Friday, July 15, 2011

The Believer - The Race That Is Not About Winning

The Believer - The Race That Is Not About Winning: "There is a lie that cross-country coaches tell their distance runners. “Running is a team sport,” they say. “Even though it can seem like you are out there by yourself, you have to train as a team, support each other as a team, work as a team. Running is not a solitary sport.”"

Barefoot running, what is the truth?!

Barefoot running, what is the truth?!: "Never ones to avoid a debate we have opened up the can of worms that is barefoot running and looked at the real facts. Why? Because we want to provide you with the best advice possible and supply you with the most suitable shoes (conventional or not) so that you can continue to enjoy running. We decided to ask an impartial but extremely knowledgable Sports Podiatrist; Ian Griffiths for his opinion."

Top Ten Tools to Speed Recovery : trifuel.com

Top Ten Tools to Speed Recovery : trifuel.com: "Recovery:� �The regaining of something that has been lost or taken away�.� Websters dictionary.
Spring is the time of year when many athletes ramp up their training, in order to prepare for racing. Athletes should also ramp up their recovery habits to stay in balance. Over reaching is required to stimulate your body to adapt. Full recovery is required to allow that adaptation to take place. Partial or no recovery leads to partial adaptation, lack of performance gains and eventually overtraining."