Category Archives: running

Retire with Dignity and Grace

I hate to see them go from active, competitive, and being on top of the world one day to cast off to the side and just forgotten overnight. It’s sad. I prefer to see them treated with the dignity and respect that they deserve. Allow them to step down gradually and pass through a phasing [...]
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Train with the Best to Meet Your Challenge

Only TNT gives you a team of people and hands-on support to help you achieve your training goals. TNT participants benefit from clinics on gear and apparel, injury prevention, hydration, nutrition, form, stretching as well as the group and daily training schedules we provide. Our certified coaches, mentors and trained staff are here to help you every step of the way and ensure you have the experience of a lifetime. As you train, you'll raise funds for lifesaving research and treatment advances for cancer patients. Help us create a world without cancer and join the Team today!
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The Magic is in the Man

I came across this Bill Bowerman video that I thought was worth sharing. It’s a nice tribute to a man who gave running an entirely new look and revolutionized a sport and an industry.
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Natural Running Explains How to Run the Barefoot Way – While Wearing Shoes

Natural Running is the middle ground runners have been looking for, explaining how runners can enjoy running as nature intended while protecting themselves from unnatural surfaces. By learning to run the barefoot way - but with shoes - runners will become more efficient, stronger, and healthier runners. Backed by studies at MIT and Harvard, running form and injury expert Danny Abshire presents the natural running technique, form drills, and an 8-week transition plan that will put runners on the path to faster, more efficient, and healthier running. Natural Running is now available in bookstores, running and triathlon shops, and online. A preview of the book is available at velopress.com/running.
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Official Philly Marathon, Half Marathon, & 8K Results

American Daniel Vassallo and Dutch Mariska Kramer race to a Philly finish and capture 2010 Philadelphia Marathon victories cap off record-high field of runners and successful Marathon weekend of events.
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Mayor Nutter to Kick Off Philly Marathon Weekend

Mayor Michael Nutter; City Representative and Marathon Executive Director Melanie Johnson; Bart Yasso of Runner’s World magazine; runners; sponsors; representatives from official charities; spectator Cheer Zone entertainers as well as Marathon volunteers and staff.
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Be a Lifesaver

Since its inception in 1988, Team In Training has helped more than 465,000 volunteer participants cross the finish line of a marathon, half marathon, century ride or triathlon. Together TNT participants have raised over $1 BILLION to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the fight against blood cancer.
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New York State of Mind

So here is the deal. In two days I am to race the NYC marathon. I have been registered for months. I am racing with Ethan’s Grassroot Soccer charity team again and really looking forward to it. Except for one problem; I feel like crud! I was out sick two days this week and this respiratory thing is lingering and just will not go away.
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Saucony Run For Good Foundation Honors National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

The Saucony Run For Goodsm Foundation, established to help combat childhood obesity by providing financial support to community-based youth running programs, has announced its support for the first ever National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. In recognition of this event the Foundation renewed its commitment to help improve the health of our nation’s children with the announcement of a new round of grant winners. This announcement comes on the heels of the Presidential Proclamation declaring September “National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.”
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Philadelphia Marathon Nears Registration Capacity

The 17th annual Philadelphia Marathon is sprinting to the finish line and reaching its capacity, as organizers turn their efforts to making Philadelphia marathoning’s best host city. More than 20,000 runners, families, spectators and residents will enjoy an expanded calendar of Race Weekend activities.
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