People start running for various reasons. For instance, for some people (Raja!), seeing my mail in the inbox could be one Well.. jokes aside, most of us run to lose weight and/or to keep ourselves in good shape & stamina. In order to keep the body healthy & strong to run, we need to look Read more about Running Nutrition[…]
We have to temporarily say bye to our favorite ranch trail because it has only 4 miles. Starting this week, we are changing our location to 1922, Gold St, Alviso, CA. Date: 20th Feb 2010, Saturday Time and Distance : 7:15 AM to 8:30 AM – 5 miles Place: 1922, Gold St, Alviso, CA – Read more about RFM Training – Week 4 (5 Miles) – 20 Feb, 2010[…]
Trail Info Date: 30th Jan’10, Saturday, 06 Feb’10, Saturday and 13 Feb’10, Saturday Time and Distance : 7:15 AM to 7:45 AM – 2 miles, 3 miles and 4 miles Place: “Ranch Dr @37.426002, -121.924690” – Search in google maps. This is where we will start and finish. Running route: http://www.favoriterun.com/264378 Parking: There are about 10 Read more about FM Training – Week 1 to 3[…]
TEAM Run started the first HM training in April, 2008. Here are the first seven runners who started the first training at Ranch Dr @ McCarthy. This is the same place where we started 2009 HM training and 2010 FM training. Jana proposed the weekly run at that time. Otherwise we would not have had Read more about Blast from the past ![…]
I know most of us goto gym, just run for 30 minutes, burn some calories and come back. Though this is not 100% recommended it may be ok and might not give any adverse effect or issues with your knee, ankle etc, if you are running for 30 or 45 minutes. But being a Marathon Read more about Strengthening Exercises for Runners – by Sudhakar[…]
I know many of us (even me initially) don’t like doing warm up before starting our run and cool down at the end. May be we think its not needed, waste of time or even boring. But it is very essential to do both to avoid any injuries like muscle spasm, ligament tear, or fainting Read more about Warm Up and Cool down – Write up by Sudhakar[…]
Most of you might know this already, but I would like to re-iterate this: “Prevention is better“. Let me start by saying “cotton” is bad for running. When there is more “sweat”, cotton makes it worse. This is true for “socks” as well. In order to avoid chaffing, blisters, etc, I strongly urge everyone to Read more about Buy running clothes and socks[…]
All new runners: please make sure you have a new running shoe when we kick off our 2010 training. Other Marathoners: If you have crossed about 500-600 miles in your old shoe or if the shoe is more than 1 year old, time to change. Make sure when you wear the shoe, it is not Read more about Buy a running shoe[…]
We have successfully started our 2010 Full Marathon Training on Jan 30, 2010. Instead of me writing the details, let me put the exact words from our friend Karthik Palanisamy. Comments from Karthik Palanisamy: Me, Chinna Raj and Sathish was there sharp 7:00AM ( at least for the first day ), so started early instead Read more about 2010 Full Marathon Training Kickoff[…]
Training Schedule – Saturday is our group (long) run Week Week Starting Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat (Group) Sun Trail Info 1 15-Mar-2010 Rest 20 min Rest 30 min Rest 2 mile Rest gold st 2 22-Mar-2010 Rest 20 min Rest 30 min Rest 2 mile Rest gold st 3 29-Mar-2010 Rest 2 mi Read more about 2010 Half Marathon Training Schedule[…]
