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Week one all over again in C25K to Wherever my training takes me

Posted by TCameli Nov 23, 2009

So I decided to repeat week one. I did D1W1 of the C25K program. I feel real good. So far this is this best i have felt since starting the program. I would like to be in shape enough to do the Anthem Sprint Triathalon on Sept 4th of next year. The race consists off a 5K run a 22K bike and 400m swim. I hope to be in good enough shap but all I can do is keep running and hope to be injury free. I think if I can get to a 24 minute 5K by the last race I do before the Tri I may feel comfortable enoug...

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6mph to 10mph in 18min flat in Jessi Stensland - Adventures in Endurance Performance

Posted by Jessi Stensland Nov 23, 2009

The other day I twittered this... "Had client on treadmill @7mph for 1min. Said it felt like 9 out of 10 difficulty. End of 18min workout he's @10mph :15sec on :15sec off! Possible!" I thought it was worth a bit more explanation, especially after Jeff White inquired about the following on Facebook, "What adjustments do you attribute that kind of improvement?" Here's the scoop. Earlier today I had a one-on-one session with one of the participants from last weekend's M...

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Slowly But Surely in The Joy of Running

Posted by Fitness Nichole Nov 23, 2009

To 'celebrate' my three week anniversary of being injured I went for a run. I had too. For the sake of my mentality I had too. I crave the "runner's high" and I had gone long enough without it. After three weeks of elliptical, spin and swim exercise I hadn't felt any tightness or pain in the IT band, so I decided to try it out. The run was great. I didn't push it. . .went out for thirty minutes and kept it at a nice easy pace. I avoided any large hills because I think that is what got me int...

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Athletes should shop for airlines that want business in Active Expert: Gale Bernhardt

Posted by Gale Bernhardt Nov 23, 2009

Recently my friend Ed looked at flying to Texas. He looked at flying United and Southwest Airlines. When he looked at flying the friendly(?) skies of United, he found they wanted to charge him $175, each way, to take his bicycle with him. Yes, that’s a $350 total trip cost for his bicycle . He wrote a note to United and told them he thought it was ridiculous that it cost more to fly his bicycle than it cost to fly himself to Texas. They wrote back and told him that bicycles ...

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Female trouble in lconnelly's Blog

Posted by lconnelly Nov 23, 2009

As if women do not have enough to worry about (and by women I mean me because all of you seem fine). Lately I have been ruminating over whether running is actually a good idea for women my age and my weight. To be quite frank: I worry things may "fall out". I do not really know if I personally need to worry about the repetitive impact of the routine causing my insides to fall out, but really who wants to take that kind of chance? After birthing three sons, all scratching and d...

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Vegas Marathon and Half - Nothing New on Raceday! in RU Sports Performance Center

Posted by RehabUnited Nov 23, 2009

This week’s training tip is inspired by those running the Las Vegas Marathon or Half Marathon on December 6 th – Never try anything new on race day! Most of you already know the importance of practicing things like nutrition before a big race (your meal the night before, breakfast that morning, and during race hydration/carbohydrate/electrolyte replacement). But athletes often overlook the importance of practicing all their raceday techniques – warm-up, socks, sh...

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Raising your child's game through competition and modeling in Erin Mirabella's Blog

Posted by Erin Mirabella Nov 23, 2009

Try This At Home…………………………… Here is a great way to help you child improve in a sport or activity that he or she is already interested in and good at. Find out who is the most celebrated person in that sport or activity and do some serious research on them. (Research them on the Internet, watch videos of them, etc.) Analyze the specific things that make that person successful and encourage your child to emulate and mo...

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Blog post #1 in Brian Johnson's Blog

Posted by Brian Johnson Nov 23, 2009

Just started a couch to 5k program. I was (supposedly) training for a 1/2 marathon with my wife this fall, but my workouts slowed after the 1st month then stopped all together. Cappy ran the 1/2 in 2:30 or so - very proud of her. This time, I'm setting my goals much lower, with a 5k around Christmas (need to find one) then a 10k in the spring, possibly the Elmwood 10k. I'd love to do the Crescent City Classic, but we may be out of town for Easter. I told my...

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Marathon Training in Paul Sawyer's Blog

Posted by Paul Sawyer Nov 23, 2009

20 WEEKS TO GO 8/24/09 Weekly Long run - 10 miles Snap 1% (7:45) 7.7/7.8 mph 1:17:30. Ending HR 150. 8/25/09 Weight training and 15 mins on the bike level 7 approx 4 miles 8/27/2009 (Garmin)*****RACE TIME TRIAL 5km. 9:00am 81F degs, 70% humidity. At school track. 5000m. 20:17. 3.1 miles. (6:31 pace). 9.2 mph. Splits Miles 1 (6:06), 2 (6:31), 3 (6:49), 0.1 (6:45) 8/29/2009 10 Mile Run/Walk rest with John Butler TOTAL WEEKLY mileage 23.1 19 WEEKS TO GO 9/1/2009 (Garmin) Tempo Run ****Recor...

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custom essay in rachel's custom essay

Posted by rachelgreen815 Nov 23, 2009

A custom essay is usually a short piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view . Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism , political manifestos , learned arguments , observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story . Almost all modern essays are written in prose , but works in verse have bee...

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Final Preparation for the 5K Turkey Trot... in My Journey from a 5K runner to ....???

Posted by Ericd3043 Nov 23, 2009

Yes, this will be the last race of the season for me. The groin pull has been giving me issues and I really need to just give it a rest. I am still psyched for the race and hope that I can finish in good time. I just found out yesterday that there will be quite a few people from my church running in the race so I am now motivated more to really push myself. I am concerned for those that have not done any racing and are just getting into it. Josh has run about 10 mi...

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Don't Race Me Use a Power Meter in Active Expert: Bruce Hildenbrand

Posted by Bruce Hildenbrand Nov 22, 2009

I don't race anymore on a regular basis, in fact, I can't remember the last time I pinned on a number and tried to be first across the line. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy pushing myself or going fast, it just means that I don't race. One reasonable question is how do I measure how I am performing? Of course, if you race, you can measure your performance on how well you did against your competitors. Obviously, that doesn't mean that you have to win to feel good about yourself. It just m...

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OBX 1/2 Marathon - 2 weeks ago today - November 8, 2009 in Full Throttle

Posted by David Hinshaw Nov 22, 2009

Having run the OBX full last year, I knew what to expect for the half. The half is somewhat of a boring course compared to the first 13 miles of the full. The weather was perfect. The day started out @ 45 and warmed up to 55 degrees by 10am. We left to go down to OBX on Saturday morning with the Norfolk Y running crew of Nancy, Tina, Ted, and myself. Frank (Lee) from Rocky Mount North Carolina Runners Club (we met @ the Richmond Marathon in 2007) joined us la...

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first blog ever in skipatrolbill's Blog

Posted by skipatrolbill Nov 22, 2009

Did The Misquite Nv 1/2 marathon 11/21/09 that was a stretch for my training. me and jo started working out just recently doing the circut training. still swimming off and off and sometimes on. still riding 15 year old bikes.

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Retro Grouch Revisited in Jim's Blog

Posted by cobrapatrol Nov 22, 2009

Thinking about iBOB and the Bridgestone catalogs from the early nineties, I guess these common sense articles interspersed with Bridgestone bikes for sale started a following of folks that realized that the bikes were built to the standard of ridability and practical comfort in the design. The author of the common sense catalogs, that remind me of the Mother Earth News derived 20 years later, and the marketing master of Bridgestone USA was, of course, Grant Petersen. And the moniker...

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