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RE: The Running Thread - 8/27/2010 9:17:33 PM
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stellaluna
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ING New York City Marathon
Part 2
Training.
New York Road Runners provides training for any member running NYC. They have 10- and 15-week programs that include weekly group runs and cross-training sessions with a bunch of famous coaches. (So famous I don't even know who they are.  ) The catch: the training programs are really expensive. So most people don't use them.
Most people use Higdon or Pfitz or Galloway or whatever. No matter what, though...16 weeks to the day, there are runners literally everywhere, on every path, all over the city. No matter the heat, the humidity, the wind, the rain, the cold, there are runners everywhere. The most popular running spots are Central Park, the Hudson River and East River paths, and Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
However, most will take advantage of the NYRR Long Training Runs. There are two and one is tomorrow and I will be there for it! What they do is set it up like any other race, but they don't time it. You can run any distance (with a pace group) up to 20 miles. NYRR provides water/gel stations, bathrooms and medical tents. It's way cheaper than the whole plan--just $9.
Now I have to go to bed, because I have to be headed to the subway at 5:15 in the morning!
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RE: The Running Thread - 8/28/2010 6:37:11 PM
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stellaluna
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I did my 15 miles at the NYRR long run this morning. I have to be honest...I arrived at the park with NO idea what pace group to choose, if any. I've never run with a pace group before, so I decided to pick one I thought I could keep up with for the whole run...and I decided on the 10:30 group. It took a couple of miles to get the idea in my head that I was running with the group, not racing everyone. I ended up behind the pace leader at mile two and that made it a lot easier for me. I did have to stop once and I lost the group, but managed to catch up. I ended my run at exactly a 10:30 pace. My feet are sore, though!
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RE: The Running Thread - 8/30/2010 4:10:01 PM
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All runners are crazy! It's what unites us!
Reminds me of a great book I got for my hubby for Christmas: "I Run Therefore I'm Nuts". 
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RE: The Running Thread - 8/30/2010 6:11:30 PM
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Miss Giggles
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the biking number doesn't sound right.
My garmin is acting up. I don't know what the lifespan is on them.
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RE: The Running Thread - 9/1/2010 4:12:21 PM
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Woohoo! Congratulations!!!!
I ran 3 miles on Monday but ran out of time yesterday... and woke up too late today...
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RE: The Running Thread - 9/1/2010 4:47:53 PM
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I DIED on my run on Saturday. I was supposed to do 13-15 but only squeezed out 10. UG!!! I did have a good 8.5 yesterday. Tomorrow is a track workout. Super early to beat the heat and the middle school gym class.
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RE: The Running Thread - 9/2/2010 11:04:47 AM
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Eutychus
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I came across an interesting article today:
Does Stretching Before Running Prevent Injuries?
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Should you stretch before a run? That question, which has prompted countless academic studies, debates and inter-running-partner squabbles, is now at the heart of a notable new study published in August on the Web site of USA Track and Field, the sport’s national governing body. The study, one of the largest of its kind, involved almost 1,400 runners, from age 13 to past 60, who were assigned randomly to two groups. The first group did not stretch before their runs, while otherwise maintaining their normal workout routine: the same mileage, warm-up (minus any stretching) and so on. The second group stretched, having received photographs and specific instructions for a series of simple, traditional poses, like leaning over and touching toes, that focused on the calf, hamstring and quadriceps muscles. The volunteers were told to hold each stretch for 20 seconds, a technique known as static stretching. The entire routine required three to five minutes and was to be completed immediately before a run.
The volunteers followed their assigned regimens for three months. Predictably, since running, as a sport, has a high injury rate, quite a few became injured during the three months. About 16 percent of the group that didn’t stretch were hobbled badly enough to miss training for at least three days (the researchers’ definition of a running injury), while about 16 percent of the group that did stretch were laid up for the same amount of time. The percentages, in other words, were virtually identical. Static stretching had proved to be a wash in terms of protecting against injury. It “neither prevented nor induced injury when compared with not stretching before running,” the study’s authors concluded, raising the obvious corollary, so why in the world do so many of us still stretch?
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RE: The Running Thread - 9/2/2010 1:20:33 PM
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stellaluna
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I never stretch before running. I occasionally stop and stretch during a run, if I feel something getting uncomfortably tight, and I rarely stretch after running.
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RE: The Running Thread - 9/4/2010 12:28:12 PM
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Amazing--last weekend we had heat/air quality alerts. Today, it's in the 50's and very windy! I was quite comfortable running in shorts and a singlet this morning for my long run. I did discover that my shoes are shot. They only have 180-200 miles on 'em. I'm test wearing them for Brooks and I will certainly let them know! Now, I gotta find a new pair--hopefully cheap!--on line.
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RE: The Running Thread - 9/5/2010 9:58:01 AM
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stellaluna
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ORIGINAL: his_chosen
Amazing--last weekend we had heat/air quality alerts. Today, it's in the 50's and very windy! I was quite comfortable running in shorts and a singlet this morning for my long run. I did discover that my shoes are shot. They only have 180-200 miles on 'em. I'm test wearing them for Brooks and I will certainly let them know! Now, I gotta find a new pair--hopefully cheap!--on line.
There are runners over at runnersworld online with the same complaints about newer Brooks shoes. Although the Brooks guy there doesn't seem to be taking them seriously. I kind of thought my last pair of 9s died too soon, but my current 10s have 250+ and feel good.
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RE: The Running Thread - 9/5/2010 10:02:58 AM
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Miss Giggles
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my asics were wearing out too soon so I switched to new balance
interesting
I could pass the pushups and stuff but at this point I wouldnt pass the sprint. Hmmm
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RE: The Running Thread - 9/5/2010 10:31:59 AM
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ING New York City Marathon
Part 3
The Clubs.
While New York Road Runners is the biggest club in NYC--maybe in most places--it certainly isn't the only one. NYRR serves as an umbrella organization for local clubs through something called Club Council.
There are dozens of clubs throughout the five boroughs and the surrounding areas. Some of them have 500+ members! Among the most well-known: New York Flyers, Front Runners, Achilles TC (for disabled runners), Brooklyn RRC , Dashing Wippets Running Team, East River Park Track Club, Gotham Knights Track Club, New Jersey RC, Powered By Dim Sum, Prospect Park TC, West Side Runners, New Jersey Striders (NJS), New York Harriers, North Brooklyn Runners, and New York Athletic Club.
NYRR does special things for the club teams. They have club nights at a local track, where members compete against one another in track distances. They host a couple of road races that are only for club members. They host club awards every year. When you run a NYRR race, you enter with a club affiliation or "unattached." NYRR designates between 10 and 12 races per year as "points" races. In those races, the clubs compete against each other to earn points that add up as part of the club "championship" every year. Affiliating with a club means it gets points if you do well in a race.
In return, the club teams provide volunteers and pace leaders for various things. For example, members of the NY Flyers were our pace leaders during our long training run in Central Park last week. During the NYC marathon, most of the water stations will be manned by individual clubs. Some clubs have been in charge of particular water stations since the marathon began!
During the marathon, there are waves of runners that start at different times. The para-athletes begin first, then the elite women, then the elite men, then the sub-elites, then the local "competitive" runners. These local runners are culled from the running clubs. They have to qualify based on time and then their club enters them for that wave.
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Some of the first timers were nervous about running through the night, but they all did great! Heard from some of them that they can still walk today so that's great news to! 
<-- me in the heat wave 
