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“FILTHY FITNESS” & OTHER WORTHY PURSUITS

“FILTHY FITNESS” & OTHER WORTHY PURSUITS

Before you believe I’m about to knock fitness with that title, or that “filthy” covers some other word I can’t include for general reading—“filthy fitness” is the term that some use for mud runs

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Run Your First Marathon 16 week program

Run Your First Marathon 16 week program
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Gluten-Free Sports Diets: Winning Without Wheat

Gluten-Free Sports Diets: Winning Without Wheat

Gluten-free seems to be the latest sports nutrition buzzword. Gluten is a protein in wheat, rye and barley that must be avoided by people with celiac disease

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Listening to Music While you Run

Listening to Music While you Run

Whether you choose to listen to music or not, put your safety first! Make sure the music is not loud (consider wearing only one ear bud). It should not compromise your hearing and overly distract you to your surroundings.

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Breathing Techniques

Breathing Techniques

Usually breathing is a natural process, but sometimes the physical effort of running may lend itself to quicker, more shallow breathing.

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Running Motivation

Running Motivation

Although there are many other techniques to get motivated, it is important that you choose ones that work for you. Running a marathon is physically and mentally challenging, so you need to train your mind as well as your body.

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Proper Marathon Equipment

Proper Marathon Equipment

When training for a marathon, the last thing you want is your equipment to distract you or slow you down. The right equipment can make all the difference.

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Athlete of the Month–MarathonMan Stefaan Engels

Athlete of the Month–MarathonMan Stefaan Engels

We choose MarathonMan Stefaan Engels as our Athlete of the Month not necessarily as an endorsement of his feat for the average runner, as much as for the underlying message of health, fitness and human possibility that his achievement represents. Engels, a 49-year-old man from Belgium, ran a marathon every day for a year,  for

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Lots of Marathon News

Lots of Marathon News

A new men’s world marathon record 2:03:38 by Patrick Makau of Kenya (Berlin, Sept. 25) brings jaw-dropping thoughts when one considers the average pace of the 26-year-old’s finishing time: 4:43 per mile.

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The Long and Winding Marathon Road

The Long and Winding Marathon Road

Our exclusive interview with champion runner and coach, Tom Fleming.

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