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Video: Ryan Shay Segment on ESPN E:60

Posted May 1st, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field

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Note On The News: Salazar Has Stent Implanted

Posted October 19th, 2007 at 10:36 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics

Alberto Salazar, the American marathon legend who suffered a heart attack last June, had another heart episode, according to an article by Doug Binder in the The Oregonian newspaper.

Salazar, 49, felt dizzy and had an uncomfortable sensation in his neck and had to be driven to the hospital by Galen Rupp, the University of Oregon athlete whose training he supervises. Doctors installed a stent in Salazar’s left anterior descending artery “which was discovered to be 90% blocked,” the article said.

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Hundreds gather to remember Mike Long

Posted July 28th, 2007 at 11:22 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Mike Long Elite Racing Under the warm Southern California sun, which no doubt had influenced his sunny disposition, hundreds of family, friends and running industry colleagues gathered at Mission Point Park to remember Elite Racing’s legendary elite athletes coordinator, Mike Long, who died unexpectedly last week at 65.

Tears flowed freely as more than a dozen people came to the podium to remember Long, showering him with praise and sharing their goodbyes.

“For those who never met him words would not suffice,” said writer and television commentator, Toni Reavis, who acted as emcee. He called the diminutive Long, who only stood 5′ 6″ (168cm) tall, “the center around which all we revolved.”

Long’s son, Bruce, said that his father’s sudden death –believed to be a heart attack– was probably how his father would have wanted to go, not caring for lingering goodbyes. “He was never a hospital bed kind of guy,” he said, his sunglasses concealing his tear-swollen eyes.
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Long distance running enthusiast Mike Long dies

Posted July 20th, 2007 at 7:30 AM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results

Mike Long Elite Racing One of America’s greatest long distance running enthusiasts and the face of San Diego’s Elite Racing, Mike Long, died Wednesday at his home in Mission Beach, Calif. Long, who friends and family believe died of a heart attack, was 65.

Well known for traveling the world to recruit professional runners to compete in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon series and the Carlsbad 5000, at times Long would have so many runners staying in his home that he would be left sleeping on his couch.

Although Elite Racing could not afford the customary fees paid to recruit the world’s best runners to compete in its events, through the years Long built relationships with many top agents and athletes, which enticed many world class runners to compete.
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Exercise makes cells more efficient; increases overall health & life expectancy

Posted March 23rd, 2007 at 9:15 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: Health & Fitness, Exercise

Why does risk for heart attacks, strokes or diabetes increase with age? A team from Yale University showed that as you age, you lose your ability to make AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) (Cell Metabolism, February 2007). This enzyme functions to increase mitochondria in muscles.

Anything that reduces the number or efficiency of mitochondria interferes with your body’s ability to burn fat and sugar for energy. As a result, blood sugar, fat and cholesterol levels rise.
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Are soybean products
healthful or harmful?

Posted January 13th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Health & Fitness

All plants contain chemicals that are healthful and chemicals that can harm us. Fortunately for us, our ancestors learned which plants are edible and healthful, and taught us to avoid those that are poisonous. However, if you eat very large amounts of one food, you can poison yourself, even though reasonable amounts are harmless or beneficial.
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Study: Exercise can lower your sensitivity to salt

Posted December 7th, 2006 at 2:31 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Exercise

Excessive intake of salt causes high blood pressure in some, but not all, people. High blood pressure increases risk for heart attacks, strokes, and kidney damage.

Why do some people develop high blood pressure when they take in a lot of salt, while others do not?

A recent study from the University of Minnesota shows that middle-aged people who start an exercise program lose their tendency to develop high blood pressure when they take in extra salt (Journal of Human Hypertension, May 2006).
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Spot reduction doesn’t work

Posted November 20th, 2006 at 12:00 PM by Martha Jones

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Health & Fitness, Exercise

You’ll see lots of different machines on television that are advertised to get rid of fat from your belly. While they can strengthen your belly muscles, there is no such thing as spot reduction.

When you take in more calories than your body burns, you store them as fat . Some people store fat primarily in their hips and are at low risk for heart attacks and diabetes, while others who store their fat primarily in their bellies are at increased risk for heart attacks and diabetes. You store more that half the fat in your body underneath your skin and over your muscles. Exercising a muscle does not get rid of fat over the specific muscles that are exercised. If it did, tennis players would have less fat in their tennis arms, but they don’t. Read the rest of this entry »

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