Running Training Articles

Running Hills Can be a Key to
Improving Your Performance

from AmericanRunning.org

Let's face it, hills hurt. They tire you out. They slow you down. Fortunately, running hills is an acquired skill. Anyone can improve. Look at it this way, the better you get on them the more runners you can pass (or avoid getting passed by) on hills in races, and the less time you'll lose on the finishing clock. Even if you race on the flats, hills will help improve performance.

Why take the hill-pill: A big advantage of hill training is that it allows you to simultaneously work on aerobic, anaerobic, and muscular fitness. Different hill workouts can hit a variety of training goals. Running hills, like lifting weights, is resistance training. Hills strengthen the leg muscles to meet the specific demands of running. By working hard on hills, you force the muscles to overcome the incline and resistance of gravity.
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What You Need to Know About Running and Your Child

from Claudia Piepenburg - Road Runner Sports Run Today Newsletter

Kids love to run. That's what they do. Watch a group of kids on a playground or in a park. They're seldom sitting still. When kids aren't sitting in front of the TV or a computer screen, they're in motion. Babies want to learn to crawl and once they've discovered crawling they want to walk. Then they become toddlers and they want to run. (The better to run away from mom when you've put something you picked up off the ground in your mouth!)

Kids should run. It's natural, it's fun and it beats the alternative…those often useless hours spent watching the tube and playing computer games. That said, it's important for parents to realize the importance of not pushing their children into competitive running before they're ready, either physically or mentally.
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How to Choose the Best Running Shoes For You

by Bob Wischnia - Runner's World Magazine

This sixteen-step process guarantees you will find the best running shoe for you

Choosing the proper running shoe for you isn't quite as complicated as nuclear fission, but for a beginner it can be a daunting task sorting through all the models and high-tech shoe systems. The best place to start the shoe selection process is a running shoe store.

A running store should be a fun place to go and shop. But with all the new, colorful models on the shoe wall and the slim, fit people gathered about, it can also be an intimidating place for a newcomer. Still, a good running store should cater to the needs of the beginner as well as the experienced. If you don't feel the store's salespeople are receptive to your needs, talk over your head or are condescending, go someplace else.
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Aching To Run

By Christopher Hunt - THE JOURNAL NEWS

Everyone's been there. You wake up, brave the cold, and head to work when the sun is only starting to show its intention to rise. You start your car, and while you're driving and still thinking about the warmth of your bed, you see one.

A jogger along the side of the road, pushing through a morning run. The question automatically pops into your head: Why?

"It's weird," said Lynne Layne, a New Rochelle junior and the top sprinter in the state. "But I guess those people are really dedicated."

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