Category: Running

  • Desire

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    I just got back from a fairly tough run. Tough because it was a two hour run at the end of a long week of running, because I’m getting fatigued, because my lower legs feel like they’re made of wood, & because it was raining & I had a brutal headwind on the way out…

  • Can running help your knees?

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    I’ve been aware of this for some time, but the New York Times have summarised some of the data suggesting that running is good for your knees. Most people seem to think that the impact of running is bad for your joints, but as long as you look after yourself and your joints you’re less…

  • Long run day

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    Day 8: Long run day, originally uploaded by samwebster. About to head out of the door for my first 20 mile run.

  • Decision time

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    Most of the sports injuries I’ve had over the last year have been troubling but fairly easily and quickly remedied. Some have been long term problems that I was already aware of and have worked for months in the gym to try to fix, with much success. Very recently I’ve picked up my first connective…

  • Hard

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    I’ve got a mere 11km to run this morning. I’ll take an easy, flat route by the estuary. This is the last run of an easy week in which my legs are recovering a little from previous weeks & getting ready for bigger, faster, harder weeks ahead. So why do the easy weeks feel so…

  • Excitement

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    I’m getting quite excited. This is unusual, I know. One of my Google Reader feeds showed that the route map for the Dublin marathon is now available online. Downloading and poring over that, plus starting my third week of my marathon training plan and running the longest (and most tiring?) long run yet on the…

  • FuelBelt

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    FuelBelt, originally uploaded by samwebster. These long runs are starting to get really long. This is the first time I’ve taken energy drink, water and a gel. My long run moves up to 29km next week and then 32km two weeks later. I’ve got four 32km runs scheduled before Dublin. I’m going to need to…

  • Worn away

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    Worn away, originally uploaded by samwebster. I’d not looked at the soles of these shoes for ages. That left shoe shows the difference between my right & left leg actions when I run. The right leg has to do more work than the left as the left weakens. I’m working in the gym to change…

  • Drug testing

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    This is why drug testing scares me. A recent study, summarised in this slowtwitch.com article, demonstrated that athletes ingesting a mere 5ug of the nandrolone precursor 19-norandrostenedione (NOR) tested positive for this anabolic steroid using existing procedures. That’s a tiny amount. It’s a trace amount. It’s an amount that you wouldn’t ingest to improve your…

  • Wired: The Nike Experiment

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    I don’t run with music, but a lot of the information about data collection and motivation in this article about Nike+, Apple, and running sits really well with my own experiences. Read the article: Wired Magazine, The Nike Experiment: How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics.