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Top 5 Ways to Prevent Injury in the Gym
Easy ways to stay injury free. Injury prevention techniques that any person can use to minimize injuries and keep getting results in their exercise program. Easy ways to stay injury free. Injury prevention techniques that any person can use to minimize injuries and keep getting results in t... more
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Nike's Here I Am: Conversations from the inside
Here's what your insides have to say about that run you're about to take. Amazing animation.
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Top 5 Cardio Workouts that you Never Do
Intensity is what makes cardio workouts so great and most people just don't have intense workouts. This top 5 list shows you how to spend less time in the gym and have more fun. Intensity is what makes cardio workouts so great and most people just don't have intense workouts. This top 5 list shows you how... more
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Gebrselassie breaks own marathon record
Ethiopian long-distance champion Haile Gebrselassie today broke his own world record for the marathon, for the second year in a row, in Germany. Ethiopian long-distance champion Haile Gebrselassie today broke his own world record for the marathon, for the second year in a row, i... more
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French Run New York (photos)
Photographs of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy running in New York, NY on Monday, September 22, 2008. Photographs of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy running in New York, NY on Monday, September 22, 20... more
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Stiletto sprinters' record dash
Brave Australian women have set a new world record for the number of high-heeled sprinters in a race. Two hundred and sixty-five women took part in the 80m dash in Sydney wearing three-inch heels. Professional hurdler Brittney McGlone easily outran her competitors, taking home 2,500 pounds and a pair of gold stilettos. Brave Australian women have set a new world record for the number of high-heeled sprinters in a race. Two hundred and sixty-five women... more
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Yamaha starts shipping BODiBEAT, workouts and music "magically" align
"We've stated it before, but this time you really have ran out of excuses to run. Thanks to Yamaha's BODiBEAT, you can expect your tunes to automatically sync with your steps, giving you new reason to get out of the house and get to steppin'. Granted, the $299.99 price tag is pretty steep for just 512MB of space and 12-hours of battery life (marathon, what?), but we're sure there are a few of you out there willing to pay the premium to keep your head nodding perfectly in line with your pace. Oh, and if you completely skipped over the headline, it's shipping now. Right now." "We've stated it before, but this time you really have ran out of excuses to run. Thanks to Yamaha's BODiBEAT, you can ... more
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U.S. Wins Men's 4x400 Meter Relay
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States won the gold medal in the men's 4x400 meters relay on Saturday in the last athletic event on the Beijing Olympic track.
The American quartet of LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville and Jeremy Wariner clocked a combined time of two minutes 55.39 seconds.
Bahamas, represented by Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams and Christopher Brown, finished second in 2:58.03.
The Russian team of Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Kokorin and Denis Alexeev were third in 2:58.06. BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States won the gold medal in the men's 4x400 meters relay on Saturday in the last athletic event o... more -
Why the Jamaicans are running away with sprint golds in Beijing
"5. Until recently, no national drug testing system: Maybe this is a factor and maybe it's not. If you assume that all Jamaican athletes are clean, then it's not a factor. But the fact is that Jamaican athletes are subjected to less out-of-competition drug testing than, say, U.S. athletes. Just before the Games, Jamaica announced the formation of a domestic drug-testing body, which might soften suspicion." "5. Until recently, no national drug testing system: Maybe this is a factor and maybe it's not. If you assume that all Jamai... more
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Champ Bolt Slated For Showing-Off
Superhuman sprinter Usain Bolt has been slammed by Olympic chiefs for excessive "showboating" on the eve of his bid for a third gold medal. Superhuman sprinter Usain Bolt has been slammed by Olympic chiefs for excessive "showboating" on the eve of his bid for a th... more
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Jamaica wins another gold medal
Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Jamaica claimed another gold medal in track and field at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, as Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women's 200 meters.
Campbell-Brown defended her gold medal from the Athens Games, winning the race with a personal-best run of 21.74 seconds. American sprinter Allyson Felix, the silver medalist in Athens, was second to Campbell-Brown once again, finishing in 21.93 seconds.
Jamaica also won the bronze medal as Kerron Stewart posted a time of 22- seconds flat, crossing the finish line just .01 seconds ahead of Muna Lee of the U.S. Stewart also took the silver medal in the 100 at these Games. Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Jamaica claimed another gold medal in track and field at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, as Veroni... more -
Peregrination: A Running Experience
Unfortunately this is only the 110MB .FLV file, so the quality isn't as good as the quicktime, but you get the idea!
Peregrination is a documentary short about challenging your body and mind, pushing your limits, and overcoming mental and physical adversity. Filmed in and around Modesto, California, the movie shadows Blake Gorey, a 21-year-old with a passion for running...long distances that is. Blake achieves a sense of peace and accomplishment when trekking hours at a time, mile after mile; his muscles are sore, his knees ache, yet he pushes on. Our story will open a window into the mind of an ambitious individual, shed light on what it takes to run distances of 70+ miles at a time, and give you a few laughs along the way.
Peregrination was shot over two weekends, edited over five weeks, and was the second (and longest) documentary for both Andrew and Chris. Throughout the process of putting the piece together they found themselves filled with even more of a desire to experience the outdoors, get a taste of what Blake feels, and also an idea of why and how he accomplishes such feats. Hopefully after viewing this you will be as touched and inspired too. Unfortunately this is only the 110MB .FLV file, so the quality isn't as good as the quicktime, but you get the idea! ... more -
Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid To Talk About It
A provocative article by "The Contrarian" Jon Entine, an "internationally renowned journalist, TV commentator, executive consultant and public speaker, on the DNA of human behavior."
http://www.jonentine.com/
"[Keyna's] national sport, the hero worship, the adoring fans, the social channeling -- that all speaks to Kenya's enduring love affair with, not running, but soccer. Despite the enormous success of Kenyan runners, running remains a relative afterthought in this soccer-crazed nation. Unfortunately, Kenyans are among the world's worst soccer players...
No amount of political correctness can obscure the reality that the Kenyans' mediocre success in soccer (and sprinting) comes down to genetics. They are ectomorphs, short and slender, with huge natural lung capacity and a preponderance of slow twitch muscles, the energy system for endurance sports. It's a perfect biomechanical package for distance running, but a disaster for sports that require anaerobic bursts of speed...
Of course, neither culture nor genes alone determines who will become great athletes. It's biocultural. "Taboo" [Entine's novel] documents the wholly uncontroversial fact that different body types have evolved in differing environments over thousands of years: Inuit Indians (Eskimos), biologically programmed to be short to conserve body heat, do not produce NBA centers after relocating to southern Florida. Genetically linked, highly heritable characteristics, such as skeletal structure, muscle fiber types, reflex capabilities, metabolic efficiency, and lung capacity, are not evenly distributed among populations and cannot be explained by known environmental factors...
Why do we so readily accept that evolution has turned out blacks with a genetic proclivity to contract sickle cell, Jews of European heritage who are one hundred times more likely than other groups to fall victim to the degenerative mental disease, Tay-Sachs, and whites who are most vulnerable to cystic fibrosis, yet find it racist to acknowledge that blacks of West African ancestry have evolved into the world's best sprinters and East Asians, the best divers?...
[I]f we do not welcome the impending genetic revolution with open minds, if we are scared to ask and to answer difficult questions, if we lose faith in science, then there is no winner. We all lose. The question is no longer whether genetic research will continue but to what end. 'If decent people don't discuss human biodiversity,' writes George Mason professor Walter Williams, who is black, 'we concede the turf to black and white racists.' " A provocative article by "The Contrarian" Jon Entine, an "internationally renowned journalist, TV commentator, executiv... more -
HUMANS WITH FUNCTIONING FEET - stop landing on your heels and save your knees
This is the first in a series to help people be more functionally fit for life.
By MAdbALANCE.COM; Dr. Naeem Akram
- Because your time is now
I believe running is a key element to how we as humans have evolved. Running correctly is a skill to be developed that will help you become more functionally fit for many sports from Parkor to Snowboarding to Golf.
Putting on the latest in technologically cushioned shoes will not help you in the long term. Your feet are designed to be used, not clumped up and landing on your heel as many shoe manufactures would have you believe.
Land on the balls of your feet with the impact point directly under your pelvis. Do not hit the ground in front of your body since this effectively puts your brakes on, reducing efficiency and sending unnecessary shock waves through your body. Proper form that leverages gravity and uses muscle elasticity is something that will take many months to develop but you'll use it for life and will not suffer from injuries. Running correctly is like flying - it's a lot of fun!
We're living longer than ever before, we need to look after ourselves better. This is the first in a series to help people be more functionally fit for life. By MAdbALANCE.COM; Dr. Naeem Akram ... more -
'Lost Boy' found his way through running
Sudanese refugee Lopez Lomong, found the drive to live on as a boy in a Kenyan refugee camp. His motivation, running. His inspiration, Michael Johnson. Now 23 years old, he has gained US citizenship, and is competing for a spot on the US Track Team for the 2008 Olympics in the 1,500-meter. Sudanese refugee Lopez Lomong, found the drive to live on as a boy in a Kenyan refugee camp. His motivation, running. His inspiratio... more
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Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling competition 2008
People running after cheese!
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New 5000m Distance Running World Record set by Tirunesh Dibaba
Worldamazingrecords.com - Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba set a new world 5,000m record at the Bislett Games Golden League Meet in Oslo Friday.
Her time of 14:11.15 smashed her fellow Ethiopian Meseret Defar’s mark of 14:16.63 on a night with perfect running conditions. Lucy Wangui of Kenya finished a distant second in 14:33.39 while Dibaba’s older sister Ejegayehu claimed 3rd in 14:36.78
Dibaba, who turned 23 on June 1, followed the early pacemaking of Russia’s Anna Alminova and her sister through 3km, which she reached in 8:38.83. That is faster than the world leading time for the distance of 8:42.96 set by Russia’s Gulnara Samitova- Galkina. Dibaba broke away shortly after that point to shatter the world record.
Earlier this year, Dibaba captured the IAAF world cross country title in Edinburgh and was the 2007 IAAF world champion at 10,000m.
For full story : http://www.worldamazingrecords.com Worldamazingrecords.com - Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba set a new world 5,000m record at the Bislett Games Golden League Meet in Oslo Fri... more -
jayfader running at 600 fps
my sweetheart jennifer demonstrating the POSE running technique, at 600 frames per second. This video shot with the revolutionary Casio EX-F1. my sweetheart jennifer demonstrating the POSE running technique, at 600 frames per second. This video shot with the revolutionary Casi... more
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Crazy new sport - running up skysrapers!
The agonies people are prepared to inflict upon themselves in the name of fitness and fun are often baffling, but "tower running" takes endurance to a whole new dimension. It is a sport of few rules: you run up a skyscraper's stairwell, you collapse and the fastest time wins. Despite the fact that it sounds about as enjoyable as gargling with magma, it is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. In America, there are countless competitions, with the three majors being the US Bank Tower in LA, the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Empire State Building in New York. There are races, too, all over Europe, Asia and South America, though none yet of any significance in Britain.
The elite athletes who pioneer this new craze are, unsurpisingly, a rum bunch. There's 55-year-old Kurt Hess, who holds the world record for altitude climbed in 24 hours (30,000m) and who trains for 12 hours a day at weekends. There's Ed McCall, a successful broker, who liked running up stairs so much he introduced his teenage sons to it: the three now combine school and work with travelling to races all over the world. And there's Tim Van Orden, who feels compelled to break records in a host of athletic endeavours, and to show the world (via his website runningraw.com) that all of this can be done on a raw vegan diet.
Their motives for taking up the sport may differ, but tower runners all talk of one universally shared experience - the pain. "It's not all that pleasant," says Ed McCall. His son, Colin, adds: "After my first race, I puked in a garbage can. Everyone high-fived me." "Think about the most painful thing you've ever done, then multiply by 10," says his elder brother Colin.
Most tower runners seem to have found the sport by accident. "I was a mountain runner training for the US team back in the fall of 2006," says Van Orden. "At the time, mountain running was the most gruelling sport I could find. But I injured my knee, and thought I was going to be out for a few months, until I discovered that I could climb stairs without aggravating it. A friend had mentioned that they held a stair climb race in the US Bank Tower in downtown LA and suggested that I give it a try. Somehow I managed to get third place overall. I had never experienced so much pain in my life - but I was hooked." Not everyone achieves such success in their first event. Tower runners love to relate stories of elite marathon runners who assume they'll cruise to the top, only to drop out in a crumpled heap on the 43rd floor.
One "flat" athlete who has succeeded at more vertical pursuits is Austrian Andrea Mayr. As well as being the Austrian record holder for the women's 3,000m steeplechase, Mayr is a multiple winner of the Empire State Run Up and the Taipei 101, the sport's most prestigious events, and sees it as useful endurance training on a road that she hopes will take her to Beijing this summer. Even she - a seasoned athlete - complains of the pain of tower running: "After the first half your legs get tired, and at the end the muscles really burn. It's really, really tough." The agonies people are prepared to inflict upon themselves in the name of fitness and fun are often baffling, but "tower running&... more -
Disabled athlete granted access to compete in Beijing
Get excited for this summer's sports hero. Well, he has to qualify, first...
Oscar Pistorius will try out for this summer's Olympic Games. His carbon fiber prosthetics are code-named "Cheetahs".
With this movement by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, disabled athletes will be able to compete with able-bodied athlete unless the the International Association of Athletics Federation can "provide indubitable scientific evidence to the contrary", reports The New York Times today.
-Jake
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Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter who was barred from able-bodied competition in January, will be allowed to pursue his dream of qualifying for the Olympic Games after an unexpected decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Court, an international panel which has final say over legal matters in sport, overturned the International Association of Athletics Federations’ ban, ruling in effect that Pistorius’ carbon fiber prosthetic blades do not give him an unfair advantage.
The court came to a decision after hearing expert testimony from Pistorius’s camp and the I.A.A.F., track and field’s governing body, on April 29 and 30 in Lausanne, Switzerland. It published its opinion in a statement at 9 a.m., Eastern time.The I.A.A.F. had declared Pistorius ineligible for able-bodied competition in January despite originally clearing him to compete last spring, pending further investigation. Pistorius will be allowed to resume his efforts immediately.
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What the decision means for other disabled athletes hoping to compete in the Olympics is that they will be allowed to compete with able-bodied athletes unless the I.A.A.F. can provide indubitable scientific evidence to the contrary. In the past, I.A.A.F. spokesman Nick Davies has insisted that these matters can only be treated on a case by case basis with the burden of proof on the athletes to show that the prosthetics do not provide an unfair advantage.
“Unless there is adequate evidence to support that determination,” Kessler said. “Then the disabled should be allowed to compete.” Get excited for this summer's sports hero. Well, he has to qualify, first... ... more
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