Marathon running has the potential to increase your life span and to improve the quality of your life. It is not so much the running of the race that affects your health, but the life style changes that often accompany the commitment to run a marathon. To become a successful runner or marathoner you need to adhere to the following principles:

Following a proper diet.

Eliminating extra body fat.

Not smoking and avoiding heavy drinking.

Getting adequate…

In spite of the body succumbing to running injuries, you can reduce the risk of injury by following a proper conditioning and training program.

Running Environment

Run in the shade, whenever possible to avoid the direct glare of the sun. The best time of the day to run is early mornings or evenings. Avoid running in the afternoon and if you do apply a sunscreen lotion on the skin. Wear sunglasses to avoid the harsh glare of the sun. Wear a cap with a visor to shade your…

Muscle soreness is the bane of all athletes because it is connected with low muscular power outputs and an inability to carry out high quality workouts and competitions.

The exact cause of the soreness is unknown, but there are three key ways to prevent it.

(A)   Avoiding sudden upswings in training intensity or increase in mileage.

(B)   Maintaining good muscle flexibility.

(C)   Periodically forcing your muscles to complete increased amounts of eccentric…

Hamstring Injury - Pulled Hamstring Muscle

Hamstring muscle

The hamstring muscles are a group of three muscles, the biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranosus. These muscle form the fleshy posterior part of the thigh. These muscle are flexors of the leg at the knee joint but also contribute to extension of the thigh at the hip…

What Is Runner's Knee - Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome?

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), often called runner's knee, refers to pain under and around the knee cap. The pain of PFPS may occur in one or both knees, and it tends to worsen with activity, while descending stairs and after long periods of inactivity. Patellofemoral pain syndrome is often mistaken for chondromalacia, a condition which describes damage (typically softening) of the articular cartilage on…

TACKLING - shin splint

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Mr, Arjun devaiah, Who is an International Sports Person, have been the National Champion in 200 Mtrs & 400 Mtrs running track events, have won the South Asian Games Gold, Malaysian Interational meet Gold, Singapore International Meet Gold & Asian Athletics Silver Former National Record holder in 4 X 100 Mtrs & 4 X 400 Mtrs. relay running. Only person in the Indian history to hold both these…

Mumtaz Qureshi and Apurba Dass two runners from Mumbai completed an arduous feat of running 100 kilometres across Mumbai and parts of Thane on Sunday, 8^th April 2012.

Starting off on Saturday at 11.00 p.m. from the Bisleri junction at Andheri east on the western express highway, the duo started with Kavin, Atul Tuli for company alongwith Mahesh Gune on the bicycle. Mayank and Aishorjyo were on a car which was carrying supplies like water, Gatorade, bananas,…

Hi there is a wonderful article for people like me switching to Barefoot - i started with full cushion one and then moved to Nike Free Run 2 and now i got Hyline Ultra.

this article gave me good info so sharing with you all…

Today I rode in the McGlinchy mile ride. They had a metric marathon option but I deceided on the 48 miler.  On the way there the weather was even worse than predicted, hard rain with temps around the freezing level. So esp. after hearing that the extra loop past the 48 always had headwinds? Well I went with common sense and a good thing as well. It got worse as we neared the city that had the highest elevation level (800'?) it started to sleet then it turned to snow, about two inches in mid…

I thought I could do it, so asked Dan about the guidelines, and he emailed me a training schedule for 2 weeks. I followed it except for the easy 12 K run which I ended up with 10K as I didn't measure the distance.

On the race day I made sure I'm in very near to the first row at the start line. Unlike the mumbai marathon where thousands of runners around and ahead.  So no zipping through this time.  This saved time. I was in the lot of first 15 in the beginning. Later,…

The only running experience I had in the past was a very brief stint of running in high school. Many years down the line, I decided to shift from my overly sedentary lifestyle and start running, which happened in Oct 2010. I began with the usual gusto that I bestow on a new venture I think I may do well in. I ran like hell. I didn't know anything about training or weekly mileage or pronation or ITBS. In the following months, I came to learn these things. The hard way. After my first…

My post in my blog Snehanadhi...

http://snehanadhi.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/marathon-mantras-life-lessons/  

~Punitha

I did the Chilly Hilly bike ride today on Bainbride Island. Its 34 miles of as advertised hills and almost always chilly. And today was no exception 34-38F snowy rain was forecast but luckily we just got a very dry flakes no big deal.

This is the first organized ride of the year by the Cascade Bike Club and has 6,000 riders. Kind of like opening day of the boating season for mariners.

I've ridden it 5-6 times in the past and used it to gage my fitness from the winters spin…

Take care of your heart

Good to share.. BY Asian Heart Institute.

MY FIRST AUROVILLE EXPERIENCE

I reached Auroville on 11^th Feb. with my childhood friends Jegan and Ganesan. One more friend Subramanian joined with us at Auroville.We all collected our BIBs and headed towards our hotel, which is 12 kms away from Auroville.

Pondichery is known for cheap liquor and supposed to be one of the best ‘Drinkers’  Paradise’. But before leaving Chennai…

My first Marathon

When I read accounts of other people who had finished their first marathon I imagined that phrases like “it is battle of mind over matter”, “it’s like dying and being born again” or “I met God” were exaggerations. But having gone through my own cycle of “life-death-and rebirth” I feel reassured that it is no exaggeration. Running the full marathon is truly a triumph of mind over matter. Here is my account of what I went through.

Let me begin by…

VADODARA HALF MARATHON

On the 5th of Feb this year, I along with a few thousand others ran the Vadodara Half Marathon , this is an  account of my experience of the race which tags itself as the  "smallest city ,biggest marathon "

 Registration process :

Did an online registration which was pretty…