After running 5 miles on Tuesday, which is a “long” run for me at the moment, I figured I would do something a little bit shorter yesterday. I tossed on my Vibram Five Fingers (after all, it was just going…
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Milestones
I think every sport, perhaps every activity, has it’s milestones that we strive to reach. When we pass these there is a sense of accomplishment, and a setting of that new goal to reach. In baseball, it might be a certain…
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Workouts and varieties of exercise.
So, I have (obviously) been running in an effort to increase my abilities, stamina and speed. But, like most people I am an instant (or quick) gratification sort of person. I would like to grow stronger, lose weight and run…
Lack of pain is very…. pleasant!
So, I have mentioned my on-going calf-pain here in the past. Well, I don’t know how or why, but it seems to have settled greatly. I got on my Dread-mill this morning and did 1/2 of a mile barefoot, and…
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KT Tape and Taking it easy…
So my free samples of the KT Tape and the Rock Tape did arrive last week, I apologize for slacking and not mentioning it sooner. The Rock Tape company sent me two excellent little sample packs. Bright red tape with…
Domino Effect.
When one domino falls, the next one will go with it… and the next one.. and the next one… For many people the “Domino Effect” is very real and noticeable effect. I know if I have a bad day, I rush…
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Climbing Hills Raises the Level of Fun!!!!
Ok.. So most people don’t really view hill running that way, but “back in the day” when I ran Cross Country, I used to love hill running. In a race, it was a fantastic time to pass people. I would…
Pain, a good teacher…If you can figure out the subject!
I wrote a while back about Dr. Lieberman’s research on running styles. That knowledge brought me to researching barefoot running and VFFs, which in turn lead me to major calf pain. It seems I am just like every other runner…
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Non-Once, but potentially future runners..
I had an interesting conversation with someone last night. They were telling me that they WANTED to be a runner (had even said as much to their husband), but couldn’t see it ever happening. When I asked why, they were…
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Pain and Recovery
Anytime you start a new workout routine (or just happen to have a really intense workout), you are going to experience some muscle pain the next day. Now this can be “Satisfying” in the “you know you must have worked…
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2013 Was an amazing year, for me, So I am really looking forward to 2014!
Once and Future Runner 