Runner's Web Digest - March 14, 2003

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New This Week:
Paula Hickman of Ottawa has identified the two triathletes as Sharon Donnelly,
Canadian Olympian and 1999 Pan Am Champ, and Leanda
Cave, 2002 ITU World Champion.
We have one more week left in this contest. Next Monday we will post a photo on
the FrontPage of the Runner's Web.
The first person to respond via email with the correct identification will win a
copy of the new book, "The Expert's Guide to the Triathlon".
More information on the book is available from:
http://www.runnersweb.com/running/rw_expertsguide.html

Starting March 24th we will have a four week contest with Triathlete Magazine's
"The Complete triathlon Book" as a prize.
Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book: The Training, Diet, Health,
Equipment, and Safety Tips You Need to Do Your Best
by Matt Fitzgerald
In one handy, easily referenced guide TRIATHLETE MAGAZINE'S COMPLETE TRIATHLON
BOOK offers the best advice, stories, and tips from the top coaches and athletes
who have contributed to the magazine over the years. Appealing to both novices
and the most seasoned athlete, the book strikes a balance between technical
depth and beginner-friendliness by getting right down to the guidelines that all
triathletes can use. In addition, the book offers advice for the various
categories of triathletes: beginners, veterans, short-course specialists,
Ironman specialists, and others. Bearing the name of the most popular source for
information on the sport, this book is sure to become a classic among triathlon
enthusiasts.
You can buy the book here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446679283//runnersweb/104-3129993-743512\
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We have no personal postings this week.
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bottom of the newsletter.

This week's poll is: "What is your level of interest in the World Indoor
Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England?"

Cast your vote at:
http://www.runnersweb.com/running.html
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The previous poll was: "Should elite female runners be allowed a male pacemaker
during a race?"

The results at publication time were:
Yes 60
No 63
No opinion, don't care... 11
Total Votes: 134

You can access the poll from our FrontPage as well as voting on and/or
checking the results of previous polls.

Book of the Week: Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons
by Joe Friel, Gordon Bryn
This book guides weekend triathletes in getting the most out of their training
time and helps serious triathletes get maximum physical and mental benefit from
training. Chapters cover the basics of training and fitness; training specifics
for swim, bike, and marathon; mental strategies; and more. Sample training
plans, photographs, charts, tables and case studies are also included.
You can buy the book at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931382247//runnersweb/103-0649534-977746\
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Our Photo of the Week, which was being updated several times during the
week, has been replaced with the Photo Slideshow which will have a
random number of photos you can cycle through. Check it out from our
FrontPage.

The FiveStar Site of the Week:
The FiveStar Site of the Week for next week is: " See You In Athens".
The See You In Athens Fund
Currently 70% of Canada's amateur athletes live below the poverty line.* The
number is staggering and real. In the four years leading up to the games, most
athletes cannot afford proper training, coaching, nutrition or basic living
expenses. The See You In Athens Fund will support those athletes whose dreams
and goals of winning "gold" can be realized through our efforts.
The See You In Athens Fund lives and breathes to further strengthen our Canadian
pride in our heroes - namely our athletes. Without those men and women who
strive for excellence in amateur sport, there would be no "flag waving" at all
at the Olympic Games.
Mission:
The See You In Canadian Athletes Fund is a non-for-profit organization devoted
solely to raising money and awareness for Canada's amateur athletes. The fund
has been set-up to help Canada's amateur athletes ready for international summer
and winter games. Monies donated to the Fund are put directly into the hands of
Canadian athletes to support their training, coaching, nutrition and living
expenses in preparation for international competition. The mission is to
underwrite expenses of as many Canadian amateur athletes as possible, as support
is needed years before the medals can be obtained.
Visit the site at:
http://www.seeyouinathens.com/

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This Weeks News:
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Endurance sports put athletes at risk of ill health, studies find:
Scientists are beginning to suspect that maintaining peak athletic condition
comes with a catch: Human beings who turn themselves into lean endurance
machines risk making themselves sick -- perhaps seriously so.
Mounting evidence suggests that bodies strained by prolonged and strenuous
exercise without proper rest are vulnerable not only to muscular and skeletal
problems, but to infections and perhaps even disease.
"There are red flags all over that the immune system is under stress and not
performing well," said David Nieman, a former marathoner who studies extreme
exercise as director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Appalachian State
University in Boone, N.C.
More...from Canada.com at:
http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/story.asp?id=885AA33A-8535-4A96-8\
212-7FE8FF75537D
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Getting Your Bike Ready for the Season:
What bike shop mechanics wish you knew.
Courtesy of TT New York - www.transitiontimes.com/newyork
by Gary Lingard
Reprinted with permission from Metrosports New York magazine, March 2003.
www.metrosportsny.com
With spring comes the promise of warmer days and longer hours. It's also the
time when most cyclists start to get their bikes ready for the upcoming season.
Some people will attempt their own maintenance, but for many taking their bike
to a shop is the only option.
But bike shops can be intimidating places, particularly for those unfamiliar
with the technical jargon mechanics use and what type of services they offer.
You and your mechanic will get the best results if, before heading to the shop,
you try to answer a few basic questions and arm yourself with a little bike shop
knowledge. Here's how.
More...from Transition Times at:
http://www.transitiontimes.com/viewstory.cfm?ID=1757



'Peaking': the lull when your body adjusts to your new fitness gains:
Slowtwitch.com publisher Dan Empfield writes about a particular physiological
"moment" he experienced recently, in which your body down-shifts temporarily in
order to absorb the new fitness gains you're making. It's a phenomenon known as
"peaking."
This is the sort of thing I could write in our OpEd section. When I'm light on
supporting data I suppose the article ought to slide into the category of
opinion.
I seem to read a lot of how-to articles that are heavy on the anecdotes and
light on demonstrated fact. I don't mind that too much, as long as the advice is
specific, and sound.
Today's article is neither. I'm just relating my own experience, but it's the
first time that I can remember in more than 30 years of competitive endurance
athletics that I believe I recognized a particular physiological "moment."
Well, that's not true. I've noticed this "moment" before, it's just that this is
the first time I've honored it as such. I don't have a shred of evidence to
support my story but - you know - it's mine and I'm sticking to it.
More...from Active.com at:
http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=9687&sidebar=26&category=triathlon



Easier Workouts May Aid Older Exercisers:
For older exercisers, effort counts.
At least that's what a large Harvard study of heart disease in older men showed.
It found that those who thought their workouts were hard had a lower risk of
coronary heart disease, even though the amount of energy they burned was below
minimum federal guidelines.
"Are they getting any benefit? The bottom line is yes, they are," said
researcher I-Min Lee of the Harvard School of Public Health. Even though the
study involved only men, Lee said the study could be applied to women as well.
More...from the Washington Post at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5147-2003Mar10.html



'At times I thought I'd never beat anorexia':
TWENTY years ago Helen Seeley's family may have doubted she would live to see 30
as anorexia ravaged her mind and left her body weighing less than five stone.
When the illness had its strongest grip on Helen she would swallow 60 laxatives
a day, force herself to run miles despite suffering exhaustion to the point of
collapse and go days without food to maintain her emaciated frame.
Helen, who recovered from the illness a decade ago, said: "It did take the best
years of my life but having recovered I now feel more free than I did even
before the illness.
"I have been healed of it and though there have been stresses in my life since I
recovered, food is no longer an issue. Looking back I can remember the feeling
of despair and the times when I thought I was never going to get better. It
totally gripped me."
Looking into Helen's childhood there is little evidence to suggest her life
might be threatened or devastated by an eating disorder. She remembers being
ultra-shy, shy of eating in front of others and feels she pushed herself hard to
fulfil others' expectations of her.
More...from the Cambridge News at:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/news.asp?sec=1&id=540966



For the First Time, Experts Offer Recommendations for Reducing Joint Pain with
Specific Chondroitin Sulfate:
Leading Orthopedic Surgeons Convene at AAOS Meeting in New Orleans.
EDGEWOOD, Md., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, leading orthopedic
surgeons, pharmacologists and researchers from the United States and Europe are
offering strong recommendations for managing joint discomfort using low
molecular weight (LMW) chondroitin sulfate, an ingredient not commonly found in
this country. Nutraceuticals have become a viable option for consumers battling
joint health issues. Chondroitin sulfate combined with glucosamine has become a
mainstay for consumers, yet some have legitimate concerns when it comes to the
efficacy and safety of differing brands.
An expert panel of doctors attending the American Academy of Orthopedic
Surgeons' 70th Annual Meeting in New Orleans was convened on Feb. 7 to discuss
recent clinical studies and patient cases that illustrate how LMW chondroitin
sulfate has been proven safe and effective for reducing joint pain.
More...from Yahoo at:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030313/phth020_1.html




Doctor seeks subjects for altitude research:
Improving the performance of the U.S. Olympic athletes has been one of Ben
Levine's professional goals. The Dallas doctor, researcher and athlete
scientifically documented how exposure to high-altitude environments expands red
blood cell mass and improves performance in well-trained athletes.
"The broader goal is to understand what limits human performance for all
people," said Levine, 46. "What limits a climber from getting to the summit of
Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen or an elite runner from running a
four-minute mile could be the same thing that limits a patient with heart
disease from playing golf."
That's been the driving force behind Levine's altitude studies as a professor of
medicine at UT Southwestern and as director of the Institute for Exercise and
Environmental Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.
Levine is preparing for a joint study in Dallas in hopes of defining what dose
of altitude is required. Experts from Spain, Australia, Norway, Amsterdam and
the United States are involved in the project.
More...from the Dallas News at:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/dfetterman/stories/031403fettermanco\
l.ab5d1.html



After marathons, work on gaining leg speed:
Middle-distance races require shaking off your residual fatigue.
Now that the marathon season is over, runners are hitting the 5- and
10-kilometer races in droves, struggling to regain some of that leg speed they
might have lost during marathon season.
The good news is that despite some residual fatigue that may take up to five or
six weeks to fully dissipate, anyone who put in marathon training has a
significant mileage base to build on for the upcoming middle-distance races such
as the Go for the Gold 10K on Saturday, the Sunrise Stampede 5K on March 22 and
the Statesman Capitol 10,000 on March 30.
More...from the Austin Statesman at:
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/tuesday/sports_7.html



Hottest yoga in town:
At 100 degrees you feel the 'Bikram glow.' It's not pretty.
Sweat pours into my eyes, and my glasses slide off my nose and on to the floor.
My head is pinned to my knee. I have but one thought: What am I doing in this
90-minute session of absolute torture?
Welcome to Bikram yoga, a series of 26 postures and breathing exercises done in
a cramped room kept at a balmy 100 degrees Fahrenheit. For months I've been
hearing about the hot-yoga craze. There is hardly a trendster in Toronto who
hasn't been spotted with a blue mat tucked under one arm en route to yoga's
latest (and hottest) incarnation. Over the past 18 months, Bikram studios have
popped up everywhere.
More...from Canada.com at:
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=A4E73639-87BE-44D9-8542-ABCD315A70BB



What is IT, and how can I take care of IT?
[From the LA Times]
Q: I think I have "IT band" syndrome. Can you tell me exactly what it is and how
to cure this painful problem?
A: The iliotibial, or IT, band is the tissue that runs up the outside of the
thigh, connecting to two muscles at the hip (the gluteus maximus and the tensor
fascia latae) and to the tibia (or shinbone) below the outside of the knee. It
provides stability to the knee while standing, walking and running.
Dr. Tom Crawford, former director of coaching for the U.S. Olympic Committee,
says that the syndrome usually occurs in people who run on uneven terrain, hills
or banked surfaces. Other contributing factors could be a sudden change in
activity or increasing one's training too quickly. The pain typically is felt on
the outer side of the knee or on the lateral thigh or hip and can range from a
dull ache to a sharp, stabbing pain.
Physical therapists often recommend stretching and massage to increase blood
flow and make the tissue more pliable; some use ultrasound and electric
stimulation. To minimize inflammation, ice can be applied to the painful area
for 10 minutes at a time


Running Is Nike's Heritage:
It all started with a coach, a runner and a waffle iron.
And that's why, no matter how many golf balls or hockey skates Nike makes, Nike
will always be a running shoe company.
"It's our heritage. No matter what we come up with in other areas, Nike will
always pride itself on being a running company," says Dale Stevenson, a Nike
representative.
In 1960, University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman began designing shoes
for his runners.
Two years later, Bowerman met with former athlete Phil Knight, who was selling
shoes imported from Japan. Bowerman tinkered with the design to make them
better. Together, they started a company called Blue Ribbon Sports.
More...from SportChek at:
http://www.sportchek.ca/running_article.jhtml?id=4100022



Does America need a Department of Exercise?
America's flabby population needs a federal Department of Exercise, a recreation
researcher believes.
A high-level federal agency could direct and coordinate state, local and private
efforts to get people more active, said Lynn Jamieson of Indiana University.
"We are in a crisis with a lack of controls," said Jamieson, an associate
professor of recreation. "We are lacking a policy."
America needs a physical activity equivalent of the U.S. Department of
Education, because the Department of Health and Human Services isn't up to the
job, Jamieson said. A spokesman for HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson disputed that.
More...from CNN at:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/03/04/exercise.dept.ap/index.html



From Runner's World:
"There are lots of good reasons to run a marathon; you crave the
challenge; you're raising money for charity; you want to get in the best
shape of your life. But peer pressure is NOT a good reason. Just because
everyone else in your running group has run a marathon doesn't mean you
should." - Jeff Galloway

To get the most vitamin C from your orange juice, switch from
ready-to-drink to frozen concentrate, suggests research. In an
investigation of both types of juices, researchers found that the active
vitamin C in frozen juices may keep its potency longer.

Good Marks: It's a good idea to date the outside of your running shoe
with indelible marker on the day that you purchase new shoes. It'll
help you to remember how old they are. And remember, shoes should be
replaced every 300-400 miles. - Beth Moxey Eck, RW senior editor

"Fartlek was first used successfully by the two great Swedish milers
of the 1940s, Gundar Hagg and Arne Andersson. It consists of fast,
medium, and slow running over a variety of distances, depending on the
terrain."




9 Injury Prevention Tips
(1) Avoid training when you are tired. Tired muscles provide inadequate support
for tendons, ligaments, and bones, increasing the risk of strains, sprains, and
stress fractures.
(2) Make sure that you increase your consumption of carbohydrate during periods
of heavy training. Muscles which are low on carbohydrate are tired muscles,
leading to the problem mentioned in recommendation No. 1. If you're an endurance
athlete, you need about 200-225 calories of carbohydrate per stone of body
weight during strenuous training.
(3) Continuing to build on the 'fatigue produces injury' theme, you should bear
in mind that increases in training necessitate increases in resting, too.
Anytime your training volume increases by more than 2-3 per cent, you need to
make sure that you're getting more sleep and taking more time to rest during the
day. Otherwise, you're not really training; you're trying to tear yourself down.
(4) Remember a key principle of training: total training time doesn't
automatically build upon itself. If you've been training for three hours per
week, for example, that does NOT mean that you're ready to step up to three and
one-half hours per week. Any increase in training should be preceded by an
increase in strengthening so that your body is really ready to take on the new
load. Runners, for example, should go through a strengthening period emphasising
drills to boost leg-muscle power before they attempt a significant upswing in
mileage. Tennis or squash players should work on their shoulders and legs before
they upgrade their playing time.
(5) Be especially careful if you're a relative newcomer to your sport. If you've
only been participating in it for a few months, you're much more likely to be
injured, compared to someone who's been active for several years, simply because
the latter individual has had more time to strengthen the appropriate muscles
and connective tissues.
(6) Treat even seemingly minor injuries very carefully to prevent them from
blowing up into big problems. Remember the time-honored acronym RICE--rest, ice,
compression, and elevation--when a small injury strikes. Rest gives the
afflicted area time to heal, ice reduces inflammation and swelling, and
compression and elevation lessen swelling, promoting healing.
(7) Working with your doctor, take anti-inflammatory medications to control pain
and reduce inflammation and swelling which occur as a result of your sports
activity.
(8) If you experience pain during a workout, stop your training session
immediately. A temporary loss in training time and fitness is far better than
long-term damage to your body. Many athletes produce chronic deterioration of a
knee joint or another anatomical region by insisting on training through pain.
Remember that you're in sport for the long run; a lost month of training to
rehabilitate a damaged knee is much better than having to quit your sport
completely sometime in the future because of joint degeneration.
(9) If you want to toughen your training without raising your risk of injury too
much, another good strategy is to slightly raise your average training intensity
(speed), instead of tacking on lots of additional volume (miles) of running,
cycling, swimming, or walking.



A Little Exercise Can Go a Long Way:
As long as you feel the strain, your heart gains, new research says.
(HealthScoutNews) -- A little bit of pain may be all you need to feel when it
comes to exercising your heart.
The intensity of the physical exercise you need to do to reduce your risk of
heart disease depends on your individual fitness level, says a study in the Feb.
18 issue of Circulation.
The harder you exercise, based on your own perception, the lower your risk of
heart disease, even if the intensity level of your exercise doesn't meet the
current recommendations for physical activity, the study found.
It's long been known that physical activity is associated with a decreased risk
of heart disease and other chronic diseases. However, the level of exercise
intensity required to achieve that benefit is less clear.
More...from HealthScoutNews at:
http://www.healthscout.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=1&id=511813



Premature Heartbeat, Exercise and Death:
CLEVELAND (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Studies have indicated a premature heartbeat
called a ventricular ectopy caused by exercise increases the risk of death. But
a new study shows a frequent ventricular ectopy during recovery after exercise
is a better predictor of an increased risk of death than one during exercise.
Doctors consider frequent ventricular ectopy seven or more premature beats of
the heart per minute. For the study, doctors from Cleveland Clinic Foundation
observed 29,244 patients who were referred for an exercise test. The patients
did not have a history of heart failure, valve disease or arrhythmia.
Researchers looked to see if frequent ventricular ectopy occurred and when it
occurred. They also followed the patients' status for more than five years.
The study reports frequent ventricular ectopy occurred during exercise only in 3
percent of the patients. They also found premature heartbeats happened during
the recovery after exercise in 2 percent of the patients. Researchers say
another 2 percent of the patients had frequent ventricular ectopy both during
exercise and during the recovery. They also report over the five years, 1,862 of
the patients died.
More...from Ivanhoe at:
http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=5530&channelid=CHAN-1\
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Tips for women with amenorrhea:
Athletic women are generally looked upon as being fit and healthy. But a look
from the inside out shows a different story. Approximately 20% of active women
are unhealthy to the point they stop having regular menstrual periods. This
condition is called amenorrhea and is characterized by estrogen deficiency,
similar to menopause. Although some women deem amenorrhea as a desirable side
effect of exercise because they no longer have to deal with the hassles and
possible discomfort of monthly menstrual periods, others recognize absence of
periods is linked with health problems: loss of calcium from the bones; almost a
three times higher incidence of stress fractures (24% of athletes with no or
irregular periods experience stress fractures as compared to only 9% of
regularly menstruating athletes); long-term problems with osteoporosis starting
at an early age. Amenorrhea can also interfere with the ability to conceive
easily should the athlete want to start a family.
More...from Run the Planet at:
http://www.runtheplanet.com/pages/refer/articles/woman010.php



Anti-ageing effects of exercise:
Since ancient times, humans have been concerned with developing and preserving
youthful vigor. Today, there is enough understanding of the aging process to
attempt to delay it. So, the question is, has the modern world finally found the
long sought after elixir of youth? Although many advances towards our
understanding of the aging process have given gerontologists new insights in
potential anti-aging interventions, public demand for these interventions is
outpacing our current knowledge.
More...from Health24 at:
http://www.health24.co.za/Default.asp?action=article&ContentID=12709




New World Record for 70 year olds of 5:14 for the 1500 meters!
70 year old Ed Whitlock established the new record at the CMAA/OMTFA Canadian
Indoor Championship on 8 March 2003 on the York University track. Finishing
close behind him was 73 year old Earl Fee who ran a 5:17.31. Fee won the 800 in
2:32.23.




Upcoming Events:
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March 1 - 23, 2003:
Guide to St. Patrick's Day Races
http://www.runningtimes.com/special/03stpat.htm

March 14-16, 2003:
IAAF World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England
http://www.wica2003.com/
IAAF Site
http://www.iaaf.org/WIC03/index.html
BBC Site
http://www0.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/sport/athletics/index.shtml

March 15, 2003:
Catalina Marathon - CA
http://www.pacificsportsllc.com/CatalinaMarathon/athlete.htm

New Zealand and Oceania Triathlon Championships - Queenstown, NZ
http://www.triworlds2003.com/oceania.asp

Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon - Virginia Beach, VA
http://www.shamrockmarathon.com/

March 16, 2003:
Lisbon Half Marathon - Portugal
http://www.lisbon-half-marathon.com/

New Bedford Half-Marathon - New Bedford, MA
USA Masters Championship
http://www.gnbtc.org/nbhm/2003/

Fifty-Plus Paul Spangler Memorial 8K Run, Stanford, CA
http://www.50plus.org/2003Weekend/8K_race.htm

March 29-30, 2003:
IAAF World XC Championships - Lausanne, Switzerland
http://www.cross2003.ch/homepage.html
IAAF Site
http://www.iaaf.org/WXC03/index.html

August 1 - 17, 2003:
Pan American Games - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
http://www.santodomingo2003.org.do/

August 23 - 31, 2003:
9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Paris 2003 St-Denis, France
http://www.paris2003saintdenis.org/en/accueil.html

This Weeks Personal Postings/Releases:
No personal postings this week.

Television and Online Coverage:
[Check local listings as event times are subject to change]

USA Track and Field 2002 Elite U.S. TV Schedule
http://www.usatf.org/news/2002TVSchedule.shtml

OLN Triathlon Broadcast Schedule:
[PDF Format]
<http://www.triathlon.org/tv/tv-2001/broadcast-schedule/oln-broadcast%20schedule\
.pdf>
[2 Line URL]

TVGrid.com
http://www.tvgrid.com/

CBC Sports Schedule
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/schedule/

CTV Sportsnet
http://www.ctvsportsnet.com/index.shtml

Sundays @ 1P.M. EDT
Track & Field: The Running Zone
http://www.canoe.ca/TheRunningZone/home.html


Runner's World VCR Alerts
http://www.runnersworld.com/dailynew/home.html#vcr

USATF summer track broadcasting listing
http://www.usatf.org/news/2002TVSchedule.shtml

SportsOxygen.com
"A Woman's View of the World"
http://www.oxygen.com/sports/

Bikes on TV.com
http://www.bikesontv.com/


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