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December 22, 2015

Effective Half marathon training

Running a long distance requires both physical and mental health. Therefore, it is important that you put in place effective long term training and nutrition program. If you train effectively, a half marathon can be a lot of fun. If you don’t, it will not be a pleasant experience.

You may be an experienced runner or you may be starting up for the first time, either way you should follow a set process.

Because we now know a lot more about nutrition and effective methods of training, we must pay more attention to what we are doing when we train for a half marathon. Effective training and nutrition can result in a better finish and reduced risk of injury.

The key aspect to running a half marathon is to be motivated. To remain motivated for the duration of the training program, you need to dig deep and discover your main reasons for running the race. Maybe you want to raise money for a cause close to your heart or perhaps you want to push your body to its physical limits. The main thing is your reason for running the half marathon can help carry you through to the end. It is also important to set yourself goals to help you maintain focus and commitment. Consider setting a gradual training program and whenever you reach a key “milestone” give yourself a reward. Or set yourself goals of times to beat or an overall time to complete the race in.

You need to conduct some pre training. This is to prepare your body for when you start the training for the half marathon. It is ideal to be able to run around 20 minutes non stop before conducting the training itself.

A good pair of running shoes is important as is maintaining good hydration at all times.

Eat enough carbohydrates as they provide the glycogen that fuels your muscles and will give you the energy to complete the race. It is also important to rest and not overdo it or injury could occur.

If you can get up to around 11 miles prior to the 13.1 for the half marathon you will be ready. Spend the week prior to the run resting and fueling your body.

Once you set out on the start line you will be glad of the preparation and really enjoy the day!

Cooper is a budding blogger and online writer. Read his reviews of Vibram Five Fingers.

December 20, 2015

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December 20, 2015

Gasp Your Running Time

I ran with Hale and we also tried this method, it was effective.

When we talked about some topics, such as tiredness, strain, feet blister and annoyed matters. Some people may think that exercise must be boring and toilsome. Situation may not be entirely the case. Sometimes this is a kind of hard work, but because you have a worthy goal, it can be tolerable and interesting. Run less if your tiredness exceeds your pleasure. Anyway, we run for fun instead of bitterness.

One way to increase exercise fun is to find a friend to run with you. Half of the time will past faster, and you will not think about the unexpected feeling of discomfort. Moreover, another way to run is to alter the types of running. Maybe you can ignore how far you run and put more time on it. I just go out with my watch and find a place where I want to go. If I felt I used eight minutes to run one mile, I would run the distance of seven miles with one hour. Maybe I would count a few hundred yards wrong, but it was not too much different.

I do not like running, but some people seems to be more tired than I do. They take the transistor radio or that kind of funny headphones, which will make them, look like Mickey Mouse. If you need to listen to Bach’s music or Rangers’ tune to finish an exercise, then you have to bring your radio. I even saw the athletes brought something with them in the marathon race. Nevertheless, most people will soon discovered that running itself is interesting enough.

A few months later, your careful training will make it easier to run. For the same distance, your running time can be cut down. If you take part in a competition, you will do better than those who usually do better than you. In this case, you may be encouraged and can not help exercising more. This is what you have to pay attention to. As you may exercise too little, you can always exercise too much. As earlier noted, your body needs times to recover after a hard exercise. It is an important part during the stage of rest.

Supposing that you are an old runner, the two following factors can bound you. They are your running distance and your exercising amount. As Corbett said, a middle aged marathon athlete has to run nine or ten miles everyday if he wants to run as much as a young runner run. If he wants to get a good result, he needs to run more. But he can only run two miles each day if he only participates in a competition about five or six miles once in a while. As we pointed out before, a lot of runners had no interests in a competition. To these people, you can be healthy and pleasant as well if you run eight or ten miles everyday.

In spite of the fact that old runners can run the same distance as young runners. But except few exceptions; their speed is not as fast as young runners. Without doubt, their aging body makes the movement gear down little by little. Numerous scientific studies show that when we grow old, our muscle strength, coordination, the maximum cardiac rate and oxygen consumption will all reduce. Our ability to adapt to the heat is also like this.

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December 20, 2015

The Perfect Marathon Pacing Formula

I have run 15 marathons and finding the perfect pace has always been a problem. I believe that I have a formula for marathon pacing that works. I will explain how to calculate your pace using a heart rate monitor.

The major problem running marathons for me has always been starting out either too fast or too slow. When I start out too fast, by mile 18 I am in serious trouble. With eight miles to go and my body in bad shape things get real ugly. When I start too slow by mile thirteen my legs will usually not respond to the faster paced. I believe this happens because as the legs become tired your stride length and turnover will not increase to a faster pace.

To determine your marathon pace run a half marathon at your best effort during the first week of your marathon training program. Wear a heart rate monitor during the half marathon and record your average heart rate of the entire race. By subtracting 5 beats from this number you will know your marathon pace heart rate.

Example: average heart rate of 150bpm – 5bpm = marathon pace heart rate of 145bpm

Training at this heart rate once a week during your marathon buildup you will learn to run at marathon pace and the correct effort. Start your marathon pace runs at 5 miles and build up to 15 or 20 miles in length.

Your long runs can be used as marathon pace runs as well. Every other week running a long run and adding marathon pace to the second half will improve you fitness tremendously. Once a month use one of your long runs exclusively as a marathon pace run. After a longer marathon pace run over 15 miles use the next week to recover.

At the midpoint of your marathon training run another half marathon and record your average heart rate. Doing this will allow you to monitor any changes in your average heart rate. If your average heart rate increases or stays the same you will know that your training is going well. If your average heart rate goes down, you will have an indication of over training.

As your marathon race date approaches run a half marathon at your best effort three weeks before race day. Use a heart rate monitor during the race to record the average heart rate of the entire race. After the race is over save this number for future reference. Take the average heart rate of your half marathon and subtract five beats from it. This number will be the maximum heart rate for running you’re upcoming marathon.

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December 19, 2015

Training for a Half Marathon

Half marathons are a very popular length race to run. For those runners who are well trained, hard-core athletes the half marathon has its appeal because it can help train them for a full marathon. Many training schedules include a half marathon as one of its long runs in order to help get an athlete in prime condition for a marathon. In fact some marathons will even take half marathon times for qualification for a starting corral.

For other runners who are maybe just getting into running, very young or very old, or people who don’t have as much time to train, a half marathon has an appeal for an entirely different reason. For the beginners a half marathon is seen as a reachable goal. Many new runners may be overwhelmed by how far a marathon is, but the option of running a half marathon seems to be a much more feasible, yet still respectable goal. For those people who fall into the category of being very young or very old, a half marathon is a popular option to prevent them from getting injured by attempting to run a full marathon.

Whether you are the well trained athlete, the beginner, or on either end of the age spectrum there are some things about training for and racing a half marathon that apply to all runners. First, always pick a training schedule that is right for your experience level. There are many free training programs out there that range from beginner to expert. It is important to use these schedules in order to know that you are not over working your body too quickly and making sure you get the right amount of rest that your body requires to replenish its essential chemicals. Second, it is important to always stretch before and after each run to help prevent injuries from occurring. Third, remember that the more that you run the more you must eat and drink to compensate for the extra calories and sweat you’re burning. Lastly, make sure you have a good pair of running shoes that give you the right stability and support you need to sustain the number of miles you will run throughout your training and race.

Half marathons are a great length because they allow people of all running abilities to participate. As long as the runner follows a training schedule, stretches, and takes care of their feet they will have a healthy and successful race.

Dr. Andrew Schneider is a podiatrist in private practice in Houston, TX. He is dedicated to maintaining the health and safety of the feet of his patients and educating the public on foot health. For more information about issues affecting people with diabetes, informative videos, and to order Dr. Schneider’s FREE book, visit his website and his blog “Keep Your Feet Feeling Young.”

December 17, 2015

Colourful Watches From Toywatch And Ice Watches

Over the past few years the designer watches industry has been all about colour. Even the so called traditional luxury brands have been getting in on the act and adding more colours to their product range. Without doubt though, this revolution was introduced by two brands in particular.

ToyWatch and Ice-Watch have been at the fore front of this movement with their colourful plastic watches. ToyWatch first brought out their colourful plastic watches which retailed for around 125 here in the UK. These watches were a massive success and seen up and down the country in designer clothing stores and retailers rather than traditional watch stores. The watches were also seen on A-List celebs which made them a must have fashion watch. Since hitting the UK though the brand has started to go a lot more up market and the watches now retail anywhere from 125 up to 1000 for the ceramic ToyWatches. Does this mean ToyWatch is moving away from the colourful watches which we associate them with?

Another brand at the front of this movement is Ice-Watch. The brand has grown massively over the past few years and is now represented in over 89 countries and is constantly growing. The success behind the brand is the various colour ways and collections within the Ice-Watch brand as well as the three different size watches, small 38mm dial, unisex 43mm dial and the big 48mm dial. This allows the brand to be worn by children, teenagers, women and even men so it appeals to a wide audience. The brand has also kept the watches more affordable compared to ToyWatch. This allows people to buy more than one watch to suit various outfits. The Ice-Watch brand now consists of our 25 different sub collections with this number constantly increasing. The most popular range however is the Sili Ice-Watch range however which retails from 70 to 75 in the UK depending on size. I also where an Ice-Watch Sili watch 😉

At the moment these brands have build their success on colourful watches but where do they go from here? Yes ToyWatch has moved into more expensive ranges to try and move away from the colourful watches but what for Ice-Watch. If rumours are right they will be also launching an upmarket brand called Ice-Swiss Watches as they also try and branch out into new areas. This maybe launched at BaselWorld 2011.

The final question we ask is will ToyWatch and Ice-Watch be part of the next fashion watch craze, who knows? We at TicWatches think digital or touch screen watches will certainly be the next watch craze. You heard it here first.

Danny Rich the founder of TicWatches

December 17, 2015

Enjoy Your Running Time

Women all agreed with Ogilvie’s perspective that we needed determination. A woman said that when she began to run, she felt good and thought it was a great joy. Boys were superior to girls in our society, because girls never had the same feeling as boys. But it really demanded for courage. Another woman said that a woman who participated in a competition should win a medal, because she broke the deep-rooted stereotype in people’s heart.

The idea was smashed by more and more females. In my family, my little sister always runs. Alice, who is my wife has run seven miles. Birney Park, which was under the high-slope in my hometown, has many women run in it. I would run in the Central Park if I went to Manhattan to handle affairs. Around the reservoir, there are always some women running in a small path.
Most women who participated in a running were to keep fitness. Orison Otto recollected his memory at the age of 29. When we were over twelve years old, our body would decrease and my body also declined at the age of twelve. Because I did not pay attention to my health. I lost my stamina if I had it before.

If you saw a variety of ailments, not just my physical weakness, but my discomfort. I experienced insomnia, constipation and migraines, the migraines happened twice a month and would last two days. I was grumpy and nervous. Back in the past, I thought I never had a real life.
Kathleen Lance started to run on account of another reason. He received too much pressure, so he chose the activity. He was overweight, because he smoked too much. Then he suffered from high blood pressure and was scared. I went to a quack; he told me that I did not have to worry. He also gave me an advice that I could not eat any salt. If my blood pressure continued to rise a few months later, he would give me a prescription. I knew that the pills not only had horrible side effects, but also could make you despondent; because I had read some introductory articles of this high blood pressure pills. Once you took this drug, you could not leave it in your life. I did not want to take this kind of medicine.

I have heard that jogging could reduce blood pressure;. So I bought the new aerobic study that was written by Doctor Cooper. I began jogging after I read the book. Miss Lance’s blood pressure has been regular, actually, the normal low. Liked other women who participated in the running, she also said that she felt the benefits of another side effect We would talk it in detail later.
What should women do when they take part in running at the first time. As we mentioned at the first part of this article; women’s running was similar with men’s running. Consequently, it was applicable to both women and men in other chapters. However, because of that women’s features on anatomy and physical, also some common danger for women than for men. There are differences between men and women. When they purchased the running clothes, they met more difficulties than men. They can not find the suitable breeches. But, so far, no special breeches were made for women. Men’s similar running shorts could buy in tennis stores. However, the price was more expensive. In order to solve this problem, women would wear swimming trunks in summer.

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Lord Jaganath on the Comrades Marathon

Growing up in a small village called Sea Cow Lake was a beautiful life filled with excited that one can only read about in books like Huckelberry Finn and Treasure Island. Although this area was primarily occupied by Indian people under South Africas Apartheid rules these people were simple farming community. I together with my parents and grandparents lived at number 58 Hippo Road on the same plot. My regular activiies included working in the fields digging up the earth, planting herb seeds, watering the crop and harvesting the crop. Co-incidently one could drop a line in the nearby umgeni river, tend to ones crops and return hours later to find a fat catch of some river fish good enough to be fashioned into fish cakes by my hard working mother.

In those early days the ISKCON members would frequent our street and have their Harinam Kirtans. Little did I know that some years later I would make contact with these devotees of Lord Krsna. Contary to popular belief many Indians knew about Lord Jaganath as they had the Jaganath Musical Band. They als used to music nights called Nagara whence they would sing all night using different ragas. The uniqueness of the ISKCON tradition at that time was that white bodied people (europeans) were preaching to Indian people about their culture whilst the Apartheild regime (europeans) was trying to crush the Indian culture by preaching Christianity to the Indians.

The remoteness of Sea Cow Lake allowed a delayed impact of the Christian preaching program thus ISKCON took a stronger foot hold in Sea Cow lake as compared to other Indian areas and which eventually spread into Phoenix especially after the people of Sea Cow Lake was relocated with promises of running water, electricity and cheap brick houses in Phoenix. One can still find perhaps one or two wood and tin styled houses in Sea Cow lake.

As was customary we all walked long distances for anything like bread, milk and just visting some family thus I think I developed the endurance to walk long distances and eventually could run long distances including the gruelling 87 km Comrades Marathon. Some where on the top on one of the Inchanga hills I noticed a Rock Painting which resembled that of a picture I had seen of Lord Jaganath and ISKCON’s Ratha Yatra Chariot Procession. This inspired me to establish a running Club -called Jaganath Athletic Club.

Completed 13 Comrades Marathons, Published 1 poem, Anthology of verse, currently writing a biopgraphy of my late Father.

The men’s watches and women’s watches

If watches are not only show its functions on timepiece or recording time, what can it do?

With more and more features added to watches, it can show the year, month, date, the moon phase, all of these we called calendar. And there are another watches such as the Tourbillon, Omega Constellation My Choice Watches, which is only the highest comples watches technology, and the retrograde watches, the Omega Constellation Double Eagle Watches, which is reverse the traditional watch rule.

Not matter what kind of watches, its price are always high espensive or cheap to affoard. Not matter what kind of watches, it always just can be worn on human wrist.

but What kind of watches can company with you when doing sports, when reading, when in social occasion? Not matter for men or women, they may want to find a watch like this.

For men: The dial is equally given black colour to make it more attractive. It has plastic seal cover and protected against water perspiration, humidity and dust. The extra added quality is that it gives water resistant to 3ATM or 99feet. Its price tag is $ 125. Men’s Santiago Natural Leather is available in one colour. The special features are stainless steel white dial with natural leather strap. It gives protection against humidity and dust. Even the perspiration of the body is blocked from entering the watch and thereby it gives a long lasting warranty.

Men’s Santiago White Dial Bracelet is available at price of $ 335. It gives a highlighting effect due to the contrast of stainless steel bracelet with white dial. Due to the presence of chronograph people get to know the exact time even of a second as it gives time like a stopwatch. Men’s Advantage Black or Brown Leather TAG Heuer Watches gives a trendy outlook with white three hand dial. Stainless Steel dial with quartz movement are extra added quality of this watch. It gives 2 years warranty and it has the water resistant power of 5ATM. Men’s Sport Navigator Blue or Black is also found in stainless steel variety with white three hand dial. It has blue enamel bezel. It gives compatibility of 5ATM with 2 years warranty. In every watch there is embossed of Lacoste Polo Crocodile logo.

For Women: Women watches can be showed in variety shapes. Women’s Figari Pink Croc is available in one single colour. The beautiful combination of White leather strap and pink dial gives a trendy look. It has stainless steel case with plastic print bezel. It is water resistant. Women’s Nice White Nubuck Leather is of the price tag of $ 150. It is mainly available in one colour with distinguished leather strap. It gives 2 year limited warranty with 3ATM. Women’s Biarritz Pink Rubber is available at a cost of $ 165. The beautiful combination of pink rubber strap and stainless steel case enhances its elegance. It has white three hand dial with quartz movement which results in accuracy in time.

The brand gives a limited 2 years warranty. Women’s chanctaco Stainless steel bracelet is available at a price of $ 195. Stainless steel bracelet and stainless steel case gives an elegant look with white two hand dial. The company provides the consumer 2 years warranty. It is also available in colours of green, pink, white and black leather strap. In these varieties all the shapes of the watches is that of rectangular.

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December 16, 2015

Planning for marathon training?

The leading prospect to marathon training is to foremost check that you are efficient to give in the competent preparation required to successfully accomplish a marathon. Whether you are into professional marathon training or just applying a marathon training plan for your health agenda, you should preserve in mind that you should be certain to have the discipline and impulse to end the arduous marathon training. This would be fundamental if you want to finish your marathon successfully and not merely be an “also ran”. So it is really pressing that you train matching to your marathon training schedule in case you want to compete in a marathon.

Planning for marathon training? Recall that one of the stuff that you should keep in mind while preparation for it is to keep maximizing your running length. This of course would be followed in case you have been practicing running for about a year antecedently. Fit weekly goals to reach and watch those exhaustively while maximizing them steadily. Make certain that you start and stop the race in a healthy shape and this should be one of your better aims while running a race. Ascertaining that your body bears the marathon training in a solid way should constantly be kept in mind. It would be stupid to drive your body to its limits just to participate in a marathon and finish up being severely injured or burnt out. Make certain that you are able to step the fine line between training pretty and growing hurt or indisposed.

Want to keep your stride while going over your marathon training. You could do it by beginning running the full distance of the marathon 4 weeks pre-existing to the event. Build your marathon training slow and see that you do your marathon training plan with recuperation days and walk breaks to assure no burn out. In fact marathon training well for about three or four days should do the trick. Determine that you are utilizing your marathon stride on a regular basis and keep extending it slowly.

During your marathon training, be secure to keep ingesting good sums of carbohydrates during breaks and after lasting runs as this will fill again your energy charges.You might wish to supplement your breaks with a spot of protein and water as well. Eat Up foods that are rich in iron sources and vitamins to facilitate your body observe that serious healthy balance.

Are you a first time marathon runner? Design your marathon training plan cautiously by interpreting these critical pointers which will be highly advantageous for your designing. Ensure that your marathon training has an associated assortment of several training exercises. The drive should be on running fairly and not on sprinting. Take it easy on the first and last couple of weeks of your marathon training. Try and ensure that you grant appropriate warm up and cool down time to your body to fend off hazardous injuries during the training.

Written by Tariq Ghazi

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