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Run Like A Hunter For Injury-Free Workouts
5:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | Back in the day, humans chased their food down by foot as opposed to fighting off soccer mums and dads at the local big box store. They ran over the river and through the woods, and they were less prone to injury. More »
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Identify Your Foot Type Before Choosing Running Shoes
8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | Knowing your foot type is useful for purchasing the proper running shoes, among other things. Using the “wet test” can help clue you in on whether you have normal, flat, or high-arched feet. More »
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Use A 3:2 Inhale-Exhale Ratio For Improved Runs
8:30AM Azadeh Ensha | The right equipment, training and running route isn’t always enough to ensure a good run, especially if your breathing is all over the map. To help stabilse yours, try incorporating a set inhale-exhale ratio. More »
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Ditch Your Shoes For Better Runs
7:00AM Adam Pash | Some studies have shown that walking barefoot can ease your body’s aches and pains, and we’ve already told you that expensive running shoes aren’t a necessity; now Wired’s throwing in their two cents with an explanation of how barefoot is better. More »
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Expensive Running Shoes Aren’t A Necessity
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Christopher McDougall, author of the forthcoming Born to Run, excerpts a section of his book that suggests costly, tech-term-laden training shoes aren’t helping runners all that much–and they may actually be hurting. More »
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Why You Want to Run a Marathon
6:30AM Gina Trapani | My runner pal Lane Becker explains why on earth anyone would want to run a marathon in this fantastic and informative slideshow about the history (and first-person reality) of running a 26.2 mile race. (Boss/kid alert: There’s a little bit of swearing in this talk.) Congrats on finishing the race today, Lane! by the time you finish watching this video, you’ll want to run a marathon. [Monstro! Lane Becker] More »
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How to Start Running
11:30PM Gina Trapani | Runner Leo Babauta offers his advice on how to go from sedentary to running in five steps. The key is slowly graduating from walking to running in intervals, similar to the Couch-to-5k running program. More »
Running for the High
7:00AM Adam Pash | The concept of the runner’s high has been around forever, but the New York Times is reporting that, for the first time, scientists have validated the claimed euphoria that follows a run. Researchers in Germany, using advances in neuroscience, report in the current issue of the journal Cerebral Cortex that the folk belief is true: Running does elicit a flood of endorphins in the brain. The endorphins are associated with mood changes, and the more endorphins a runner’s body pumps out, the greater the effect. Of course, the real runner’s high euphoria is more likely to come with more intense, longer workouts, but I can guarantee running a marathon should get you there. If you’ve been trying to motivate yourself to get out and run more, the idea of chasing that runner’s high might help. If you’ve got firsthand experience with the runner’s high, let’s hear about it in the comments. Yes, Running Can Make You High [NYT] More »
Become a Better Runner Without Actually Running
7:00AM Tamar Weinberg | Running takes endurance and dedication, but if the weather is lousy, you don’t have to go outside to strengthen your running muscles. Health magazine suggests moves that build up your muscles without physically jogging or sprinting. Achieve balance: lift one leg up and hold it there for thirty seconds. Build up “running arms” by holding five-pound hand weights and swinging your arms back and forth while standing with one foot in front of the other. The next step is to build up those legs: I wrap a resistance band around my ankle and anchor the other end of the band to a couch leg. Facing away from the couch, I raise my leg up till the knee is bent to a 90-degree angle, 12 times per leg. Then I switch positions to face the couch and kick back, 12 times per leg. More »
