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Running Tip: Use vaseline when weather is cold and rainy

Found this tip here and thought I'd share it with you guys.

If the weather is cold and rainy, it is wise to use Vaseline on the quads, arms and lower legs. This is a trick that cyclists use and it helps you keep warm as the rain drains off the skin due to the Vaseline.

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Running is not just as simple as you thought

Article courtesy of IrishTimes.com

ATHLETICS: Ultimately, correct running style takes practice, and lots of it. Once it's achieved there is no turning back, but it may mean getting out there every day, writes Ian O'Riordan 

ACCORDING TO a poll just carried out by the San Juan Daily News, the three most fashionable New Year's resolutions for 2009 were to lose weight; to stop smoking; and to spend less. These, I suspect, are the same New Year's resolutions least likely to survive past the first couple of weeks of 2009.

There is hope, however, for anyone who has decided their resolution is to start back running - or even to start running for the first time. They will almost certainly lose some weight; definitely want to stop smoking; and probably end up spending less. This is partly based on the idea that the lure of running can be highly addictive, and therefore likely to last well past 2009.

And running, as everyone knows, is the simplest and most pleasurable form of physical exercise. Most of the time anyway. The problem is that it is often made painfully complicated by bad running style. There is a big difference between the right and wrong techniques of running - particularly if it is to be a long-term pursuit.

I was thinking about this on New Year's morning when leading a small band of local recruits on a run down Sandy Beach, the 13-mile stretch of Caribbean shoreline on the surfing side of Puerto Rico. Everything about running on a sandy beach like this demands total attention to correct running style. And more so given the night before we'd all succumbed to Hemingway's travel tip for the Caribbean: preserve water, drink rum.

My first word of advice then was to start out slow. "Painfully slow," I said, and by this I meant running well within ourselves. Nothing will ruin the prospect of an accomplished run more effectively than starting out too fast. This goes for all levels of fitness, but especially for anyone just starting back. Even the Kenyans start out painfully slow on their morning runs, a practice known as the "Kenyan shuffle".

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Getting into jogging/running? Read this

Blog:  This is a great article about jogging/running and what you need to do to get started.  It also covers guidelines for success.

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Tips for running on a flat surface

Blog:  Here's a short video that will give you some tips for running on a flat surface.  Most of you probably know this stuff already, but just consider it a 68 second refresher course.