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Running on Empty

Does Loneliness Reduce the Benefits of Exercise?

By Gretchen Reynolds, NY Times

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, this seems the proper moment to ask whether being in a relationship changes how you exercise and, perhaps even more intriguing, whether relationships affect how exercise changes you.

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Believe

Running technique article I wrote for the Times Colonist

This article encapsulates some of my thoughts on running biomechanics.

Forward we go!

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. - Walt Disney

Running is a simple sport, but it's clearly not easy- this is what makes it such a great challenge. I'm a strong believer in doing preventative independent exercises as a means building a strong foundation.
They are free, relatively easy and specific to the task of running.....

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It’s Time to Make a Coffee Run...

By Gina Kolata

WELDON JOHNSON first tried caffeine as a performance enhancer in 1998. He was not a coffee drinker but had heard that caffeine could make him run faster. So he went to a convenience store before a race and drank a cup of coffee.

For the first time in his life, he ran 10 kilometers in less than 30 minutes.

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In honour of Pre

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

Steve Prefontaine