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Correction to October Snapshotz Winning Photo in eteamz - the blog

Posted by Kelly Schulte Nov 18, 2009

Please excuse our mistake as we had a mixup with matching the winning photo with the person who submitted it for the October Snapshotz contest, presented by Aunt Jemima. Photos was still submitted by Traci Gerlach, only it was a different photo...this is the real "Zach Pitching" Congratulations!

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The Trek to Disney in AnneKling's Blog

Posted by AnneKling Nov 18, 2009

So what happens when an essentially lazy person who needs to lose a large amount of work finds out there is a 1/2 marathon at Disney World the same month as her anniversary...AND...it is with the theme Wine and Dine? Well, I guess that person goes and buys a new pair of running shoes with the arguement that a new pair of shoes is cheaper than all the other money wasted on gyms and classes. Then, she finds the couch 2 5k program and walks out the door. That was about a month a...

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How to start running by conquering your fears (AKA Proof Kat reads too much Zen Habits based on the title of this post) in Kat Ran Antarctica

Posted by DCtoPgh Nov 18, 2009

A while ago, a few blog readers asked me how I started running. I spent a long time typing up a blog post addressing that question but it didn’t resonate. I think it had sound advice- slowly build up (I’d recommend starting with C25K , then a spring-training type program and then a marathon program ), listen to your body, rest is important, embrace your supports and ignore the naysayers. But the thing is, none of that is new information. People who want to be runners can go to A...

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Colorado Cyclist's Bill of Rights Fallout in Active Expert: Bruce Hildenbrand

Posted by Bruce Hildenbrand Nov 17, 2009

About six months ago, I wrote about Colorado passing a "cyclist's Bill of Rights." This bill was an attempt to clearly define cyclist's rights on the roadway. The major items included specifying a three-foot buffer zone for cars passing riders, allowing cyclists to use the full lane if the shoulder of the road was deemed unsafe and allowing car drivers to cross a double yellow line to pass cyclists. You would have thought that this would have gone a long way in easing the tensions betwee...

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Second day of C25K in C25K to Wherever my training takes me

Posted by TCameli Nov 17, 2009

Oh my goodness! As soon as I started my first 60 second run calves started hurting. I knew this was common so I tried to run thru it. The pain lasted the entire run. I streched them out after i finished and the felt fine so I know its just getting off my butt pain and nothing serious. My biggest worry is that this may stop me from getting back out there and running. I will continue to stay focused on my goal of the 5K in February. I would like to run it in under 27 minutes but just to finish wi...

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test blog on community in sthakur1011's Blog

Posted by sthakur1011 Nov 17, 2009

test blog

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Road Trip - Tour de France 2009 Day 1 (Stage 17) in Running & Biking, what else is there?

Posted by dlbdata Nov 17, 2009

So as a long time bicycling fanatic, I had dreamed of going to the TDF for the last 30 years. Recovering from a crash (messed my shoulder up pretty good), and having some back problems, I thought '09 was the year. So a few weeks before the start of the tour, I started planning and decided Col de Romme/Columbierre (stage 17) through the final stage 21 in Paris was going to be my trip. I'd never been to France, and although I've traveled a fair amount overseas, I knew this...

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Today is the day I registered in My trek to Steelhead

Posted by silvereagle Nov 17, 2009

Well today was the date I registered for the Steelhead on July 31, 2010 in Benton harbor. I have been thinking about this for a while but only after this weekends Marathon in Columbia City In did i feel I could truely imagine I could do it. I cant say im a crazy runner but I feel I have a great base to be able to continue and expaned my trtaining to finish it. As i sit here now the only thing im ready for is the run. I have thought about how to train for the other to I just have to implyment my...

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Introducing the all new eteamz Albumz Center in eteamz - the blog

Posted by Ericha_eteamz Nov 17, 2009

Thank you to everyone for your patience during the Albumz Center face-lift! Today marks the official launch of this feature. We’re excited to provide you with many new features such as the ability to create and post a slideshow to your site in minutes, oodles of editing and design options, quickly create albums by dragging and dropping images and so much more! We wanted to provide you with some information on what to expect during the launch. Some of you may notice...

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Training with back problems? in Andrew Grant's Blog

Posted by Andrew Grant Nov 17, 2009

I was told about a year ago that I have degenerative discs in my lower back and foramina narrowing (L4-S1)?? So I have basically not done any running and only some mild cycling. I did prepare for an MS century and did the 75 mi course:>}} but I do not want to sit on the side lines any more, so I am looking for sugjestions advice from both medical and fellow adicts:>}}

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Active.com Integrates MapMyFitness Routes, Makes SEO Strides in Active Product Development

Posted by Jason Aloia Nov 17, 2009

Our last release was a big one for Active.com. We pushed out some long-awaited improvements to the site – some designed to make people happy, others search engines. Course Routes The inclusion of course routes on our event details pages has been a fixture on our roadmap for some time. Developing the functionality was never the issue. (The ActiveTrainer team has a fine route plotting mash-up in their arsenal.) Our challenge was attaining a critical mass of...

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Marathon Training Day 3 in Tom Slot's Running Blog

Posted by Tom Slot Nov 17, 2009

Three days into training and things are going great ! I started the week with two light 3.31 mile runs at a 9:04 and 9:09 mile pace respectively. This morning I went out for my long run and was able to run a strong 7 miles at a 9:03 mile pace. Best of all it was a comfortable, easy run. The funniest moment came when somewhere around mile 6.15 I noticed that my shoe lace had come untied...and my car key that was attached to it was gone. I started retracing my race with fears of having ...

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Good Luck and Thanks! in Vin Camacho's Blog

Posted by Vin Camacho Nov 17, 2009

Hello All! I wanted to take a second and thank everyone who read my blog over the last few months. Even though this will be my last post, my jouney is far from over. Over the last two months I saw myself go from struggleing to run 6 miles in 58 minutes to running 10 miles in 83 mintues. I can now run an entire long run (consisting of 10 or more miles) in under 8:30. A lot of work went into my training and it all paid off. Now, as I close this chapter, I open a whole new one. I am ...

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Best external hard drive reviews blog in Hard Drive Failure

Posted by manyu Nov 16, 2009

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The journey begins... in Runningzenman's Blog

Posted by Chasebankman Nov 16, 2009

The journey began a couple years and 167 pounds ago... I had enough of being the embarrassing dad for my wife and kids. There was nowhere to go but toward health... the other way was probable death, certain illness: high blood pressure, sleep apneia, asthma, high cholesterol, and frequent chest pains. I found that most every activity somehow involved food, the planning for food, or the hiding of food. I needed to get back in touch with my potential... I needed to get ha...