Fitness: A marathoner’s guide to post-race recovery

Fitness: A marathoner’s guide to post-race recovery: " Most runners don’t wake up the morning after a marathon itching to go out for a long run. Their legs are tired, the body lethargic and the mind mentally exhausted from trying to prop up sagging energy stores in the later stages of the race."

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Brave seaman does North run in full body armour - Sunday Sun

Brave seaman does North run in full body armour - Sunday Sun: "SUPER-FIT serviceman Brett Runham endured the searing heat of Afghanistan in order to pound the North streets."

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Stay Fit This Fall, Westport, With Running | The Westport Daily Voice

Stay Fit This Fall, Westport, With Running | The Westport Daily Voice: "With the forecast calling for warm temperatures and sunny skies later this week, you don't have to stop your summer exercise routine just because the leaves are changing."

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Go for a run - Gettysburgtimes.com: Lifestyles

Go for a run - Gettysburgtimes.com: Lifestyles: " My girlfriend says I should take Zumba classes with her. I'm a runner and I think I can get a better workout spending that hour running. She says I'm wrong who's right?"

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Become a ninja-like marathon runner with the latest fitness craze - Chi running - Diet & Fitness, Health - Independent.ie

Become a ninja-like marathon runner with the latest fitness craze - Chi running - Diet & Fitness, Health - Independent.ie: "NEW YORK Chi Running evolved when a tai chi-practicing ultra-marathoner decided to apply principles from the Chinese system of slow, smooth movement to his running."

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Fitness tip: Never good to run through pain, says Edmonton physical therapist (video)

Fitness tip: Never good to run through pain, says Edmonton physical therapist (video): "EDMONTON - Never tell a runner he can’t run or he has to cut back when he’s injured because he’ll tune you out, says Trent Svenningsen, a physical therapist and owner of South Edmonton Physical Therapy & Sports Rehab."

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The emotional side of the run (triathlon or running race). | Purplepatch Fitness

The emotional side of the run (triathlon or running race). | Purplepatch Fitness: "Emotion has a nasty habit of destroying perfect preparations of many athletes. In triathlons, it occurs in the run because that is the last discipline, and where poor pacing in subsequent swim and bike rear their ugly head.  In running races, such as the marathon, it occurs in the latter half of the race, especially if one has poor fitness or pacing is off.  Today, I won’t discuss pacing or training, but the emotional approach to maintaining pace, form, and performance in your running (portion of your) race.  Following are a few simple:"

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Running and Breathing: Exercise Induced Asthma | Fitness, Health and Happiness

Running and Breathing: Exercise Induced Asthma | Fitness, Health and Happiness: "Off and on during the summer I talked about shortness of breath while running. The difficulty with the Gulf Coast Half, The Heights Half and Little Miami Half. The worst pain ever with the horrible side stitch. I kept attributing it all to the heat and high humidity. Wrong! During my long run on Sun I noticed my breathing was shallow and labored earlier than usual. It quickly got worse to the point of struggling to breathe and my throat feeling like it was closing. Until now it had never been so bad that I even considered asthma. I was so focused on the pain from the side stitch (symptom) that I missed the cause."

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Red-Letter Running | Connect2 OWU

Red-Letter Running | Connect2 OWU: "It began as a shared vision among friends Bill Burnett ’92 and Jamie Ranney ’91, and in five years the Nantucket Triathlon has flourished into an event that attracts 1,000 athletes a year and has raised more than $35,000 to date for education."

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Running: Run to be free physically, emotionally and mentally - The Times of India

Running: Run to be free physically, emotionally and mentally - The Times of India: "Running is the easiest form of exercise. Plug in your ipod and run. You don't need equipment, but you do need lots of discipline and a few pointers to avoid injuries."

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Varsity students target to clock 120 hours of non-stop treadmill run - Story | The Star Online

Varsity students target to clock 120 hours of non-stop treadmill run - Story | The Star Online: "SAMARAHAN: Mohamad Nurnazri Qaiyum Shamsuddin will focus his thoughts on his two sport idols — Olympian and world’s fastest man Usain Bolt, and world’s No. 1 squash player Datuk Nicole David — the moment he steps on the treadmill."

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Fitness tip: Never good to run through pain, says Edmonton physical therapist (video)

Fitness tip: Never good to run through pain, says Edmonton physical therapist (video): "EDMONTON - Never tell a runner he can’t run or he has to cut back when he’s injured because he’ll tune you out, says Trent Svenningsen, a physical therapist and owner of South Edmonton Physical Therapy & Sports Rehab."

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