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This is it! The Second Annual Seattle Rock’n Roll Half Marathon…a wonderful celebration of everything you’ve accomplished over the past 16 weeks! The whole process of getting to this point can seem so mundane…going out for your daily walk or run…eating right…stretching…hydrating…pacing. Just looking at any one individual day, it may not seem like much…but [...]
TRAINING TIP OF THE WEEK And, you thought I would be out of ideas…As a general rule, you should allow yourself 1 day of recovery for each mile you covered in your race…ie, you went 13.1 miles, you should allow yourself…well…er…13.1 (Typically rounded down to 13 or up to 14) days before starting to resume your usual [...]
Training Tip of the Week: Don’t overlook the taper… This Saturday is our last long workout before the race…After this weekend, we’ll begin what is called the taper. This is when you begin to cut back on the volume of your workouts so that your body can rest up for race day. Too many times, people overlook this [...]
Tough times training during the winter? You’re not alone… http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/health/nutrition/12best.html?_r=1&ref=health
Training Tip of Week Now that we’re well into fall, it’s time to discuss training apparel. Our Northwest weather provides us with unique concerns when it comes to outdoor training and fitness attire. Keep in mind that wearing cotton shirts and pants to exercise in will only make training more difficult and unpleasant. With it’s tendency [...]
News You Can Use It’s not all about the cardio….Strength training is important too! • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101902901.html?wpisrc=newsletter
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Training Tip of the Week Safety…always a timely topic but as the days are getting shorter and the weather, grayer, and with all of the scary ”Breaking News” stories, it’s important to make sure that we’re doing our part to stay safe and visible while training. Here are some tips from Runnersworld.com: 1. Face the traffic: If a bike [...]
Training Tip of the Week…. A topic that is near and dear to my heart… Basic Sports Nutrition 101 With all of the nutrition claims and diet ads out there, it can get pretty confusing trying to figure out what nutrition information you should follow. As boring as it sounds, nutrition almost always comes back to [...]
Read about the risk of illness in ”leisurely jogging rodents”… http://well.blogs.nytimes.com:80/2009/10/14/phys-ed-does-exercise-boost-immunity/
