How to Run Long (with less fatigue!)
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3 Factors That Will Make (or Break) Your Diet Goals
According to Pamela Nisevich, RD, LSSD, and author of Sweat. Eat. Repeat: The 90-Day Playbook to Change Your Food Habits, Improve Your Energy, and Reach Your Goals, a successful diet is about way more than what you put on your plate. Generally speaking, most of us know the type of foods we should be eating. We may even have a good idea of the nutrients we need. And we might even be pretty good at avoiding mindlessly noshing. But the reality is,
5 Tips for Postpartum Running
Running is a great way to get your heart pumping, muscles working and it’s a cheap way to get exercise; but running can be hard on the postpartum body. To start, let’s hopefully all agree that running is NOT like walking. During walking, there is a double leg stance phase (where both feet are on the ground) swinging into a single leg stance and back into a double leg stance. Running, however, is a single leg stance into a period of
Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend wins Event of the Year at 2019 Canadian Tourism Awards
The Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend was awarded the coveted Event of the Year award at the 2019 Canadian Tourism Awards held in Ottawa last evening. The Canadian Tourism Awards are presented annually by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) to recognize success, leadership and innovation in Canada’s tourism industry, and to reward those people, places, organizations and events that have gone above and beyond to showcase Canada’s very best and offer travellers superior tourism experiences in Canada. For the past 45 years, the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend
OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE: THE 9 BEST FOODS FOR RUNNERS
A good race depends on more than just your training. To improve your speed and performance, you also need to consider what you are putting into your body. The right foods at the right time can boost your running performance tremendously. Plus, you will reduce the risk of injury and illness. The best foods every runner should include in his or her meal plan are: 1. BANANAS If you need a high-carb energy booster before your afternoon run, you can’t go wrong
Top 10 GREATEST Running Moments of 2019
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How Step Ups Can Build Serious Lower-Body Strength
This simple exercise is worth the time and effort to do the right way. The step up is an underrated addition to your training routine that can help to build unilateral lower body strength—which can translate to faster race times and fewer injuries. But are you sure you’re even doing the exercise correctly? For this movement, you shouldn’t settle for anything other than perfect form—especially because it’s a great exercise that can serve as a simple addition to your training plan.
20 Health Benefits Of Taking A Bath Or Shower
Why should I bother bathing regularly? Are there benefits to my health if I bath? Can I improve my look and appearance if I dunk in a bathtub filled with bubble bath soaps? Such questions creep up the minds of many people when they think about bathing. Some even see it as a waste of time compared to a snappy shower while others feels bathing is for “gross” people. Overall, people are generally confused about the idea. Fortunately, baths are ideal for
5 simple tricks to make the treadmill less terrible
Different runner's tried-and-true tricks to avoid the treadmill blues It’s officially treadmill season in Canada, which means that runners across the great north are looking for ways to improve their experience on the indoor conveyor belt. Matt Hughes is the Canadian record-holder in the steeplechase who recently relocated from Portland back to Toronto. As Hughes adjusts to the harsher Canadian winters, he’s also accepting that the treadmill is part of training like a Canuck. Hughes reached out to Twitter for advice on
10k training
What does science have to say about the right training programme for the 10K? The arrival of spring no doubt means you’ll be running 10k races more frequently. You’d like to do as well as possible, but trimming your 10k times requires a smart, systematic approach to training, not just a hodgepodge of interval sessions and longer runs. Consulting the various running books for 10k advice is like opening a pandora’s box of workouts and training schedules; there are so many