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How to Start Running: Couch to 5K
If one of your goals for 2009 is to start running and you're at a loss about how to begin, I can point you toward some helpful structure. After lacing your sneakers, check out the Couch to 5K running schedule over at Cool Running.
The program eases you into running three miles by combining intervals of running with walking.
Where to Start: From Couch to 5K in 8 Weeks
Often when folks start a new training regimen they go all out and often go too far. In pain, wondering why they ever tried to exercise, they quickly abandon their wonderful resolution to workout regularly. This is the exact reason that Cool Running created The Couch to 5K running schedule.
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Can Motherhood Make Us Better Athletes?
Forget Couch to 5K, maybe it should be Delivery Room to Marathon. While many postpartum mamas complain of the toll their pregnancies took on their bodies, doctors claim that the experience may make them more powerful than they were before conceiving a child. Researchers from Michigan State University and John Moores University in Liverpool have found that increases in blood volume and hormones that occur during pregnancy can improve the body's muscle strength, allowing women to excel at athletic activities.
Runner's World Beginner Program
If there is more than one way up the mountain, there is definitely more than one way to begin a running program. I am a fan of the Couch to 5k plan that Cool Running created that prepares you for a 5k in eight weeks, but what if you want a plan that gets you to the 5k mark a few weeks earlier? Runner's World has a plan that will get you up and running a 5k in as many weeks.
You Asked: Smoking, Running, and Lungs?
Dear FitSugar,
I have recently quit smoking after about two years of the habit, smoking between one to five cigarettes a day. I want to start running, but I wonder if my lungs are permanently damaged from smoking. Please help.
How To Run Your Best 5K
If you are following the Couch to 5K plan or the beginner's running program from Runner's World, you are going to be ready to race your first 5K. It is always good to get a few tips from seasoned runners.
Here's some advice from the readers and runners over at Runner's World:
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Debate Rebate: Our Reactions to the Big Biden vs. Palin
Whoa. That debate was like running a half-marathon at a 5k pace. It was hotly anticipated and proved to be even more intense than expected.
You Asked: Why Does Running Feel Bad?
You're asking and I'm answering . . .
Start Running on the Right Foot
Did all the coverage of the NYC marathon get you pumped up to run? Let me help you avoid a few common mistakes people make when they decide to make running a part of their lives.
Erin Go . . . Run – St. Patty's Day Races
Not only is St. Patrick's Day a great excuse for a party, it is a great excuse for a road race. There are races happening all over this fair country of ours.
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