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  Groovy songs

  Podcasts are great.  There are a lot of good ones out there.  Although, when I am in the woods, no noise is the best noise.  How often do you get to hear no man-made noise!

  Posted 22 Jan 08

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  Anything besides running?

  The Canine Run/Walk will be on the Foxhaven Trails at 8AM.  The start is at the church at the end of Fontaine Rd.  Here is the link... just click on the left for directions.  It's LOTS of fun and it benefits the SPCA

  http://www.badtothebone.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=220
   

  Posted 23 Jan 08

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  Tips to stay motivated

  Hi!

  The best tip I can give as far as improving, is to develop different gears.  That means getting away from the-same-pace everyday runs.  Building in different effort levels will do miracles to your pace and really help you improve.  As far as what "different gears" means, you can base it on heart rate or effort level.  Find your easy gear (VERY easy), your cruising gear (your regular pace), your M gear (marathon pace), your tempo gear (5K pace) and your all-out gear.  If you are not a fan of checking your pace or thinking too much, just go by effort, and pick days where, for part of you run, you decide to pick it up.  You muscles will learn what you teach them to... so improvement comes with changing your effort.  If you need more info, I'd be happy to write a blog article on the subject, or you can ask me specific questions at getmovingcharlottesville@badtothebone.biz

  Hope this helps, at least in theory!
   

  Posted 23 Jan 08