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Category: The Five

  • Five: 4.15.14

    1. It has been one year 2. Why runners sweat more 3. The “naked jogger of Lancaster” 4. Track is killing itself 5. Sleep your way to success

  • Five: Monday, April 14

    1. Stop negative talk (or thoughts) and you will run faster 2. I don’t know that I’d consider this a “letdown” 3. Musings of an ultra marathon spectator 4. Ian Sharman’s Lake Sonoma race recap. ( I LOVE his last pic) 5. Lake Sonoma 50 miler results. Zach Miller won for the men.  Emily Harrison…

  • Five: Friday, April 11

    1. What’s in your race suitcase? 2. Top five tips for road race etiquette 3. 70,000 runners enter the Chicago Marathon lottery 4. In 2013 more than 2 million runners finished a 13.1 as women finisher rates continue to grow 5. In 2013, 1,100 marathons in the US generated 541,000 finishers

  • Five: Thursday, April 10

    1. Couple wear crazy costumes in marathons to fund overseas adoption of child 2. Stop blowing off strides 3. The fastest runners aren’t always the fastest racers 4. How Wilson Kipsang set the marathon world record 5. Are you programmed to enjoy exercise?

  • Five: Wednesday, April 9

    1. Dane doesn’t hold back here 2. Altra has given Hoka a first real competitor in this type of shoe.  Here’s a comparison 3. This puts the “functional” in functional strength and stability: the 100-up 4. Blake Mycoskie (Toms founder) lives an active lifestyle 5. Why you should embrace running slow

  • Five: Tuesday, April 8

    1. Not exactly running related, but this is the best treatment on iPhone battery drain I’ve seen 2. We need to talk about getting more women into ultra 3. Excellent response to the “running will kill you” junk that’s been floating of late 4. The Science of long distance running 5. She raises money for animal rescue and…

  • Five: Monday, April 7

    1. Kenenisa Bekele wins his marathon debut in 2:05:03  at Paris 2. Jared Campbell’s Barkley Marathons race report–you need to read this 3. How to be mentally tough for a 100-mile race 4. This was a great read, and funny, too 5. Should children run endurance events?

  • Five: Friday, April 4

    1. Interesting study about low-fat diet vs. low-sugar diet (spoiler: neither is good for you) 2. Patience is necessary for runners.  Good tip from Caleb 3. 100-mile backcountry ride on a unicycle? what? 4. Goo for your feet 5. Becoming wolverine

  • Five: Thursday, April 3

    1. Need to donate to help this film about Barkley Marathons get made! 2. Track workouts vs. road workouts 3. A day in the life of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price 4. Rethink running 5. Missing runner located safe and alive. 

  • Five: Wednesday, April 2

    1. How to replace the battery on your Garmin 3045 (I am totally doing this!) 2. Scary snowman prank! 3. Volleyball coach will run marathon blindfolded 4. How to be an ultra runner (From Trail and Ultra Running–check out their newly refurbished site) 5. Outdoor companies go a little crazy for April Fools Day

  • Five: Monday, March 31

    1. All in the hips 2. Some call this the “greatest race of all time.” The Great North Run 13.1. Mo Farah v. Kenenisa  Bekele v. Haile Gebrselassie 3. Long overdue! Undercover cops sting drivers endangering cyclists 4. This is ultra 5. The Barkley Marathons.  I’m so scared of this race, but so tantalized as well!…