging and Sprinting
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Matt M.
... hat's a person to do? In a nutshell,Some type of weight-training to maintain/build muscle massSome type of aerobic training to maintain aerobic capacity (VO2max)Some type of sprinting/explosive movements to keep hormone levels upSomething resembling a Paleo diet to provide the right amounts of calories and nutrientsA bit of intermittent fasting to ...
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Evolutionary Sprints
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Geoff R.
I did some sprint intervals on my bike this morning. This is actually the first time I have ever done timed intervals on a bike. My workout was 17 one minute sprints with one minute recovery. I've done countless workouts similar to this on foot, but on bike it's a whole new thing. At least for me. It's always funny when I hear strong bikers ta ...
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More on Sprints
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Matt M.
I was thinking about my recent post on sprints, and I wonder if I worded the question wrong. I was concerned about the rest period between sprints, but this should be related to the length of the sprint itself.I have been reading through this paper that looks at the effects of sprints in more detail. One of the key sentences is:"Mitochondrial enz ...
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