Marathon Tips?

+1 for asics gels.  i'm about to order myself a new pair, need to replace my Kayano's.  good cushioning for us non-gazelle types.

http://www.runnersworld.com/running-with-dogs/hound-bandits-half-marathon-in-alabama
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shovel 3-4 hours straight.. if you can do that you should be good.. if not problem solved…you won't need tips.

I heard 20 minutes of shoveling is roughly equivalent to running one mile.

That?s right, not only is the Japanese metal-pop girl band Babymetal taking the world by storm, they?re whipping feet into a fury. They were the artist where <a href="https://medium.com/runkeeper-everyone-every-run/this-the-music-you-should-run-to-because-science-8f17829f99f#.3fj86sew8">we observed the largest increase in speed</a> as runners listened to them.

I'm telling you guys, KPOP and JPOP is some of the best running/exercise music there is.

Fillmore, May 10th!

Man, I can only imagine it would be hard to do a sprint with that beehive, but damn is that a funny photo

Texas Track Club of Abilene, 1964. This photo was part of a Sports Illustrated shoot in 1964.

There was a big write up on them in Runners World last year.

Anyone, runners or otherwise, ever suffer from a heel spur? And if so, anyone have any advice? I'm totally self-diagnosing, but I'm about 97% sure I'm right.

Any runners suffer from depression at all when they're unable to run due to injury/illness/etc? Few things in life get me down more than not being able to run…although I'd still say only mildly down.

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Anyone, runners or otherwise, ever suffer from a heel spur? And if so, anyone have any advice? I&#039;m totally self-diagnosing, but I&#039;m about 97% sure I&#039;m right.

Any runners suffer from depression at all when they&#039;re unable to run due to injury/illness/etc? Few things in life get me down more than not being able to run…although I&#039;d still say only mildly down.

Can't speak to the heel spur, but can speak to injury. YES. I have been injured a few times, never more for a month or two, and it's really hard. I started going to Pure Barre, so at least I have something when I'm injured from running.

Hope it's just something that needs some PT.

Watching those Boston results come in…jeebus

I scaled back to the Rock-N-Roll 5K this year…Anyone else running? 

I'm running the half.  But I am in the middle of a whole re-do of my running style so I expect the run will be uncomfortable and the time will be abysmal. 

I may actually skip a spring race this year.

My heel spur from last year healed in due time. But I've become too fat, old, and debilitated to do any kind of "racing". As if a marathon could actually be considered "racing" for us mid to back of packers.

I started running the parkrun College Park 5K races on Saturday mornings.  If you're nearby and feel inclined, its a great, low-key, no-pressure weekly race.  And its freeeeeeee!

http://www.parkrun.us/collegepark/

half-marathon tip: drink a beer every mile, finish under 1:45.

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