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ADDICTED
Several years ago, I said to a friend, “If I run every day, I feel great. But, if I...
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Tired of the same old foods?
Looking for some new meals to try?? I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get stuck in a...
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Predicting Injuries
“How do they know the load limits on bridges? They drive bigger and bigger trucks over until it breaks,...
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RATE THE PAIN: ONE TO FIVE
Every time we go to a medical or health expert with an injury or a sore body part, we...
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A Game of Inches
We Americans have long prided ourselves on our independence. We withdraw from international agreements, loosen longstanding alliances, and generally...
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A SHOOTING STAR
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” These are the words of Steve (Pre)...
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RACE-LESS
Because of the pandemic, races have been cancelled indefinitely. For the many runners who seldom or never race, this...
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Strength Training – Alternatives for the Pandemic
It may just be my imagination, but it seems to me that more and more runners over the past...
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Weight for It……
Every once in a while, a scientific paper is released examining that a conventional wisdom or assumption that just...
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Do Runners Need Omega-3’s??
Running as we know is one of the most popular physical activities. It not only helps you achieve the...
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Update on Jumper’s (Downhill Runner’s) Knee
It’s been more than two decades since I explored what was known then about the condition “patellar tendinopathy” –...
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The longer the race, the stronger they get
Some ultramarathons are run on very strange courses: through blazing hot deserts, frozen land at the North Pole, on...
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Perspective – Revisited
Two events over the past couple of months got me thinking about an article I wrote for this series...
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Pedestrianism
The recently published book by Matthew Algeo describes a brief episode in sports history long forgotten. The full title...