Trail Running Blog

I entered the KneeKnacker lottery last night. I did this for 2 reasons this: 1) It will force me to build the miles to increase aerobic capacity and continue with the strength building for my end goal a big drop in my Grouse Mountain Run time. 2) I raced the Kneeknacker 2 years ago pretty [...]

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Interesting article on the Australian Mountain running association website on mountain running training. http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/misc/training.shtmlI found this interesting: Over eighty per cent of elite mountain runners in Australia do a significant amount of cycling as part of their training. Cycling greatly strengthens the quadriceps and stomach muscles, while avoiding the foot strike pounding of running. The [...]

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Cool Article in the LA Times on Trail Running. Interesting numbers on how popular this sport is becoming! These all-natural perks are helping fuel trail running’s surging popularity, with the number of trail runners increasing by 26% between 1998 and 2004, according to a 2005 survey by the Outdoor Industry Foundation, the nonprofit offshoot of [...]

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This was scooped from the runtrails blog. Uli Steidl knows there are more differences between a marathon and a 50-miler than the matter of some 24 extra miles.For one, “the marathon hurts a lot more than the 50-miler,” said Steidl, an elite runner who’s one of the top men’s seeds for the Freescale Austin Marathon [...]

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I always wondered about the proper method for warming up before a hard assault on the Grind… this article gives me some good ideas will have to experiment. The Warm-up: Priming the Engine Never underestimate the importance of a proper warm-up. Often times overlooked, sometimes overdone, a warm-up gets you ready for the effort of [...]

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