I don’t know about you, but I was never really one to declare to the world that I was trying to lose weight. I usually only told close friends or perhaps talked about it online (remember LiveJournal?), but I wasn’t really comfortable telling everyone that I was trying to lose weight f...
Interested in writing for RunAddicts.net? Get started now! You have a lot to worry about when training for a marathon. You have to worry about your form, ensure your pace will take you to the finish line before the cut off time, and arrange your schedule to make room for those long ru...
So yesterday I posted about the brain-boosting effects of exercise, and opined that aerobic exercise was the one true path to cognitive enhancement. There's little evidence that resistance training helps, I said. Shortly after posting, I saw this tweet : The link takes you to a news a...
With a great course and guaranteed early season access to the mountains, Leona Divide has long drawn a good field. However, like Lake Sonoma, its field has taken a big step up this year and likely for the same two reasons: a tireless race director and inclusion in the Montrail Ultra C...
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Interested in writing for RunAddicts.net? Get started now! After a hard workout, it can be tempting to lie on the couch and watch TV for a few hours. And then when it’s time for bed, you brush your teeth and lie down for the night. Even if you’re getting sore from the fast workout or ...
SPLIT (CRO): Star high jumper Blanka Vlasic is in good preparation for the summer season. After missing the indoor season she is planning her first outdoor meet sometime in June. Where exactly is not yet decided. She recently cleaned out some puz under the skin in Croatia. This week s...
By Scott Douglas Children from families who eat a lot of meals together at home have better diets and lower body mass index than those from families who eat out frequently, according to researchers from Rutgers University . In reviewing 68 studies on the association between family mea...
Jenny Simpson is the 2011 World Champion at 1,500 meters. In 2012, Jenny has already won the USA Indoor titles at the 1,500m and 3,000m. Jenny and her coach, Julia Benson, are watching her racing opportunities as they focus on the US Olympic Trials and then, the big one, London 2012. ...
This month’s podcast may be the last I do in this format. I’m hoping to shift to a "live show" in May! We’ll see I’m *this* close to figuring everything out. That being said, this week I babble on as usual. There’s a doorbell, an echo in my empty office and a synching issue. By far no...
and asked to develop a dairy-free recipe inspired by their line of almond milks. I do love me some good almond milk – challenge accepted. But what to make? It was during an intense hill interval treadmill workout that the idea for the cake batter milkshake popped in my mind. Am I the ...
By the time you read this I’ll probably be in Ocean City! Tomorrow, April 28th, is The Husband’s and my 11th Anniversary. wow. We’ve been together as a couple now for 17 years. SEVENTEEN YEARS. I feel old. In those 17 years we’ve built quite the life together. There’s no doubt I’m the...
It is now just over five months from my initial weight loss skin removal surgery in November yet here I am going back for another surgery. I never anticipated I’d have any other surgeries after the first. The first surgery removed excess skin from my stomach & annoying under arm skin....
You are here: Home / Discussion / My Path to Contentment: From Addict to Awakened Ultrarunner My Path to Contentment: From Addict to Awakened Ultrarunner April 26, 2012 by Timothy Olson · 66 Comments “Just be,” I told myself as I struggled to run the last miles of the Lake Sonoma 50 m...
One of the most fun aspects of attending this event was getting to run into all these other FiveFingers fans, including a couple I had corresponded with (or even published a user story from ). If you didn't already know this, people who are into Vibrams tend to be pretty nice folks, a...
In an attempt to cup my hands around my motivational spark and blow on it, I decided late last week that I would sign up for a trail race. I felt like Goldilocks...10K seemed too short, but 30K seemed too long - I wanted something just right . Two of my good friends (and my kids 2nd a...
If there is one thing that I have learned in 15+ years of teaching and studying biology, it's that variation is the norm rather than the exception. Variability is the reason why biology is sometimes called the "sloppy science," and it's the reason why undergraduate biology majors at m...
