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Ryan Hall: Post-Olympic Blog

Blog:  Here's a blog post from Ryan Hall about his experience in the Olympics.

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The perfect food for runners?

Blog:  Runner's World reports that cereal is the perfect fuel for runners, as long as they choose the right kind.  Guess I'll have to give up Count Chocula.

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Jogging on just wasn't an option

Blog:  Here's a guy that got scammed while he was running.  Has anything like this ever happened to you?

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Hemming and hawing over running skirts

Blog:  The debate over running skirts continues.  Function over fashion?  What do you think?  Do you like them?  Do you wear them?  If you're a guy, and you like to wear a running skirt, keep your opinion to yourself ;-)

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Running Scared

Blog:  Here's a blog post by someone getting ready for a triathlon.  Their training is done and they're wondering if it was enough?  Has this happened to you?

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A little more than a week to go until Ironman Wisconsin means I'm in the middle of my tapper. After months of long bike rides, long runs, short bike rides, mid-distance swims, short runs and multiple bricks (running after a long bike ride), I'm now in the tapper.

While the new found time to do things I've been passing on is nice – dinners, house work, watching movies (without falling asleep) and staying awake at work – but the tapper is killing me. Have I done enough training to 1) allow me to finish the race, 2) finish in a respectable time, and 3) enjoy it?

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A Goalie's Nightmare

Blog:  Check out this short soccer video.  Pretty amazing.

There Really Is Not One Right Way to Run

Blog:  Here's an interesting article that talks about the different ways there are to run.  It's worth reading.

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Loneliness of the long distance runner

AS RICHARD passed the finishing line the only spectators were the eagles circling lazily overhead in the blue desert air. But a billion watching on TV sets around the world wouldn’t have made his victory sweeter.

Richard Gannon, 38, from Warrington, won and broke the record for the Gobi Desert Challenge – 150 kilometres over five days in one of the most desolate regions on Earth – in aid of an army colleague’s son, who died at 16 from meningitis.

The Gobi desert challenge had appealed because it was “hard” and “in the middle of nowhere”. “People aren’t even sure if Mongolia actually exists,” jokes the former army commando.

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Runner sets Teton speed record

To a long-distance trail runner like Matt Hart, the Teton Range was a wide-open canvas for setting a speed record on a challenging mountain route.

Last month, armed with maps and an eager group of friends, the 33-year-old ultra-endurance athlete took his skills to the trails of Grand Teton National Park to carve out a stunning speed record on a Teton loop that would take most hikers two days to complete.

Hart’s 33.7-mile route circumnavigated the high peaks of the range, gained more than 8,000 vertical feet and took him a cool six hours, 29 minutes to complete July 29.

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Barefoot Runner Turns Heads

A young barefoot runner has turned a lot of heads in the quiet little village of Jefferson this summer "Have you seen that barefoot runner in Jefferson? Did you see that woman running barefoot on the gravel along Rt. 32? Do you suppose she is all right? That must really hurt her feet," are just some of the comments heard this summer about a young woman, who runs barefoot because she enjoys it

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