This Running Life

Five:

1. Cool short about the TaraweraUltramarathon (100K in New Zealand)

2. Too late for the giveaway, but looks like a great read

3. I KNEW this race felt long!

4. Only related to running in the sense that I love it after a race, But “PRINT ME A PIZZA!”

5. She won the Lincoln (Neb) Marathon—8 days AFTER winning the Illinois Marathon!

Run like you’re late!

Five for hump day:

1. Wise words from Pete Larson

2. Hamstring exercises for runners

3. Five questions with Kara Goucher

4. Fitbit flex review (intriguing, I need to try this out)

5. Hip strengthening–prevents ITBS, and makes you a better runner

Run like a HIPster! (get it? Hip-ster? Huh? ok.)

Five for toosday!

1. What a cool program! 

2. Bay to Breakers race photos.  Enjoy the zany

3. Does air pollution affect running performance?

4. Fast Times at Ridgemont High Cleveland Marathon

5. Danger down under

Run like a roo!

Monday five:

(I’m building this post as my sons argue and aggravate each other so if the links have a negative tone or focus on adoption agencies and military schools, you now know why)

1. The fast get faster

2. Deena Kastor added to US team competing in marathon world championships

3. An endorsement of the Hanson Marathon Method, which I,m playing around with this summer

4. When athletic shoes cause injury

5. A q&a with Scott Dunlap, a runner I’ve grown to admire

Run happy!

Friday five:

1. Guide to pooping outdoors

2. Well done BAA. Well done. (make the entry fee LOW, please.  These runners deserve it)

3. Bikes?  We ain’t got no bikes.  We don’t need no bikes.  This woman plans to RUN the Tour de France route! (If you have yet to see The Treasure of the Sierra Madre then shame on you! One of the best films ever)

4. Really nice FREE running tips download from Jason Fitzgerald of Strength Running.

5. This is NO relation to fitness or endurance sports at all. But I couldn’t help including it. 🙂

FRIDAY BONUS:  Close the door when you are, umm, busy…  (Keep eyes on the bathroom…)

Run like Maude!

Five:

1. She is blind.  She pole vaults.  And she is one of the best in Texas!

2.  Are you running enough to improve?

3. Prague opens a “running mall”

4. Sugarland guitar plucker is training for IM Kona (disclosure, I am a TP ambassador this year)

5. Interesting post.  looking forward to more.

Run.

Five for Wednesday:

1. Reunited…and it feels so good

2. Price per mile for some big name races. No surprise–Disney tops the list (Thanks, Mickey Miles!)

3. Two tests for hip strength and flexibility

4. Arm swing:  a predictor and corrector of stride mechanics

5. This new documentary looks great.  Trailer coming out in a day or so

Run with honor.

Five for Tuesday:

1. World’s shortest “marathon”

2. A criticism of CrossFit Endurance as a running training program (in the interest of balance, I’ll post the other side of argument below)

3. Here is a positive take on CrossFit Endurance from the CFE website

4. Running and weight loss: the relationship

5. Summer’s coming. Let’s reignite the hydration debate!

Run happy!

Five to start your week:

1. I love this piece Thoughts from a Marathon

2. Good advice (Disclosure: I’m a TP ambassador this year)

3. Jornet wins…again

4. “What American Idol taught me about running”

5. Not fitness related, but so fascinating!

Run with purpose. (or porpoises, if you dare)

Friday five:

1. Hitler reacts to bad news on his minimalist running strategy…

2. The 7-minute body weight workout–based on SCIENCE!  Who needs a box? 😉

3. This workout looks fun…and hard!

4. The legacy of Born to Run.

5. Ran this race last weekend.  If you haven’t, you must!  Record registration this year.

Run happy!