Archive: December 2007

Poll: Are New Year’s Resolutions Helpful to Your Running? »

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Photo of the Week: Running Suits You »

As 2007 draws to an end, it is time reflect on this year’s successes and look forward to what we can accomplish in 2008. Forget about resolutions, we usually don’t keep them. Instead set goals—be it a new race, pounds to lose, or a new PR. Pick something that is perhaps just a little out [...]

December 30th Shoutout »

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. – Chinese Proverb Elite Feet Junk Miles The 0 to 10 Mile Challenge Running the Streets My Second First Marathon I Be Running German-2008 The Half Marathon Training Experience

Happy Holidays from CRN! »

The gang here would like to wish you a terrific holiday season. All the best to you this Christmas! We’d like to also thank you for helping us grow this past year and I would – from the bottom of my heart – especially like to thank our team for the wonderful contributions they make [...]

Photo of the Week: Ho Ho Ho »

So Christmas Eve is finally here and Santa will soon be riding his sleigh through the sky and slipping down chimneys. However a few weeks ago he was found running the streets of Las Vegas. No he wasn’t shopping for the latest jewelry, he was about to run 5k. Just a little taper run before [...]

A Little Christmas Cheer »

This has nothing to do with running but that’s no excuse for you to go off plan.

Timing Tag Problems Get Bigger »

It’s a public relations predicament when 15 percent of your marathoners don’t receive an accurate finishing time – or any time at all. But when you discover that perhaps all of your 24,000 marathon finishers have inaccurate times, that’s a nightmare. Preliminary reports from the December 9, 2007, Honolulu Marathon indicated as many as 3,500 [...]

Exercise Related Transient Abdominal Pain (ETAP) AKA “Stitches” »

1.What is it? ETAP or stitches are pain in the abdominal area that can occur during certain activities such as running. Studies of ETAP have indicated that up to 69% of runners may experience these painful episodes. 2.What are the causes/predisposing factors of ETAP? ETAP is widely believed to be due to spasm or irritation [...]

Endorphins: More Than a Feeling? »

I don’t get high. It seems that ever since I stepped onto the running scene, I’ve heard accounts of the euphoric place running can take some of its practitioners. But so far, my jaunts have not once taken me to this seemingly mythical runner’s Shangri-La. There’s no doubt running keeps me happy; but, that’s more [...]

Product Review: AirDrive Headphones »

AirDrives – Product Review [ad#inPost-Big] I’m a geek. I’m also a geek that loves music. So, when it comes to working out, I’m just nuts about the technology that allows me to take hours worth of my music out on the road or trail with me. The one ongoing drawback of this technology, though, is [...]

Secret Santa »

TO: Santa Claus LOCATION: North Pole Dear Santa, I know you are awfully busy this month, but I’m hoping you will have an extra minute to read this letter. As you know, I have a blog where I write about running, and sometimes give advice to runners preparing for races. Since you have a big [...]

Photo of the Week: Bridge Runners »

Some of my favorite race photos are of runners on a bridge. This is a photo of a collegiate track squad during long distance training on the Brooklyn Bridge. The photographer remarks: “I was standing on the yellow line and a moment later I felt their ‘breeze’ as they peeled around me.” Thanks go to [...]

December 16th Shoutout »

There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed, but…in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. Bliss Carman We’ve added five new blog to the Running Blog Family this week; Mondo Gitane The Fat Runner Foxy’s Running Trail Not Running From Life Will Run For Coffee

Strength Training for the Off Season »

Some of us *cough* are not out runnning as often as we should be because it’s cold. All does not have to be lost on the wimpy, though. Winter is a great time to work on strength training. This short video demonstrates a couple of exercises that are useful to runners.

Honolulu Marathon Suffers Chip Slip »

Ah, the joys of technology. It was only a few years ago that most road races still used manual timing for individual runners. The preferred method was to tear off a perforated part of your bib number and hand it to a volunteer as you went through the finish chute, where your time was recorded. [...]

Retail Therapy: Holiday Gift Blowout, Part Two! »

(Read Part One here.) All prices in US$. SeatShield: Is your favorite runner a big sweater? Then you need a SeatShield for your car. Made with a cloth microfiber for extra softness and durability. Completely waterproof and sweat proof. Especially great for leather car seats. $29.00     Running Skirts: Running skirts are all the [...]

Your Running News Roundup »

Article of the Week: The Power of the Mind Your training engages your body through running, stretching, and perhaps some weightlifting. But what are you doing for your mind? Gina Kolata of the New York Times has a fascinating piece on dissociation, or the ability to separate the mind from an unpleasant or painful experience. [...]

Instructional Running DVDs »

RunningDVDs.com looks to be just getting going but, from looking at the samples on their web site, they show great promise. From their site: The goal of RunningDVDs.com is simple – to provide athletes with resources to run faster. The first DVD is called “Building a Better Runner: Building from the Ground Up,” RunningDVDs says [...]

Photo of the Week: Elvis Lives »

This week’s photo comes to you live from Las Vegas. Elvis lives and has multiplied. Last Sunday I ran in the Las Vegas Half Marathon. Everywhere I looked there was an Elvis from young to old with everyshape size and outfit covered. For more photos check out my Flickr sets. For more about the race [...]

December 9th Shoutout »

The most radical, powerful act ever undertaken by any human being remains the act of committing oneself, beyond reservation, to a worthy personal mission. Christopher Childs This week we’re bringing you 12 new reads to check out; The Long Run Fitness Over Forty Athena Diaries Visualize Whirled Me’s Lascosasdelcorrer Pancakes and Jam The Road to [...]

Run Santa, Run! »

What happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas. Sometimes it ends up on You Tube. Where else could you see 7,000 Santas take off on a 5K run?

Bummed »

It is hardly unusual to experience what some have called post-marathon depression. You have spent months (maybe years) preparing for that marathon goal and, regardless of how it went, it’s over now, and you’re wondering what comes next. It’s a perfectly normal feeling when the crystal clarity of a specific goal gives way to vague [...]

Retail Therapy: Holiday Gift Blowout, Part One! »

Let’s get one thing straight; Runner Susan celebrates all holidays that involve the giving of gifts to Susan. All kidding aside (and I actually wasn’t kidding) I’ve put together a fantastic list of gifts anyone can give me. Or even give to the runner in your life! From $1.99 to $1,999.00, there is something perfect [...]

Heart Rate Monitors: Do They Make a Difference? »

Heart rate monitors have become very popular running aides in recent years, but do we know how to get the best out of them? You can buy them in all sorts of configurations, from fairly cheap ones (I got mine for about $35) to ones costing several hundred dollars, which claim do everything bar the [...]

Gain Weight From Running? It’s Possible »

In 2006, I fractured my right hip and left ankle and spent four months off my feet, using crutches to get around only when I had to. I’d just run a marathon and thought for sure the abrupt drop in exercise would result in instant weight gain. But a funny thing happened; I lost about [...]

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