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Lead Stories: Friday, August 29, 2008

Quote of the Day: 3/18/08

Posted March 18th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes

“If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want.

Why?

Because . . .

(a) you’ll burn all the calories you consume,
(b) you deserve it, and
(c) you’ll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.”

- Don Kardong


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Note on the News: Gharib OK After Serious Car Accident

Posted December 29th, 2007 at 2:55 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Jaouad GharibFrench language wire services are reporting that two-time world marathon champion, Jaouad Gharib, was OK after being involved in a serious car accident in Morocco. The accident took place on Dec. 21, on the road between Meknès and Khénifra where the athlete was driving to visit his family for a holiday. His 4×4 flipped, causing mostly minor injuries.

You can read the story here (in French). Thanks to Carole Fuchs for pointing out the story, and we wish Jaouad a speedy recovery and return to training.

http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200712240844.html


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New Website Launched to Monitor Jenny Crain’s Condition

Posted October 9th, 2007 at 2:59 PM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, SPOTLIGHT

jenny crain photo courtesy of the new york road runnersA new website, http://jennycrain.net/ has been set up to allow family and friends to monitor Jenny Crain’s progress. She’s the USA athlete who was struck by a car and seriously injured while training last Aug. 21.

There’s a blog on the front page which describes her recovery progress, and a page where you can leave her your good wishes. There’s also information on how to make a donation to her recovery fund.


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Cross-transference can help you maintain conditioning while recovering from injury

Posted March 5th, 2007 at 8:45 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

nike-3lb-hand-weights.jpgMost athletes are so afraid to lose conditioning that they get very frustrated when they are injured. They can maintain fitness by using a training technique called cross-transference, and so can you.

It surprises most people to hear that exercising one leg or arm helps to maintain strength, endurance and power in the other limb. A review of 16 well-controlled scientific studies shows that strength training of the opposite limb strengthens the inactive muscles by about eight percent, equal to about half the increase in strength of the trained side (Journal of Applied Physiology, November, 2006).
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