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Other stories of interest: January 9, 2007

Posted January 9th, 2007 at 4:00 AM by Allyson Rosen

Section: News & Results

From time to time TFS will try and highlight other stories that you might find of interest:

Free the Mind and Fewer Injuries May Follow — NY Times

Feel the anger (why snow is good for you)… — YourRunning.com

World Record Eludes Amputee Marathoner – CanadianRunner.com

Karnazes: All About Passion — RunAthena.com

Running sites you should visit — JustYourAverageJoggler.com

GPS addiction with Motionbased & Everytrail – Trail Runner’s Blog

Five Ways to Stay Motivated — EndurancePlanet.com

Why don’t people join running clubs anymore? — Gary Moller Online

Head for the hills — ThatsFit.com

A Bitter Pill to Swallow — Washington Post
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Benefits of hill training & inclined runs

Posted December 2nd, 2006 at 11:00 AM by Jenna Sumara

Section: Running & Training, Training Tips

Many runners avoid hills like the plague. When mapping out routes for training runs or even races to run in, runners will stay as far away as possible from anything that even remotely resembles an incline. Often, if faced with no choice but to run the hill, runners will choose to walk it and reserve energy for the remainder (and flatter!) position of the route or course. While it’s true that hills can provide difficult, and even sometimes dangerous, challenges - runners can also derive tremendous benefits from the occasional hill workout. Read the rest of this entry »

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