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Author: Paul Radcliffe
July 28, 2011
Little light reading…
Unpacked my bag and took an inventory of all the literature I’ve collected to read. I may need more than a weekend to get through all of this: –Running Room’s Book on Running by John Stanton –Marathoning for Mortals by John “The Penguin” Bingham and Coach Jenny Hadfuekd –The 100-Mile Diet by Alisa Smith & J.B. MacKinnon –Running Anatomy by Joe Puleo and Dr. Patrick Milroy –Running Room Magazing July/August 2011 –Runner’s World May, July and August 2011 –iRun Magazine 2011 Issue 4 Special thanks to Vanessa at www.vanessaruns.com for sending me Marathoning for Mortals and The 100-Mile Diet. I’m[…continue reading]
July 21, 2011
Inspiration/Perspiration
I had an interesting experience running a little 7k last night. It was 34 degrees Celsius at 7pm! And it felt like 41ºC with the humidex. It almost felt like running through something thick. Someone once told me that the sweat on your shirt is a measure of the effort when running. For example, if the sweat stain under your neck is 4 inches down means you worked harder than a person who had a sweat stain that only went 2 inches down. When I finished the run, I didn’t see a sweat ring under my neck. Instead, my whole[…continue reading]
July 20, 2011
Pre-Race Jitters
Apparently I have readers now. Thank you to all 5 of you! Please leave comments to let me know that you are out there… I have a race coming up in about 9 days and I’m surprisingly nervous about it. I’m running the Highland Yard 10k in Minden. The very first race I ran was the Highland Yard 5k last summer, so it feels like a kind of milestone or anniversary. When I ran the 5k last year, I was really nervous and didn’t know what to expect. When I was in the starting corral for the 5k my heart[…continue reading]
