Welcome to episode 1 of the Running Easy Tips Video series. In this first episode Running Easy and Running Hard have a frank discussion about Running Hard's training program. Check it out here...and find out about the rest ;-)
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
How To Lose Weight And Keep Eating ? Things You Need to Know!
Let’s face it if we could find a way of losing weight without starving yourself to death or having to deny you the occasional sweet treat or sumptuous meal we would all jump at it. Well the good news is there is. Did you know that Running is the number one exercise for losing weight effectively? The reason most aspiring weight loss candidates do not jump at the thought of starting a running program is they have never been taught or shared the secret of running easy. That is running in such a way that it is always enjoyable, easy and fun
100 000’s of runners in the world have discovered this secret and are enjoying the benefits of running in order to lose weight – and what a way to lose weight. Not only can you lose weight, but you can also enjoy your food, enjoy the process of losing weight, plus keep it up for years. It’s not about tiny weighed portions of lettuce and cucumber for dinner after the somewhat scant lunch of watercress and broccoli. It’s about eating what you enjoy (within reason) and relishing in the experience of losing weight while seeing the sites and sounds of your neighborhood.
The results of a poll conducted by Runner’s World showed that while a lot of people keep running in order to control their weight, many more run because of the way it makes them feel.
What helps you stick to your running routine?
• My training partners 12.1%
• Fear of weight-gain 15.5%
• Having a goal race to train for 35.3%
• The way it makes me feel 37.1%
(Source: Runner’s World)
This is the great benefit of running. The longer we run the more your body turns to fat. So those long slow runs are slowly eating away those unwanted fat reserves.
However, not only does running help us control weight it also makes a feel good about ourselves. We feel fitter, we achieve greater things, we spend more time outdoors, we think more, we chat more….we get a lot more while losing a lot more.
100 000’s of runners in the world have discovered this secret and are enjoying the benefits of running in order to lose weight – and what a way to lose weight. Not only can you lose weight, but you can also enjoy your food, enjoy the process of losing weight, plus keep it up for years. It’s not about tiny weighed portions of lettuce and cucumber for dinner after the somewhat scant lunch of watercress and broccoli. It’s about eating what you enjoy (within reason) and relishing in the experience of losing weight while seeing the sites and sounds of your neighborhood.
The results of a poll conducted by Runner’s World showed that while a lot of people keep running in order to control their weight, many more run because of the way it makes them feel.
What helps you stick to your running routine?
• My training partners 12.1%
• Fear of weight-gain 15.5%
• Having a goal race to train for 35.3%
• The way it makes me feel 37.1%
(Source: Runner’s World)
This is the great benefit of running. The longer we run the more your body turns to fat. So those long slow runs are slowly eating away those unwanted fat reserves.
However, not only does running help us control weight it also makes a feel good about ourselves. We feel fitter, we achieve greater things, we spend more time outdoors, we think more, we chat more….we get a lot more while losing a lot more.
Beginner Running ? How much Carbohydrates Do I Need to Take Every Hour When Training ?
Our Bodies need fuel to move. When you start a running or marathon training program it is important to make sure you keep your body well supplied with the right type of carbohydrates in order to ensure sustained energy and running enjoyment. When your body runs out of fuel, you will simply “.hit the wall”. Which means dramatically reduced energy levels and muscle strength as your body will start seeing it is low on supply and reserve all available fuel to keep you vital body functions working. i.e. to keep you alive!
Typically the best type of carbohydrates used by runners are energy drinks or gels as these give a quick release of carbohydrates to the body.
Consuming carbohydrates in a sports drink or energy gel while running decreases reliance on muscle glycogen stores, thus conserving them. This is important as the run gets longer, as running out of Glycogen means no fuel to produce ATP (Adenosine triphosphate). All muscle movement requires this special fuel. No ATP, no movement! It’s as simple as that which means...well it means it’s not going to be fun.
Typically, once you have been running longer than an hour your body starts to use up its Glycogen stores. Taking 30-60g of carbohydrates every hour after your first hour, will help improve your strength and endurance. Consuming carbohydrates immediately after running also results in more rapid glycogen replenishment than does waiting to consume carbohydrates. So grab a sports drink as soon as you finish and you’ll keep your glycogen levels up.
It’s amazing how little many runners or joggers know about their bodies needs when embarking on a running training program. Simply getting the right advice will ensure you not only keep your body healthy and injury free. It will also ensure your running or marathon training is both fun and enjoyable.
Typically the best type of carbohydrates used by runners are energy drinks or gels as these give a quick release of carbohydrates to the body.
Consuming carbohydrates in a sports drink or energy gel while running decreases reliance on muscle glycogen stores, thus conserving them. This is important as the run gets longer, as running out of Glycogen means no fuel to produce ATP (Adenosine triphosphate). All muscle movement requires this special fuel. No ATP, no movement! It’s as simple as that which means...well it means it’s not going to be fun.
Typically, once you have been running longer than an hour your body starts to use up its Glycogen stores. Taking 30-60g of carbohydrates every hour after your first hour, will help improve your strength and endurance. Consuming carbohydrates immediately after running also results in more rapid glycogen replenishment than does waiting to consume carbohydrates. So grab a sports drink as soon as you finish and you’ll keep your glycogen levels up.
It’s amazing how little many runners or joggers know about their bodies needs when embarking on a running training program. Simply getting the right advice will ensure you not only keep your body healthy and injury free. It will also ensure your running or marathon training is both fun and enjoyable.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
10 Scientific proofs why Running Easy is the No. 1 Lifetime Exercise of Choice
If you want to lose weight, get fit, stay healthy and feel great then you need to listen to science. Every year thousands of “new” schemes are launched that claim to miraculously transfer you from the overweight, tired, sickly old-you to the miraculous new you. Yet most of these schemes, besides draining more fat from your wallet than your waist, are not supported by science. They are normally supported by the glowing testimonials of other “big losers”. Yet what they fail to show is how these glowing, smiling, slim, healthy-looking people appear 6 months or 1 year later…when the hype is over and the ad revenue all spent. The bottom line is that any successful approach to weight loss has to be a “lifestyle approach”.
If the approach is not natural, like gyrating your body on a special machine, it will eventually fail.
If the approach is not easy, like having to go to a gym every day, it will eventually fail.
If the approach is not fun, like spending hours indoors on a stationary bike, it will eventually fail.
A lifestyle approach to losing weight, getting fit, staying healthy, and feeling great must be natural, easy and fun. Additionally it should also be scientifically proven. Is it possible to find such an approach? Yes!
Running is the most tried-and-tested and effective approach to enabling people to lose weight, stay healthy, look good and feel great of all time. While other fads come and go, since the dawn of civilization, running has been used. Humans are designed to run – yet sadly the approach that worked for thousands of years has been lost. It’s been lost in competition, “trying harder”, “no pain no gain” distortions. The result is that the secret of the most effective, most time-tested approach has been lost. Yet an overwhelming amount of scientific research is proving that the lost art of Running Easy is the ultimate approach to a healthy, energized and long life.
We'll let science prove it. Watch this spot as we share the science of the art of running. It will change your life.
If the approach is not natural, like gyrating your body on a special machine, it will eventually fail.
If the approach is not easy, like having to go to a gym every day, it will eventually fail.
If the approach is not fun, like spending hours indoors on a stationary bike, it will eventually fail.
A lifestyle approach to losing weight, getting fit, staying healthy, and feeling great must be natural, easy and fun. Additionally it should also be scientifically proven. Is it possible to find such an approach? Yes!
Running is the most tried-and-tested and effective approach to enabling people to lose weight, stay healthy, look good and feel great of all time. While other fads come and go, since the dawn of civilization, running has been used. Humans are designed to run – yet sadly the approach that worked for thousands of years has been lost. It’s been lost in competition, “trying harder”, “no pain no gain” distortions. The result is that the secret of the most effective, most time-tested approach has been lost. Yet an overwhelming amount of scientific research is proving that the lost art of Running Easy is the ultimate approach to a healthy, energized and long life.
We'll let science prove it. Watch this spot as we share the science of the art of running. It will change your life.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Running in South Africa - You gotta love it
There's a faint pink hue in the sky but otherwise it's still dark. Yet in this inky darkness a coalescing stream of cars flows with purpose. Soon orange spotlights and the bubbling chatter of nearly 2000 runners crowds out the darkness - a fusion of age, race, gender, social status and skill. They talk easily, merrily as the announcer’s instructions roll over the crowd explaining the course. Moments later the somewhat uncertain sound of South Africa's gift to music - the vuvuzela, heralds the start of the 32km race.
The huddle of runners, without pausing its conversation, flows forward like a living river eager to run its course. The rich smell of curry wafts tantalizingly in the slightly humid morning air, as the runners make their way past high-rise apartments and old 1950 houses complete with stoep, out-house and corrugated iron roof.
The jovial tide of runners suddenly swirls about as it reaches the first water table and the runner's 3 step dance ensues. Grab dangling water sachet with grateful grunt. Rip, spit, squeeze and savour plastic flavoured liquid. Toss disgorged water sachet in general direction of bin. And then the flow resumes as the bubbling river of runners flows over hills and plummets through valleys.
The friendly spirit sees Marshall being thanked hundreds of times, as he smilingly guides the flowing mass. Soon the front runners, those works of art in motion, are seen returning - a trickle of brilliance that alters not for hill or vale. The bubbling spirit of the flowing group continues even as the warm arms of Africa's sun begin to press upon it.
Black, white, male, female, old, young - strangers on a shared journey - one people. "It's quite a tough run", the stranger says as we share a common pace, a common space for a few moments. I nod sagely, in that way only a fellow runner can do. "Ja, but it's a good training run," he says as the tide and topography separate us. "I'm doing the Postnet marathon", says another runner to his companion. "Ja that's good. I'm gonna also run Two Oceans as part of my peak week training for Comrades", he replies as they too merge into the river of runners.
"Aah, I think to myself, where else would you hear talk like this? Where else would a 32km, a marathon, an ultra marathon, be a training run? Where else does the vuvuzela start a race? Where else do so many races, so many faces smile and talk and journey together?
The unrelenting passion of the announcers voice heralds the end. A welcome, warming, wonderful sound. I collect my spot-the-shirt-beneath-the-adverts t-shirt as I let the laughter, the chatter, the camaraderie of my fellow runners wash over me. Aah, running in South Africa, you gotta love it!
Yours in running easy
Craig Blewett
(after running the SparkPort 32km Challenge on Sunday)
REMEMBER to get your FREE marathon book @ http://ping.fm/sdqVA
(c) Copyright, www.runningeasy.com
The huddle of runners, without pausing its conversation, flows forward like a living river eager to run its course. The rich smell of curry wafts tantalizingly in the slightly humid morning air, as the runners make their way past high-rise apartments and old 1950 houses complete with stoep, out-house and corrugated iron roof.
The jovial tide of runners suddenly swirls about as it reaches the first water table and the runner's 3 step dance ensues. Grab dangling water sachet with grateful grunt. Rip, spit, squeeze and savour plastic flavoured liquid. Toss disgorged water sachet in general direction of bin. And then the flow resumes as the bubbling river of runners flows over hills and plummets through valleys.
The friendly spirit sees Marshall being thanked hundreds of times, as he smilingly guides the flowing mass. Soon the front runners, those works of art in motion, are seen returning - a trickle of brilliance that alters not for hill or vale. The bubbling spirit of the flowing group continues even as the warm arms of Africa's sun begin to press upon it.
Black, white, male, female, old, young - strangers on a shared journey - one people. "It's quite a tough run", the stranger says as we share a common pace, a common space for a few moments. I nod sagely, in that way only a fellow runner can do. "Ja, but it's a good training run," he says as the tide and topography separate us. "I'm doing the Postnet marathon", says another runner to his companion. "Ja that's good. I'm gonna also run Two Oceans as part of my peak week training for Comrades", he replies as they too merge into the river of runners.
"Aah, I think to myself, where else would you hear talk like this? Where else would a 32km, a marathon, an ultra marathon, be a training run? Where else does the vuvuzela start a race? Where else do so many races, so many faces smile and talk and journey together?
The unrelenting passion of the announcers voice heralds the end. A welcome, warming, wonderful sound. I collect my spot-the-shirt-beneath-the-adverts t-shirt as I let the laughter, the chatter, the camaraderie of my fellow runners wash over me. Aah, running in South Africa, you gotta love it!
Yours in running easy
Craig Blewett
(after running the SparkPort 32km Challenge on Sunday)
REMEMBER to get your FREE marathon book @ http://ping.fm/sdqVA
(c) Copyright, www.runningeasy.com
Monday, February 1, 2010
Wow - as predicted - the final Comrades spaces were gone in just 4 minutes. Some of our Running Easy members tried to get a place but sadly missed out, even though they were 4th in the line. Oh, well there are loads of other great races in SA - especially the 56km Two Oceans Marathon.
So the Comrades Marathon is now officially (again) closed. There are now about 22,000 runners registered with thousands more disappointed.
Whether running or not 2010 is off to an exciting start. We got to enjoy an awesome 32km run yesterday morning. It was a double lap but the course meandered up and down giving a great blend of experiences. Thankfully we were done before the 30+ sun really started making its presence felt.
You just gotta love this time of year...
Yours in running easy
Craig
So the Comrades Marathon is now officially (again) closed. There are now about 22,000 runners registered with thousands more disappointed.
Whether running or not 2010 is off to an exciting start. We got to enjoy an awesome 32km run yesterday morning. It was a double lap but the course meandered up and down giving a great blend of experiences. Thankfully we were done before the 30+ sun really started making its presence felt.
You just gotta love this time of year...
Yours in running easy
Craig
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