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Into the Wild OC Trail Runs 2013 Flyer and Race Dates

guest — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:27 GMT

We hope you will join our races!

Get Ready for Off Road Running

guest — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:54 GMT

Los Angeles, CA – 05/17/2013—Making the switchfrom road running to trail running could easily be equated with taking thetraining wheels off of a bike. But with a little practice and patience it canbe run and rewarding.

One of the most important tactics in trailrunning is learning to negotiate obstacles quickly, while also maintaining goodbalance. Due to the force from downhill running, athletes should make sure toadd hip, thigh and quad strengthening exercises into the normal routine.Overall stability is also important, as trail runners have to navigate sharpturns and other obstacles, instead of just running straight ahead while roadrunning.

Making the switch to train running orintegrating a combination of road and trail running can add a new level of excitementfor runners.

New to Trail Running and Need some advice

guest — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:15:11 GMT

I have been running for several years. I have completed 4 marathons and several 1/2 marathons. Over the past 6 months I have only been running about 3 times/week and my long right now is 6 miles.

I want to try trail running and their is a local 25K in March. That seems like plenty of time to train. What do you guys think?

Also, I haven't done any actual train running. I do all my running on the road. How much training do I need to do on trails?

One more thing. What equipment do I need? Do I really need trail shoes or can I just use my regular running shoes.

THANKS!

Trail the Ardechois 2013 (98 - 57 - 34 kms)

guest — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:07:00 GMT

Hello,

Pictures and video from Ardechois 2013 extra-ordinary!

Winter conditions:

http://www.lamastre.net/2013/04/28/lardechois-2013-quel-courage/

Congratulations

Joel

Trail running survey

guest — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:36:12 GMT

Hello to all trail runners!

We are French students and we are currently carrying out a study to find out the buying behavior and habits of trail runners, in order to meet your requirements. You can help us by completing this short questionnaire that will only take a few minutes of your time:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENfMFNYRWVrNndVRXlYOW45Q1NkMGc6MA

Thanks for your help and participation!

Ultimate xc Kmag Festival June 30th 2013

guest — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:05:08 GMT

One of a kind trail running festival.www.ultimatexc.com The festival is design to cater to the familly. You can choose any distance you want from 58km to 5 km. The festival offer 2 distance of cross country terrain as well. Activities for the whole familly and live music on the course.

Registrations open December 31 st at Midnight. Maximum # of participants 1,000.

www.ultimatexc.com

New Trail Running Technique :)

guest — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:07:07 GMT

This caught a fair amount of attention on Slowtwitch, and seemed worth sharing here:

http://simianway.moonfruit.com/

http://simianrun.moonfruit.com

This does include some cool info on one of the worlds fastest runners.

Anyone else heard of this or tried it?

if you want to see the ST thread, just search for the same subject line as above.

Half Marathons Reach a Milestone in 2012 - includes Growth of Trail half marathons 21k's

guest — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:02:07 GMT

Half Marathons Reach a Milestone and Surpass the 2000 Total Mark in 2012

The year 2012 has been a year of tremendous growth for half marathons and marks a new milestone of surpassing over 2000 half marathons across the United States. Half Marathons are being formed as fast as we can add them to online Half Marathon race calendar directories. Halfmarathonsearch.com analyzed, searched, and compared the top half marathon calendar listings across the United States and came to a total of 2005 half marathons for all US States totaled, reported on August 26, 2012. California half marathons lead the way with the top number of half marathons, surpassing the 250 mark this year and new half marathons being added almost weekly, with Florida following as second with a total of 105 half marathons reached in 2012. Not too far behind Florida follows Utah, Texas, and the state of Washington for most half marathons in the United States. Both Florida and Texas hit their 100 half marathon milestone this year in 2012.

The rate of half marathon additions does not seem to be slowing as we approach this last quarter of 2012, predicting half marathon totals to likely grow to between 2300 to 2500 by the end of 2013. Half Marathon running clubs, Half Marathon Trail Running events, and half marathon training organizations have also seen growth in 2012.

Furthermore, the half marathon 13.1 mile distance event is a nice event to travel on the weekends to. Runners can typically experience a quick recovery after finishing a half marathon, one may not encounter when participating in a full marathon, presenting the half marathon experience to be very enjoyable running distance event for runners.

Trail Running Half Marathons now easier to find

guest — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:13:19 GMT

Halfmarathonsearch.com has been updating it's pages to now include a nice, easy to find (T) next to all Trail Running Half Marathons! A super simplistic, easy to view list of half marathons sorted by US State http://www.halfmarathonsearch.com

Not ALL states are complete yet, but most states that have a significant number of trail half marathons have been completed.

Training for an ultra-marathon question about the number of weeks

guest — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:04:54 GMT

I was planning on a 50 mile race in the end of May, the 26. Plan was a 37 week training plan. Where it would be broken down into five stages: 10 weeks build up; 11 weeks strength; 11 weeks endurance; 3 weeks taper; 2 weeks recovery. I was considering doing another 50 early on in May instead of the one on the 26. I would be doing 32 weeks of training and plan on doing a 50K 3 weeks prior to the race. It would change the five stages to: 11 weeks build up; 8 weeks strength; 7 weeks endurance; 3 weeks taper; 2 weeks recovery. Where endurance phase start in February 16 with a 5 hour run; two four hour runs the week of March 10th; six hour run the 30th; then just run the 50K the 13th. The race would then be three weeks away. Question is would it be better and hold off for the later race or will loosing those three extra weeks be sufficient? Pros/Cons? Appreciate the feedback.