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Does Donating Blood Effect Your Running?

By kchealy 257 days ago from http://faster-running.com

Do you donate blood? Did you know that donating just one pint of blood can help to save the lives of up to 3 people?

I donate blood as regularly as I can, approximately every 2 months or so. But as a runner, I sometimes wonder whether this will adversely effect my training. If you are in training for an endurance event, or a

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Get Off the Couch - 5 Ways to Find Some Motivation

By kchealy 264 days ago from http://faster-running.com

Are you experiencing the winter doldrums? Have you already given up on your New Year's resolutions to exercise more? If so, you might just need to get a new perspective or shake things up a bit.

These tips are geared towards runners, but will work for anyone that needs to get a little motivation. Read on for some ideas on how to pry yours

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Half Marathon Training Plan Update | Run Faster

By kchealy 271 days ago from http://faster-running.com

In this post I discuss my experience with Matt Fitgerald's 'Brain Training for Runners' 20-week half marathon training plan, which I'm using to prepare for a spring half marathon. I review both the 6-week base training phase which I recently completed and the 'build 1' phase, which I'm a couple weeks in to. If you're looking for a hal

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Log Your Runs

By kchealy 283 days ago from http://faster-running.com

For those of you that don’t currently keep a training log or are not happy with your current system, I’ve taken a look at a few free online training logs that I think have some great features and are really a pleasure to use. You’ll notice that I haven’t listed some of the more common ones (Runner’s World, Nike) - not because I don’t think th

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NOVA: Marathon Challenge

By kchealy 335 days ago from http://faster-running.com

This post is a review of the program NOVA: Marathon Challenge. That recent PBS show asked question whether 12 largely sedentary people can successfully train to run a marathon in 40 weeks. This post discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the sho

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Increase Your Stride Rate | Run Faster | Tips for improving your running

By kchealy 338 days ago from http://faster-running.com

There are only 2 ways to increase your speed: increasing your stride length, or increasing your stride rate. Because increasing your stride length is more likely to lead to injury than increasing your stride rate, it is better for most people to foc

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