running

Running a 5K? You Can Do It!

October 25, 2010

Here’s a quick video on getting yourself into shape to run a 5K (3.2 miles) and a link to an article that has the chart that I talked about in the video. also a bonus, here’s a video of me singing in a local musical…

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Fit Past Fifty

June 7, 2010

Today’s post is written by Special Guest Blogger Dr. Bill Santoro I have been running what I consider long distance since I was 12 years old, although what I consider long distance has varied in different stages of my life. For instance, when I was 12, I considered the mile long distance running. During my [...]

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Why I Run

April 30, 2010

Why do I run? This may be a little strange coming on the heels of my last article which basically talked about the lack of fat burning benefits of cardio. But the fact is I do like to run. I don’t think that anything is more natural to humans than self propulsion. Running is a [...]

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High Intensity Interval Training and The “Fartlek”

April 12, 2010

Now that warmer weather is here, you might want to consider the fartlek. I am not talking about bird watching or some bizarre stretching routine; fartlek is a Swedish term meaning speed play, and it is somewhat related to the high intensity interval training I have recommended before. Interval training has multiple purposes. First it [...]

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Barefoot Running, Running Shoe Injury – Vibram – Splitting the Difference

April 6, 2010

A short article on running and my history of running. I started out my organized running my freshman year of high school on the cross country team. That lasted all of one year, but instilled in me a love of running, while also embedding the realization that I am not going to be a ”fast [...]

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Running Intervals

December 5, 2008

Did about 22 minutes of cardio this morning. This is the fifth day of the early rise gym routine. I have a lot of background with running starting with cross country in high school (about a million years ago) Part of running back then was beating back the dinosaurs with our clubs. It was more [...]

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Nasty Habits or 21 Days to Freedom

December 2, 2008

It takes 21 days to make or break a habit. Think about that for a minute. This could be going to the gym, quitting smoking, eating breakfast, quitting drinking, or whatever else you can think of. When I quit smoking, it was cold turkey. (why is that so appropriate this time of year? I wish [...]

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