Posted by Doug Dapo on Mon Oct 17th, 2011, 4 comments
On July 30, 2011, I completed my first trail marathon. I ran the Grand Island Trail Marathon in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan...
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Posted by Keith McConnell on Tue Jun 15th, 2010, 1 comments
“Pizza and Beer, Pizza and Beer”. Not exactly what I expected but these three words were what one of my students came up with when I asked my Eugene Marathon ChiRunning/ChiWalking training group to give me an example of a Positive Affirmation. Well, I suppose for him, it was a positive and playful thought that [...]
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Posted by Elizabeth Frost on Thu Sep 25th, 2008, 0 comments
Classic form run today… except I had Mei Ling, the Dreyer’s dog. I watched her for some reason last night/today. (Oh yeah, they went to Hickory to buy office furniture… it IS the furniture capital of the world, after all.) She’s really a great dog. She loves to run up in the hills behind KD [...]
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Hi Danny - a great variation on that core exercise is one I’ve been working on lately. Kneel on the floor with a pad under your knees and place your forearms on a stability ball. Engage your core and roll the ball away, remaining in a straight column from your knees to your shoulders (or ears!). I hold about 30-60 sec, roll back up and repeat 5 or so times. It does work the triceps a little which carries over to my swimming, but the core really gets it!