A wrap-up of awesome gear ? just in time to wrap up for Christmas!

I feel very fortunate and grateful to be a member of the LaSportiva Mountain Running Team. Aside from being in the company of some of the best mountain runners in the sport, I was provided with a selection of gear from LaSportiva and some fantastic associate sponsors. Personally, I raced about 700 miles this year [...]

Source: http://mountainrun.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/a-wrap-up-of-awesome-gear-%e2%80%a6-just-in-time-to-wrap-up-for-christmas/

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Catalina Island Eco-Marathon

Congratulations La Sportiva Team Member Jenny Capel!  Jenny took 4th place overall and was the third woman finisher with a time of 3:48:21 this past weekend at the Catalina Island Eco-Marathon.  Jenny was in good company, finishing closely behind Paula Newby-Fraser (“The Queen of Kona”) who finished second and Eco-Marathon Champion Michelle Barton.  Congratulations to all [...]

Source: http://mountainrun.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/catalina-island-eco-marathon-2/

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While I ran, a muscle became tight and a little sore

I've noticed during the past few runs, that a particular muscle in my left leg became tight at around 4.7 miles. In previous days, the tightness only lasted a couple of minutes. Today, the tightness came at about 4.8 miles and didn't go away until I was home. As soon as the tightness occurred today, I stopped running and tried to stretch it out. It remained, and I walked slowly the last 1/4 mile to my car. Before getting in the car, I did my usual post-run stretches, but the muscle was still tight. After I had been home for an hour, I noticed the tightness was gone. The muscle is on the back of my leg, right where the ham strings join my buttocks. I don't think it is an injury; probably a muscle that needs more time to adjust to the 5-mile distance.


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Catalina Island Eco-Marathon

  The fourth annual Catalina Island Eco-Marathon is slated for Saturday, November 13 at 8:00am on Catalina Island, CA. The Eco-Marathon offers not only a very challenging and beautiful marathon that travels through the interior of the island, but also a 10K & 5K that are held around the city of Avalon.    To the marathoners [...]

Source: http://mountainrun.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/catalina-island-eco-marathon/

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Breakthrough Run & It?s In The Photos

I’ve been doing the zippier pace thing now for a little over a month.  In that time, I’ve often averaged faster than McMillan’s suggested range, but since heart rate is my alternate pace policeman, I’ve still remained in the “legal” zone for general aerobic runs. (as refresher, I’ve been shooting for 150-160, which comes out [...]

Source: http://www.girlinmotion.com/breakthrough-and-photos

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