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I have a friend who does not swing her arms while walking. Ever since I first saw her walk with her arms hanging straight down, I had suspected that it was not very efficient. Recent research confirmed this suspicion. According to the article “Dynamic arm swinging in human walking” in Proceedings of The Royal Society …
I heard about this last Sunday while participating in the San Antonio Marathon. I was part way through the route, and a female participant near me advised a third participant — an apparent friend — to use this trick to help him get through the race. Here is what she told her friend: Find a …
I am not talking about how one should properly train for a marathon by covering multiples of the marathon distance during one’s training season. And I am not talking about how the official distance of a marathon is longer than 26.2 miles — that it is actually 26.21875 miles long. No, I am talking about …
My wife and I got the above medals for completing the 2009 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Half Marathon and Marathon, respectively, this past Sunday. Each is 2.75″ in diameter. And you might have thought when you saw the title of this blog post that I wrote about how there seems to be something of …
I ask this question because of something that I saw last Saturday. I was at the expo for the San Antonio Marathon the next day, and the Rock ‘n’ Roll folks were selling finisher shirts. I bought one, but I also had an odd feeling about it. After all, I had not even started the …
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Here is a question for anyone who is not an elite runner: Do you believe that it is unethical to start near the front of a race, if you know that you will not complete the race at the pace designated for that portion of the racers? I ask this question as a follow-up to …
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I ran the San Antonio Marathon yesterday. Okay, I ran and walked it. But that was my plan all along. What was not my plan was to get a positive split. What was not my plan was to walk what felt like much of the distance from mile 19 to the finish line. And what …
I saw an inspiring article the other day in The Columbus Dispatch online. The article was about Jim Tornes, a Columbus, Ohio, resident who was planning to walk his 50th marathon on 1 November 2009 — in New York City. As I am writing this I am about to participate in my 3rd marathon. So …
The Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon does not follow a loop pattern, so you may find it extra helpful to visualize the route before participating. Here are two versions of the route: Printable PDF-based map from the Rock ‘n’ Roll folks Animation (no longer available) produced by San Antonio Express-News Researchers have repeatedly confirmed …
That is “100M” as in 100 million! Last month was National Walking Month, so Albion College challenged itself to walk more than 100,000,000 steps from October 1 through October 31. The original goal was to have 500 participants each walk at least 6,500 steps per day, for a total of at least 100,750,000 steps for …