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Preparing for Cross Country Races (Popularity:  )
Nerves on edge, mind focused, elbows out. No, there is nothing quite like a cross country race. Anyone who has seen two hundred plus people lined up at the beginning of a race waiting for the gun to sound so they can push their way to the front knows what I am talking about. Most cross country runner will agree that the beginning of the race is the most important, ...
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Running - Gig Harbor and Northwest Christian Win Big at 2007 Washington State Championships (Popularity: )
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Gig Harbor Coach Patty Ley came close to winning both the girls and boys state titles in 4A competition at the Washington State Cross-Country Meet Saturday (11-3-07) at Sun Willows golf Course in Paso (WA).
Ley's girls team ran away from Eastlake to capture its 3rd consecutive state championship with 97 points, finishing 5-14-16-25-37. The Gig Harbor boys fell 4 points short of the title, won by Mead 108-112. The Tides ...
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Running For Beginners - A Free Way To Lose Weight Part One (Popularity: )
If there is one way to start losing weight, and most importantly to keep the weight lost, then its running. Running provides many benefits other than weight loss and the best thing about it is its free.
Running can be very intimidating for the beginner. A simple search of any popular search engine will convince you that you need to spend a lot of money and that running is complicated, and ...
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Running For Beginners - A Free Way To Lose Weight Part One (Popularity: )
If there is one way to start losing weight, and most importantly to keep the weight lost, then its running. Running provides many benefits other than weight loss and the best thing about it is its free.
Running can be very intimidating for the beginner. A simple search of any popular search engine will convince you that you need to spend a lot of money and that running is complicated, and ...
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Running Shoes (Popularity: )
From running barefoot to running in shoes that cost a small fortune…. running sure has come a long way. Today there is such a wide range of shoes available, it takes mental gymnastics to decide which shoe would be right for you!
It was in the last century that we saw so many changes in running shoes. In the beginning of the century, running shoes were simple rubber-soled plimsolls. Today they ...
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Sea Level and Peak Performance World Records (Popularity: )
Many world records in the Olympics and other sporting events happen at sea level. This is because there is more oxygen at sea level and it is easier to maintain peak performances. It gives an advantage to the human body.
Having been a track star in my past in California I had always competed and trained at sea level. The weather was good all year round and so I trained all ...
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Smart Running (Popularity: )
Now to the crux! Most of us train to race but we hardly ever race to our potential. There are many factors to why this is. One of the problems is that most people RACE their workouts. They leave their races at the track. They worry too much about hitting a specific pace which they believe will be best for them. They compete too much with themselves and lose focus ...
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Strength Training Exercises For Runners (Popularity: )
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Weight training for runners, cyclists and other endurance athletes has an important role and place in the pre-season and in-season training programs and should not be an afterthought. In fact, many coaches use strength and weight training as an integral part of their yearly plan just like track interval workouts, long, slow endurance runs and hill repeats. You should approach strength training with the same preparatory building, periodization and recovery ...
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The Barefoot Jogger (Popularity: )
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Recently I have been trying a spot of barefoot jogging or to give it it's correct title "Natural Running". Which in its "natural" state is jogging without footwear (no, not without clothes, though I'm sure they're doing that somewhere in the world!). I actually read about it in a magazine article and I am one of those people who when they like the idea of something they have to try ...
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The Mechanics of Speed (Popularity: )
http://www.run2fast.com
If you ever go to a track meet or road race watch the faster runners. They all seem to glide along with ease. It is always a joy to watch these gifted athletes perform. What is it that they do that makes them run so fast?
The reason that these runners move so effortlessly is that they have mastered the three phases of running. The three phases of running are drive, ...
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