I’ll explain the title of today’s blog in a bit but first I’d like to go back and set it up: Thursday: You know how…
Archive for March, 2010
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Ashe County Spring Celebration 5k May 22 2010
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 31st, 2010
The little rural county of Ashe in NC is having the 2nd running of a Spring 5k: Spring Celebration 5k on May…
Re-inspired Road Running
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 31st, 2010
No worries folks! I’m not giving up trail running. After too long of a time, I finally had a day of non-trail running that…
Tags: Goals to Achieve in Life
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 30th, 2010
Yesterday I met with a client whom is new to high school running and seeks guidance from me. After evaluating his goals with …
Questions/Trivia???
Posted by Richard Hefner on March 29th, 2010
#1.) Who holds the men’s mile world record?Time? #2.) Jock Semple tried to remove this women from the ’67 Boston Marathon. Who was she? #…
Marathon Training – Choosing The Running Shoe – Stu Mittleman
Posted by Richard Hefner on March 29th, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/v/RI2GCO5WbnA?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Visit link: Marathon Training – Choosing The Running Shoe – Stu Mittleman
Pacing Jill at Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 29th, 2010
?Jill and I at a 40 second stretch session… Pausing to stretch is unwanted, yet sometimes necessary! I had the privledge of pacing Jill Perry for the final 25 miles of …
Sticks-n-Stones Trail Race
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 29th, 2010
This weekend was the second race of the Carolina Trail Race Series, the Sticks-n-Stones 5k and 10k at the US National Whitewater Center. There are …
Umstead 100 Race Report
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 28th, 2010
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/2010_Umstead_100
Warm-up and Cool-Down Routines
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 28th, 2010
Sorry for my brief hiatus from putting out new blogs. I have had a pretty hectic last couple of weeks and I figured that …
Race #78 – Leprechaun Leap 5k – Hickory, NC – 03/27/10
Posted by Richard Hefner on March 28th, 2010
With all the traveling to races that we’ve been doing lately, it was nice to just be able to stay home and go to a local race this weekend. Pickin’s were slim in the Charlotte area, but when I found out there was a race in Hickory I was happy to head up to my [...]
Cooper River Bridge Run 10K
Posted by Richard Hefner on March 27th, 2010
MASSIVE! 33rd Annual One of the Top Three 10K Races in the U.S. 33,042 Finishers 1st Place 27:49 33,042nd Place 2:58:50 Average Finish 1:14:58 This race is people watching at it’s very …
“Run For Your Life” opens location @ Piper Glen (Charlotte, N.C.)
Posted by Richard Hefner on March 26th, 2010
Tim Rhodes, the visionary owner of the specialty running store here in Charlotte ” Run For Your Life” just opened a new store in the shops at Piper Glen…
Everything On Hold
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 25th, 2010
Been sick since Sunday. No end in sight. This sucks major. Missed all my runs this week, haven’t swam in 3 weeks and haven’t lifted in 2 weeks. I’m on a ton…
One for running geeks – Excel macros for pace calculations
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 24th, 2010
I did this page a while back and forgot to post about it. I use these macros all the time, including the creation of the pace table…
Update to ‘Impact of Heat on Marathon Performance’
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 24th, 2010
I did some more work on this page, creating a table of performance values to make it easier to use. I also included some thoughts on marathon…
Impact of Heat on Marathon Performance
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 24th, 2010
It’s harder to run in hotter weather, something that is easy to forget when toeing the line at a marathon. If you’ve set goals based on cool weather training …
Cramps
Posted by Playdaykelf on March 23rd, 2010
Many runners suffer from cramps, and sometimes cramps can be severe enough to prevent the completion of an event, or catastrophically impact performance. What causes cramps…
Race #77 – Germantown Half Marathon – Memphis, TN – 03/21/10
Posted by Richard Hefner on March 22nd, 2010
The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful as our plane touched down in sunny Memphis on Friday morning. We were able to check in to our hotel early and went for a memorable 5-mile run along the Mississippi River. On Saturday the temperature climbed up into the lower 70s and we spent the day mostly [...]
