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Continue reading →: You know you are a runner when…
You spend all morning glued to a monitor/tv because there is a marathon somewhere and that’s better than anything else. You think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately add up your mileage log if you die. You get upset and want to take back all those…
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Continue reading →: What IF…
We could all win a race/age group once in a while? We never had bad/slow/painful runs? We never got injured? We always had someone to run with, or get to enjoy the bliss of our alone time? We could always log the mileage and the pace we wanted? We could…
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Marathon Packing List
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Continue reading →: Marathon Packing ListI’ve sent this to sooo many people so many times, I figured it’d be easier to just post it here and share it. You’ll have to adjust it to YOUR needs, but after you do it once, it’ll take the stress out of any marathon, mostly if it’s out of…
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Continue reading →: Caption This Tuesday!
#1 Bart Yasso with a group of runners two weeks ago at Super Runner shop (I am in the right, in the back, looking to the right for some reason) #2 Last night in Central Park. Have at it!
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Continue reading →: I AM NOT a THIEF!!
In case you didn’t hear the news yesterday… This is what my inbox, facebook, voice and text and anything around me looked like, all day! Just to make things clear, I am not a thief. OKAY? Also, I have a great alibi, you can’t prove a thing!
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Continue reading →: Running Biomechanics Tips: Balance = Speed
Speed is about Power Power comes from Efficiency Efficient Running comes from Balance Proper Running Form is all about positioning. Running biomechanics are based on physics, you place the right pressure on the right levers, at the right time, and you have efficient movement and power. It’s all about balancing…
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Continue reading →: A very racy weekend without racing (Scotland Run and Colon Cancer)
I was going to just run once this weekend, Saturday, so I timed it perfectly that I got to the park when the Scotland 10K leaders were going by. We stood there and froze and cheered my lungs out during the race before our run, which ended up being right…
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Continue reading →: NYRR Scotland 10k in Central Park was… well… Scottish!
I really wanted to race this (and get an overdue 10k PR but decided to not be stoopid and to just keep training. Run out of bed to cheer before our long run… Wake up and scream faces!! The leaders Then the fun began… straight from the race…
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Continue reading →: Sharing is Caring – Links of the Week, 4/5
Training My 2012 Best Practices Official List Are you a race Warrior or Worrier? An amazing write-up by Olympian Molly Huddle Great video talk about training intensity and glycogen manipulation for optimal adaptation, the video 20 minutes long, but worth it (and somehow it matches a lot of what I did…
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Continue reading →: Running Biomechanics: Watch Yourself!!
Until you get your form analyzed, you really have no idea what you are doing. We all think we run like Kenyans or Ethiopians that win marathons or 10ks but we just need a little tweaking. But until you see yourself in video, you really don’t know. That is why…
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Continue reading →: You’re a NYC runner if…
Public urination doesn’t faze you, whether it’s a runner or a guy in a suit. You can always spot an elite runner in your regular loop. And a newyorker never stares. You go into a dark Central Park at 11 pm or 5 am, and don’t think twice about it.…
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Continue reading →: sTANd to Run 5K Next Thursday! Dashing Whippets Track Meet in 3 weeks!
First one, write this down: A 5K, on Thursday, April 11th at 6:45 PM. The registration fee is $30 and it will be held at Riverside Park. There’ll be prizes for the top finishers as well as the one who comes closest to guessing their finishing time. The race registration…
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Continue reading →: Two BODYGLIDE Giveaways!
Happy Monday! Well, I am sure you have BODYGLIDE around, and if you don’t, you seriously need to get some. ASAP. you know the deal, you buy new running clothes, they might chafe somewhere (and then you scream in the shower). Or it rains, and you chafe. Or it’s hot/humid/etc and you chafe.…
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Continue reading →: Running Biomechanics Tips: It is NOT the shoe, it’s the FORM
Oh why oh why do people fight? Shod vs Barefoot, Barefoot vs Minimalist, Motion Control and Cushioned vs everything… Really, all that matters is that you have proper form. Whatever you are running on. Yes, whatever. Barefooters will tell you it’s not possible. It is. I have video. Shod Runners…
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Continue reading →: What makes you a runner?
Besides running, obviously… Though during the times when we are injured, we’re not non-runners… If we can’t run, it’s not like we forget about it; actually, we think about it a LOT more: when would I be able to run, what doctor should I see, what should I be doing to get better,…
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Continue reading →: And these are better
you know when you do a race, look for the pictures maniacally for a day or two, theeeen you find them even though now your post is already old and who cares, and then you go back, like a week later, and you go it’s too late!!! So tragic how…
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Continue reading →: Running Biomechanics: There are ONLY three human forms of locomotion
– Walking You “land” on your heel and roll to the ball of the foot, with a load of just your body weight for every step. – Running You land on the ball of the foot first and then put down the heel. Because of the swifter movement, you’re now hitting…
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Continue reading →: What’s your favorite Running Movie? You won’t guess mine
Well, you don’t have to, I am about to tell you. I hate suspense. I just really really don’t like waiting. I decided to post about this because most people I run into, have never heard of it! SERIOUSLY!?!?! Before you throw old running shoes at me, I will declare…
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Continue reading →: Please don’t stink.
You all know by now that I like to run in as few clothes as possible, BUT it’s mostly out of efficiency. I don’t have time to do laundry and in NYC most people don’t have washer/dryers so I have to carry loads of clothes to the laundromat! It’s a…
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