This Running Life

Five:

1. Oooooooh.  Geek me out!

2. The 12-hour treadmill challenge?!

3. How cyclists are perceived in a car dominated society

4. Cool interval workout!

5. The world’s least motivational marathon signs. (Thanks Megan for the link!)

Five:

1. Things you may not have known about running shoes (As a soccer nut, I knew about #4)

2. How to deal with ITBS (Norm?)

3. Another gem of good advice from Jason

4. Adapting your running to summer heat

5. Western States women’s race preview

Run cool!

Tuesday five:

1. Interview with Western States RD

2. Top tweeters in Track and Field

3. Ragnar runner robbed (awesomely alliterated)

4. Western States men’s preview

5. To run, to fly

Run and fly today

Five to the start the week:

1. In retrospect, this was my experience. Wasn’t the shoes, but the volume and my weight (I ran in Asics Gel Nimbus for a 7 months pre-injury).

2. The response to number 1

3. Amen.

4. This is why I’m not fond of “celebrity meet and greets.”

5. Oh.  I thought the only solution was purchasing a 200 dollar saddle.

Have a great week!

Friday five:

1. Piriformis bugging you?  Try these

2. A positive outlook is better for your health, and, in my opinion, your training

3. I love this, and if you’ve run for any length of time, you can relate

4. Really fascinating read

5. Running from Failure-see quote below:

“So yeah, I hate video games.  Super warriors and super heroes my ass. My cape is made of paper and held on by pins. My technical weapon is a pair of running shoes. My bat-signal is the sound of a starting gun and the war I am waging is against the lazy, fat and the complacent. You want my respect? Get your shoes on and join me out here. That couch you’re sitting on…it’s a coffin. R.I.P.” 

You run.  You are someone’s hero. Believe it.

Five:

1. Really like this tip.  Been on my mind of late.

2. How accurate are fitness monitors?

3. Sad end to the space station treadmill

4. More big marathons should offer this service

5. This is a really interesting tool.  Anyone use it?

Be safe in the summer heat!

The five:

1. Ben and Jerry’s is using runners to pick ice cream flavors

2. Never heard of “Fell running?” Me neither.  But here ya go

3. “Spirit of the Marathon II” debuting out in select cities today

4. Sound advice for running when you just aren’t quite up to it

5. I think about this all the time, especially during track sessions where I let my stride lengthen

Run like there’s ice cream waitin’ for you

Five:

1. Really good piece about the Central Governor and ultra-running, applicable to any distance

2. More and more people are trying out trail running.

3. Nothing to do with running, but I could watch these pups jump all day!

4. Three exercises for the busy runner

5. Ever been on the road and have only your tablet, but YOU HAVE TO SEE YOUR RUN DATA NOW?!  Here ya go!

Run like a dog today: tongue out, tail wagging, pee wherever you desire!

Five to start the week:

1. I’ve really enjoyed watching his prep for Burning River

2. Woman runs down bike thief

3. This is great news!

4. Looks like I need to buy this book

5. Ragnar coming to your trails. (I applied to run on the Salomon team at Tahoe, but alas was not chosen)

Nothing like a run to start the week off right

Friday five:

1. 12 most challenging trail runs in America (from Business Insider–Thanks Nancy!)

2. This device turns your running shoe into a battery charger (Thanks, M)

3. “My back is hurting while I run” “You are pregnant and in labor.” “Whaaaaa!”

4. The Mystique of Western States

(side note: if you are not into trail running, consider Western States to be the Trail Running equivalent for Ultra runners that Boston is for marathoners.  Mecca.  I once heard the race described as “mainstream” by someone who knew diddly.  Mainstream, my bald a$$)

5. Dual race reports from the same race by the newest internet power couple of Southern California:  Quadrathon and TribeccaTO

Have a great weekend.  And do something you love.