Category: Running Nutrition
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Last Long Run
This past Sunday the Melrose Running Club had their last long run of the season. The long route was 12.5 miles and the short route was 7.1 miles. The long route took us over the Fellsway Hills twice! On the way out I charged up the hill and practiced running on my forefoot. There were four…
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Glucose and the Endurance athlete
Glucose and the Endurance Athlete Glucose is a simple sugar or monosaccharide that is an extremely important form of energy for your body. All other carbohydrates and forms of sugar must be broken down into glucose before your muscles and brain can use them. Muscles and other tissues can use fat and protein as an…
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Health on sale
Turmeric Curcumin A few years ago while working through a running injury a friend told me about turmeric. My injury involved inflammation and they told me that turmeric had anti-inflammatory properties. I had been dealing with my injury with ibuprofen, ice and compression. It’s not good to take the maximum daily dose of ibuprofen for…
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Magical Mystic Valley Run
Our Sunday Long Run was 20 miles this week This type of distance is sometimes referred to as an LSD run: Long Slow Distance. The idea is to go out and run slower than marathon pace with the goal of getting your body used to running for 3-4 hours. There was nothing mystical about Sunday’s…
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Tuesday Night Club Run
Club Run It has now been two days since my 18.84 mile SLR. I think the Tumeric – Elixir of Life, SuperJuice*, has been helping with marathon training recovery. I have not run more than a half marathon since October. Two weeks ago I ran a Half and Sunday I went up to 18.84 miles.…
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Sunday Long Run 03-02-2014
Sunday Long Run Gang While hanging out after our Sunday Long Run, a friend told me about this drink with turmeric in it. Tumeric is a great anti-inflammatory, and is all natural. I had been planning on taking another fish oil when I got home instead of ibuprofen. I figured why not give tumeric a try?…