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Vibram 5 Fingers Saved My Marriage

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by Greg Vander Werff –SLRC Employee Okay the title of this entry is a lie. Vibram did not save my marriage or fix my kids stutter or cure my fathers prostate cancer. It’s just a shoe and not even really that, and guess what? I like them. A lot. I read the book “Born to…

Long Run Strategies and Planning

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by Scott Dickey – SLRC Employee Long runs can be quite daunting.  Not just the mileage all at once, but the logistics that go into to making it a successful, stress free run.  With a little planning, your long runs can become a positive experience that you will no longer dread. The first thing you…

What’s for breakfast before a long run?

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By Debbie   After all the training leading up to your big event, the last mistake you want to make race morning is with your pre-race nutrition. There are some athletes who decide that they want to skip all the confusion and try not eating. While this may work for a morning 5k, it gets more…

To Gel or not to Gel

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That is the question By Rhielle Now that the marathon and half marathon season is drawing nigh, each of us has to ask ourselves, the inevitable question, “Do I have to take those things that my friends tell me are disgusting versions of vanilla frosting?”  As an employee at SLRC and a runner for 12…

Garmin 310 XT–Pro’s and Cons

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By Seth The Garmin 310 XT , one of the running gadgets that the old Sean Connery –James Bond would totally covet. Who would have ever thought that you could wrap so many features around your wrist? Things I love about my Garmin 310XT New battery last 2 ½ times longer than the previous Garmin…

1st Video – Mixed Green Salad and Dressing

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We are trying to add video clips of all kinds of things to our new website (launching March 1st). So for our first attempt at a video, we will put together this recipe that relates to a recent post on salads. Now, keep in mind that, this is a very rough copy, but we would…

Salad-the perfect carbohydrate

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As Published in Jan/Feb 2010 Issue of Rocky Mountain Running and Triathlon Magazin Salad? A perfect carbohydrate? When I first considered that idea, I though it was crazy! But, as time has passed and more knowledge has come my way, I realize the validity of that statement. Now, lets first set the record straight. The…

Running Barefoot – Who should?

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It is safe to say that right now the hot topic in the running world is Barefoot Running. This could be due to the Vibram 5 Fingers, or Newton shoe releases. Or maybe because the book BORN TO RUN, is a good read and talks a lot about the Tarahumara Indians running barefoot. Either way,…

pHinding nutritional balance

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Calories in versus calories out. That is usually the first thing that comes to mind when athletes go about changing their daily eating habits for the better. Sometimes one might even go a little farther in order to perform better and think about how much protein they should be eating, or healthier fats, or the…
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