Running

Yep, its that time again.  Beer mile July 16th, 8:30pm @ North Glenmore Athletic Park. Click to Enlarge and pass it on. Official Beermile.Com Rules 1. Each competitor drinks four cans of beer and runs four laps on a track (Start – beer/lap, beer/lap, beer/lap, beer/lap – finish). 2. Beer must be consumed before the...
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Race season is about to kick off for me.. .Yay!  The first race on deck is The Orginal St. Patricks Day 5k.  Short and sweet to get things started.  The best part about this race is that I have made a small wager with my friend Gareth on who is going to win between us....
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Dear participant, Online registration for the Calgary Police Half Marathon and 5K run begins at 8am Calgary Time, Saturday, January 30, 2010. As a past participant, we are providing you with advance notice to ensure you do not miss the start of registration. As you know, in years gone by we have sold out...
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Shoes change the human foot strike and may lead to more running injuries All the latest footwear engineering in your running sneakers might not mean a thing when it comes to preventing injuries. The latest barefoot running study in the journal Nature deployed 3-D infrared tracking to gauge the difference in foot strike between shod...
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For those of you who are not part of the Beer Mile Professionals Faceboook Group there is going to be a Beer Mile on the 24th of October at the Glenmore Athletic track. Check out the poster for the event. —UPDATE— Race will be held at the Glenmore Athletic Track – Map Here Sign...
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After running a few hard intervals this past weekend I came back to the house and was coughing up a storm. I have heard people talk about “persuiters cough” or “track hack” after a hard effort and never really knew what it was. A lot of people, myself included, seem to develop a particularly...
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Check out these girls… yes girls.. and their bikers legs. The tans lines and muscles are crazy. I am not saying that i find it overly attractive but hey… to each their own.  I found the picture while wondering though facebook. friends of friends of friends pictures…   At first i thought “Hey…. thats...
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Almost all cyclists and runners know that excess body fat can hinder performance. Although it’s immediately apparent that there are substantial differences in physical characteristics between cycling sprinters and climbers, elite runners and 100 meter sprinters, They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and there are perhaps too many exceptions to make...
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Tomorrow will be the fist 100Km+ ride of the season and to be honest, I am a little scared.  Every year I manage to bonk hard and dig my self into a HUGE hole on the first ride of the season.  I remember last year I went for a ride with KM and FW...
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