1. Hill SprintsHill sprints are great for building leg strength and power. Find a hill with a moderate incline and sprint straight up for about 60 meters. Loop back down for recovery.
2. Stadium Stairs
You did this in high school. Stadium stairs is great drill for speed training. Sprint up, walk down. Repeat.
3. Interval Training
Here’s how [...]
Runners at all levels will benefit from Galloway’s Book on Running Olympic athlete Jeff Galloway teaches amateur runners how to use the same training principles followed by world-class runners.
Beginners will learn how to get started and the secrets for running better.
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If you are a competitive runner or a jogger may I suggest that you learn to run hills better. One thing you can do when running uphill is to accelerate over the crest of the hill. If you are simply out jogging and you increase your speed as you come over the crest [...]
Brooks Trance 6 Running Shoe
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Dr. Vonda Wright, a professor of orthopedics at the University of Pittsburgh and a 40-year-old runner, recently studied people who kept running as they got older or began competing in middle age. She wanted to find out what happens to them and at what age does performance start to decline.
Researchers found that while you slow [...]
Tired of running with blisters? Here’s how ultrarunner Scott Jurek’s feet handle hundreds of miles every week without blisters.
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Brain Imaging Shows Release Of Endorphins In Brain
Amateurs and experts agree that prolonged jogging raises people’s spirits. Many believe that the body’s own opiods (or endorphins) are the cause.
Untill now, this has never been proven.
Researchers have demonstrated the existence of an ‘endorphin driven runner’s high’. In an imaging study they were able to [...]
If you been running races for a while, you noticed several annoying behaviors from fellow runners, such as runners that cut you off at the water stops or those that throw their juice ups on trails.
Do you consider yourself a polite runner? What behaviors of other runners do you find downright rude?
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