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Tapering for Athletes and Ordinary Exercisers
Posted October 2nd, 2007 at 10:55 AM by Adam Berger
Section: Running & Training, Training Tips, Health & Fitness, Exercise
Tapering refers to the period just before a major race or game, when an athlete reduces workload to be in peak shape on the day of the competition. Ordinary exercisers can apply this training …
Listen to your iPod shuffle, via your bones?
Posted March 18th, 2007 at 1:57 PM by Adam Berger
Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces.
The VONIA headband, made for the iPod shuffle and other small Mp3 players, is a headband with a twist. VONIA doesn’t play your music via headphones, it plays it via bone conduction. The headband sends …
Graves of legendary Olympic athletes desecrated in Ethiopia
Posted March 12th, 2007 at 8:32 PM by Adam Berger
Section: News & Results, Olympics
An Ethiopian news portal, nazret.com, is reporting that the graves of athletics legends Abebe Bikila and Mamo Wolde have been desecrated.
According to the report, the tombstones of the Olympic gold medalists were torn down in Addis …
DLO nanoTune: A Great MP3 Accessory for Athletes
Posted October 23rd, 2006 at 2:00 AM by Adam Berger
Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces.
MP3 Players and their accessories can be really helpful training and motivational tools for runners and other athletes.
iPod nanos, for example, can be extremely helpful - but like many electronic devices out there …
Sports+Music = Even Better Nokia 5500
Posted October 18th, 2006 at 8:00 PM by Adam Berger
Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces.
The Nokia 5500 Sport has been improved and dubbed the Music Edition by adding a 512 MB microSD card for up to 375 songs, a fitness carrying strap, …
Griffin keeps your tempo so you pick up yours
Posted July 29th, 2006 at 3:24 PM by Adam Berger
Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces., Motivation, Music
Whether you are running, hiking, riding a canoe, biking, walking, weightlifting, flying a kite, or whatever else you do to for pleasure Griffin has left you with no more excuses …
iTrain lets you train
Posted July 27th, 2006 at 11:49 AM by Adam Berger
Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces., Miscellaneous, Motivation, Music
Always wanted a personal trainer but just couldn’t shell out the extra $50 per workout? What if getting a personal trainer was as easy as making a new playlist in …
TFS Review: Garmin Forerunner 305 Personal GPS
Posted June 10th, 2006 at 5:00 AM by Adam Berger
Section: Running & Training, Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces., Product Reviews, Special Features, TFS Reviews
The Garmin Forerunner 305 is an outstanding training and racing tool for any running enthusiast. With GPS tracking, a “training assistant” and a heart rate monitor - this is a first rate item (if you can afford it). …
Nike + Apple = Tune your run
Posted May 24th, 2006 at 11:06 AM by Adam Berger
Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces., Motivation, Music
Nike is now on their third try to get into the portable audio market and this time we expect them to succeed. Nike and Apple announced a partnership bringing the worlds …
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- Nick Symmonds: A Typical Day in the Life of a Pro Runner (Elite Athlete Blog Entry 25)
Welcome to the official blog of middle-distance track star and 2008 U.S. Olympian Nick Symmonds. Be sure to check every other Monday at http://nicksymmonds.thefinalsprint.com for Nick’s latest entry! For more information about Nick, also please visit: nicksymmonds.com
This blog is for Micah who requested an entry detailing a typical day in the life of […] - Ivuti & Shimahara Win Soggy Honolulu Marathon
Pelted by driving rain and splashing through huge puddles, Patrick Ivuti and Kiyoko Shimahara won the 36th edition of the Honolulu Marathon convincingly here today, each pocketing $40,000 in prize money.
Ivuti, who finished fourth in the 10,000m at the 2000 Olympics, ran aggressively in the first section of the contest, pushing up the race’s infamous […] - McMillan Elite, Boulder Running Co./adidas Win 2008 USATF Club XC Champs
McMillan Elite and Boulder Running Company/adidas easily took the respective men’s and women’s titles Saturday at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Wash.
Saturday’s races were held under windy and blustery conditions, with a light dusting of snow that accumulated the night before. Temperatures were in the high […] - Jordan Hasay Wins Second National Foot Locker XC Championship
Jordan Hasay (Pictured) of Arroyo Grande, Calif., and Solomon Haile of Silver Spring, Md., won the 2008 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif., today. The runners competed under cloudy conditions with a slight drizzle and a temperature of 59 degrees.
[…] - Note on the News:
Obama’s Sister Meets With Kenyan RunnersThe half-sister of USA president-elect Barack Obama met with the group of Kenyan runners who will be running the Honolulu Marathon on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.
“He is impressed with the spirit and discipline of the elite runners,” Maya Soetoro-Ng said at a specially-arranged dinner. “He is proud of the Kenyan runners.”
The story is posted […] - Gert Thys Doping Case, Suspension Finally Over
The Gert Thys drug case, which has been dragging on since 2006, has finally come to an end with the announcement by Athletics South Africa (ASA) on December 11 that Thys’s suspension ended on that day after two years and 7½ months. Thys had tested positive for the prohibited substance Norandrosterone at the […]
- What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
There’s just one event on this week, and only on the web. It will eventually be covered on TV, but not for over a week.
Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
footlockercc.com, Noon (EST) Saturday
The 30th annual national high school championships will be webcast live from San Diego’s Balboa Park. The girls’ race begins at 9:15 […] - Twin Cities Awarded Various USA Road Running Championships
Twin Cities Marathon, Inc., the Minneapolis not-for-profit which organizes the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, has been awarded various USA road running championships over the next several years, including the first-ever USA road mile championships. All of the championshpis were awarded at the recent USATF convention in Reno, N.V.
The championships are as follows:USA Road Mile […]
- Note on the News: Kenyan Runner Becomes Birthday Gift
Kenyan Richard Kiplagat, a former NCAA star for Iona, became a birthday gift for a well-to-do New Yorker whose family hired Kiplagat to run with him on his 40th birthday for $400. The New York Road Runners (NYRR) and Kiplagat’s agent, Tom Ratcliffe, arranged the meeting.
You can read John Branch’s story in the New […] - Jon Rankin:
We Can All Be Heroes
(Elite Athlete Blog Entry 21)Welcome to the official blog of rising U.S. track & field star Jon Rankin, the inaugural member of TheFinalSprint’s Elite Athlete Blog Series. Check back every other Wednesday for his latest entry at http://jonrankin.thefinalsprint.com
Last night, December 5th, 2008, I attended the Nike high school cross country event called the Nike XC Cool Down in […]
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Jimmy said:
Hey nick, im a big fan.. do you do any cross training? and why did you decide to run d3 in college...