Benefits of Water Running and Walking
Benefits of Water Running/Walking Legs must find the most efficient mechanical path through the water. Extraneous motions of the feet and legs are reduced or…
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Making Adjustments
One of my favorite roles is helping runners solve problems. Almost every day I hear from at least one person who has experienced a rebirth…
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What You Need to Get Started
The first step in feeling better is the desire to move forward and embrace fitness. Sure, there are things that can help you make running…
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Learn Your Limits
Most people go through their lives without a clue whether they could push themselves to physical limits, and no concept about how to do this…
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Marathon FAQ
Question: How soon can I run another Marathon? Answer: If you have paced yourself correctly and taken the appropriate run-walk-run ratio, the following recovery period…
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Reason to Run: To help a friend get into running.
One of the very best ways to consolidate the items you’ve learned from exercise is to help someone get started. Not only will you realize…
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Marathon FAQ
Question: Can anyone finish a marathon? Answer: I’ve heard from well over ten thousand runners, including many in their 60’s and 70’s, who take their first…
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Coming Back After a Bad Race or Workout
All runners have bad days. The most prominent factor that sets a champion apart from others is the ability to move forward after a setback….
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Sweat the Electrolytes
Electrolytes are the ions in the salts that your body loses when you sweat: sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium. When these minerals get too low,…
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How to Burn More Fat
By running and walking for 90 minutes during one session each week, the leg muscles become fat burners. Over time, this means that you will…
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Short uphill stride helped me run my fastest marathon….at age 35
The 1980 Houston-Tenneco course had several significant rolling sections, and this worried me. I had strained my hamstring eight weeks before the race and had…
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The Power of the Group
Among those who go through the Galloway Marathon Training Program, more than 98% complete a marathon. I’m very proud of them, but can’t, however take…
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Vital organs kept in shape by running
Heart: Your heart is a muscle and responds positively to endurance exercise. A strong and effective heart pumps blood more effectively not only when you…
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Marathon FAQ
Question: What is so special about finishing a marathon? Answer: Thousands of runners, many who have been high achievers in their carrier, have told me…
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Don’t attempt a time goal. Until….
Don’t attempt a time goal until you have run at least one marathon. Even veteran runners will learn some very important lessons in their first…