April 2008
The Best Preparation Plan For Your Marathon
By Carolyn Mather, RN, PhD/Running Journal/November 2007
As you are preparing for your big winter or spring marathon I want you to include this holiday gift from me in your training package. Then when race day comes, you will have an arsenal of sound advice to prepare you for your best performance.
Cross Training Your Way to PRs!
By Pete Rea/ZAP Fitness/Running Journal/February 2008
Improving Your Running Off the Roads
Running Journal readers familiar with my column are no doubt aware of my belief in relatively high volume training. Whether an athlete is 15 or 65, more often than not I have found it is the athlete who can put in more relaxed to moderate exercise over months and years who will see the finish line first.
Overcoming The Fear Of Failure
By Richard Ferguson, Ph.D/Running Journal/March 2008
Have you ever wanted to try some new activity or sport, but you were afraid to take the chance because you thought you might not be able to successfully perform the skills required?
Overcoming The Fear Of Failure
Have you ever wanted to try some new activity or sport, but you were afraid to take the chance because you thought you might not be able to successfully perform the skills required? Have you ever not participated in a race because you were worried that you might not run a fast time or that specific competitors would outperform you?
Saleema Ross Works Magic with New Runners
Saleema Ross of Fort Washington, MD is a bundle of energy. She does not keep the energy all to herself. Ross, a long time Washington Running Report Ranked Runner encourages a hardy band of runners from her work place to join her on daily runs.
Marathons of Texas 2007-2008 finishers
Nearly 140 Texans and eight runners from outside the Lone Star State (including one Canadian) successfully completed the Marathons of Texas, which required the runners to finish the Dallas White Rock Marathon, Chevron Houston Marathon and the AT&T Austin Marathon.
RUNOHIO Runners of the Year
RUNOHIO Runners of the Year:
Men Open - Josh Ordway, Women Open -Ann Alyanak and Tara Storage
Men Masters - T.J. Lentz, Women Masters - Debbi Kilpatrick-Morris
Men Grand Masters - Rick Ventura, Women Grand - Masters Terry Mahr
Becoming An Athlete
By Pete Rea/ZAP Fitness/Running Journal/February 2007
The vast majority of runners arrive in our sport from another. Be it tennis, soccer, football, basketball, or lacrosse, running, particularly road running, tends to be the receptacle for many who have either left their prior sport for good, or simply want to improve their aerobic conditioning for the first.
Mind Your P's and Q's
By Cedric Jaggers/Running Journal/September 2007
The old saying 'Mind Your P's and Q's' has been in use since the 17th century according to at least one dictionary and several citations you can find if you Google the phrase. Basically it can be summarized as meaning that you should be careful, do things right etc. How does this apply to running? Let's look at some of the ways.
