Seitanic Possession

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The Five: Wednesday, May 22

Five for hump day:

1. Wise words from Pete Larson

2. Hamstring exercises for runners

3. Five questions with Kara Goucher

4. Fitbit flex review (intriguing, I need to try this out)

5. Hip strengthening–prevents ITBS, and makes you a better runner

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Hall way. Martin Hall #jsu

Hall way. Martin Hall #jsu

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The Five: Tuesday, May 21

Five for toosday!

1. What a cool program! 

2. Bay to Breakers race photos.  Enjoy the zany

3. Does air pollution affect running performance?

4. Fast Times at Ridgemont High Cleveland Marathon

5. Danger down under

Run like a roo!

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Thick clouds

Thick clouds

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Barn

Barn

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The Five: Monday, May 20

Monday five:

(I’m building this post as my sons argue and aggravate each other so if the links have a negative tone or focus on adoption agencies and military schools, you now know why)

1. The fast get faster

2. Deena Kastor added to US teamcompeting in…

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The Five: Friday, May 17

Friday five:

1. Guide to pooping outdoors

2. Well done BAA. Well done. (make the entry fee LOW, please.  These runners deserve it)

3. Bikes?  We ain’t got no bikes.  We don’t need no bikes.  This woman plans to RUN the Tour de France route! (If you have…

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The Five: Thursday, May 16

Five:

1. She is blind.  She pole vaults.  And she is one of the best in Texas!

2.  Are you running enough to improve?

3. Prague opens a “running mall”

4. Sugarland guitar plucker is training for IM Kona (disclosure, I am a TP ambassador this year)

5. Inte…

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Reflections.

Reflections.

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The Five: Wednesday, May 15

Five for Wednesday:

1. Reunited…and it feels so good

2. Price per mile for some big name races. No surprise–Disney tops the list (Thanks, Mickey Miles!)

3. Two tests for hip strength and flexibility

4. Arm swing:  a predictor and corrector of stride…

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The Five: Tuesday, May 14

Five for Tuesday:

1. World’s shortest “marathon”

2. A criticism of CrossFit Endurance as a running training program (in the interest of balance, I’ll post the other side of argument below)

3. Here is a positive take on CrossFit Endurancefrom the CFE…

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The Five: Monday, May 13

Five to start your week:

1. I love this piece Thoughts from a Marathon

2. Good advice (Disclosure: I’m a TP ambassador this year)

3. Jornet wins…again

4. “What American Idol taught me about running”

5. Not fitness related, but so fascinating!

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The Five: Friday, May 10

Friday five:

1. Hitler reacts to bad news on his minimalist running strategy

2. The 7-minute body weight workout–based on SCIENCE!  Who needs a box? ;)

3. This workout looks fun…and hard!

4. The legacy of Born to Run.

5. Ran this race last weekend.  If you…

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The Five: Thursday, May 9

Five:

1. Study tries to identify what TYPE of people (personality, etc) are more apt to get a running injury

2. A turn on yesterday’s story about overweight doctors. Do doctors treat thinner patients better?

3. Barkley Marathons, one crazy race

4. Too…

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The Five: Wednesday, May 8

Five:

1. Your foot strike may affect the level of stress on your achilles tendon

2. Interesting, but not surprising, study about patient perception of overweight doctors

3. Not good

4. A faster than 4 minute mile

5. I met Roger in Cincinnati this weekend.

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