I tried pushups and could not even do one. I have tried swimming and that did not help my running markedly. by help, i mean prevent injuries to shin and groin. You male or female? A guy who can't do a pushup... I do some upper-body exercises to retain some strength and muscle on my skinny bod. I...

Greetings wreck runners: Please tell us about your training week and goals! RRR100 rabbitrunsteamboat.com/ 32:29 I'd wanted to try a mountain 100 again, and as a few people I knew had already entered in this race, and being a qualifier for both WS100 and Hardrock, while requiring...

Fun article: http://www.suunto.com/sports/#/SuuntoRun/12887 rms

....and when for lunch, my hunger Sharp-toothed, I opened my tin, By thumb and forefinger, a tab pulled Back, for my lunch I did anticipate, And there I found within a Vienna sausage. But O to my dismay ~ that teeny weenie, A hollow, flacid thing, preserved In liquid impure. So never again, My...

Any of the 1997-1998 vintage rec.runners still rattling around in here? I'd be glad to hear from you. In fact, does anyone still use this thing? Not much posting going on I see. So where do running-obsessed people hang out these days? Not that far back of a visitor, but I still check...

When we ( me + my brother ),were young, he won at Crystal Palace in a one off 10 year olds 1500 metres,(they considered that too far to run regularly), anyway, he recorded 5 min 6 secs, and at the time , I was County champ at u13,...the same day at a meeting in HULL, I ran a second slower than...

Yet another diagnosis to add to the list..... I'm researching it myself, but does anyone have / is anyone familiar with this? Step one is having new orthotics built. Step two? I gather this is a congenital defect arising from lack of torsion on the foot, so it probably can't be corrected, per...

Howdy. Bill here, it has been a long time since my last update, in fact I can't even find my last post. Anyway, here's what's been happening.... The last time I did any fast walking was in May. Last September, I noticed that a dull ache would sometimes appear around my right hip area. It...

Not running, but here's an article about NBA player Amare Stoudemire where he says: “I’m at 2 percent body fat and 245 pounds and my (knees) … I feel like I can do anything I want on the court again,” he said." http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/125361 2%? I remember Karl Malone used to be...

Greetings wreck runners: Please tell us about your training week and goals! Ok, I was really missing these. Come back, JHurley, come back! So....looks like my last post was after finishing the Valles Caldera marathon. After that came the Jemez Mountain 50...

I bonked last Friday, my legs were very weak. Anything beyond an easy pace and my legs just gave out. I was exhausted even walking up stairs.

"A.r.a.k.h.N.i.d.e.F" wrote in message ... I asked 2 weeks ago about an Achilles tendon problem and decided to wait it out for about 4 weeks, my heels feel fine, but my shin splints are still a pain in the ass. Does that problem...

On 5/29/2014 2:19 AM, steinbej wrote: General update: I've been doing the heavy-loaded eccentric heel exercises as advised here on this very discussion group. I'm 8 weeks into the 12 week regimen and I must say it's been very successful, surprisingly successful! Great! Sometimes you can...

Greetings wreck runners: Please tell us about your training week and goals! http://abqrunningshop.com/register-now-for-the-2014-worlds-toughest-10k/ , my last three finishes in this race are within 5seconds: 53:21/53:25/53:26; wonder how likely that is. I know that in these last two I...

Greetings wreck runners: Please tell us about your training week and goals! Valles Caldera marathon, 4:23 http://www.highaltitudeathletics.org/caldera/index.htm about 20min better than a couple years ago, though on a slightly different course. Since aid stations were so close together in...

Good listen http://www.imtalk.me/home/2014/4/21/imtalk-episode-411-tim-noakes.html rms

Greetings wreck runners: Please tell us about your training week and goals! Cedro Peak 45M https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=24173 9:36, which I'm pretty happy with. I tried to 'fat-load' the week pre-race, then carb-loaded like crazy the day before and morning of, made some...

On 04/03/2014 03:41 AM, thang ornerythinchus wrote: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/too-much-running-tied-to-shorter-lifespan-studies-find/ We're all some complex combination of nurture/nature/behavior. More importantly, correlation and cause are not the same thing. It's raining out today ... I...

On 3/28/2014 9:44 PM, steinbej wrote: On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:41:22 PM UTC-4, Michael wrote: Seriously, can anyone tell the difference between 4mm and 0mm drop in shoes? That's less than 1/4 inch. What is a "drop" in a shoe? Differential between heel height and forefoot height. ...