The Runner’s High - What is it? When does it happen?
While there’s no one profound definition of what exactly is a Runner’s High, that hasn’t stopped a number of avid runners from trying to relate their experiences with it. They’ve described it as everything from a “mental state of relaxation,” and “a second wind,” to [...]
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As every triathlon enthusiast will appreciate, success in competition demands a considerable time commitment. Indeed, many participants find themselves short-changing other important aspects of their lives, such as work, and time for family and friends, in order to put in those all important training hours. I myself have slaved away for up to 14 hours [...]
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Walking for Health and Fitness
This article talks about why walking is one of the best exercises that you can possibly do for your health.
There’s no doubt about it, walking is one of the best exercises that you can possibly do for your health. Not only can it help you to keep trim, it [...]
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Planning for beginner half marathon training starts with a goal in mind. Lot of people have a goal to run a half-marathon - however, few people convert the goal to reality by running their first race.
Planning should begin with a desire to run the first half marathon and a commitment to dedicate time for training. [...]
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Walking; A Great Way To Lose Weight
You might have noticed that, by just changing your diet, you haven’t really seen a significant reduction in weight. What the human body needs is a little exercise. Sometimes you can achieve this by a simply changing your lifestyle a bit. For example, you could just get off your [...]
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Megavalance, French For Crazy Mountain Bike Race
The Megavalanche (pronounced Meg Avalanche) is the worlds hardest downhill marathon race and was created by french ex-motocrosser George Edwards in the mid 90’s.
The first race saw hundreds of French riders arriving at Alpe d’Huez in the Oisans region of France to race from 3330m on the Pic Blanc [...]
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Benefits of Walking
There are innumerable benefits of walking – here are a few.
If there ever has been an elixir of health, fitness and youth, it would have to be walking. There are so many benefits of walking, that it would be difficult to enumerate them all in a single article. Research has shown that people [...]
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First half marathon - the first time you run a distance of 13.1 miles. At first the distance sounds a little crazy: perhaps intimidating. However, as you start training it becomes easier to think of the distance as a feasible one and makes you want to run the first race.
What criteria should you consider to [...]
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Top 10 Realistic Resolutions That Will Make A Difference
We all do it every year ¨C we make resolutions that we really mean to keep, we feel so motivated to follow through, and then we abandon them a few days or, if weore lucky, a few weeks later. Often the reason we canot stick to our [...]
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Rhythm Can Lead His Field a Merry Dance in the National
Ron Cox: That’s Rhythm has enough over the fast ground to be a threat in the Scottish Grand National
Allied to jumping ability and staying power, the winner of today’s Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr will have to be able to handle fast ground. [...]
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