Runner's Web Digest - December 3, 2004

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This Week's Digest Article Index:

1. Exercise Enzyme Extends Lifespan
Activated in muscles, it may explain some beneficial effects of physical
activity.
2. Some people are 'immune' to exercise
3. Cycling: Female cyclists health and nutrition - A guide to the proper care
and feeding of female cyclists
4. Blazing a path to very old age
By studying seniors age 90 and older in Orange County, researchers hope to find
clues to robust longevity.
5. Stress Accelerates Death Clock
Appears to shorten telomeres the equivalent of up to 17 years of normal aging.
6. Low-Dose Antioxidants May Lower All-Cause Mortality in Men
7. Can Being Fit Outweigh Fat?
It's Possible to Be Obese and Healthy, Experts Say.
8. Battle to beat stress can be won
9. From Runner's World
10. Dealing with the Body's Bumps, Folds and Curvy Bits!
11. Joe Henderson's Running Commentary - Time Travel
12. National Capital Race Weekend - Benefits of Strength-Training
By Grete Waitz.
13. Multisport: Effortless, Intuitive Training
14. Coaches Article: Increasing Fitness with Power
15. Courtney Bennigson: Emerging USA Triathlete Ready to Take on the World
16. Head for the Hills
To race well on hills, you have to train on hills. Try these four great
workouts.
17. Assessment Of Linear Sprinting Performance - A Theoretical Paradigm
18. Exercise doesn't work for us all
19. Working Out a Way To Get in Shape
An Annapolis exercise group called Stroller Strides, and at least 150 others
like it around the nation, reflect the latest
development in the booming field of mommy-and-me exercise: stroller fitness.
20. Drink To Your Health… And Performance
21. Mental toughness secret to triathlon
22. The dealers and wheelers
23. Bear Creek triathlon a dirty job, but somebody had to do it
24. The Uncertain Antiaging Pill
On the eve of its launch, the touted life extender Protandim faces marketing
ambiguity and scientific reservations.
25. News Scan
A collection of news items.


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This Weeks News:

Articles:

1. Exercise Enzyme Extends Lifespan:
Activated in muscles, it may explain some beneficial effects of physical
activity
An enzyme activated in muscles by exercise extends life in the lab and may
explain some of the beneficial effects of physical
activity.
The enzyme, AMP-1, is a molecular sensor activated by a small molecule called
AMP. AMP is generated as the final product of ATP,
which cells use to store and transfer energy.
"It is tempting to speculate that perhaps some of the beneficial effects of
exercise in human health are the result of the effect of
AMP-1 activation on the aging process," says Javier Apfeld of Cambridge,
Massachusetts-based Elixir Pharmaceuticals.
Energy conservation
When activated, AMP initiates reactions that cause the body to conserve energy
stores. Limiting the availability of energy has shown
in trials of caloric restriction to extend healthy lifespan.
Apfeld and colleagues now report that they've shown in lab worms that an enzyme
called AAK-2 that's the equivalent of AMP-1 in
humans plays a role in life extension.
More...from Betterhumans at:
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-12-02-3


2. Some people are 'immune' to exercise:
Public-health campaigns regularly plug exercise as a sure-fire way to avoid an
early grave. But that message may be too simplistic.
For an unhappy few, even quite strenuous exercise may have no effect on their
fitness or their risk of developing diseases like
diabetes.
“There is astounding variation in the response to exercise. The vast majority
will benefit in some way, but there will be a minority
who will not benefit at all,” says Claude Bouchard of Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge, US.
At the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress in Sydney, Australia,
last week Bouchard reported the results of a study
assessing the role of genes in fitness and health changes in response to
exercise.
In the study, 742 people from 213 families were put through a strict 20-week
endurance training programme. The volunteers had not
taken regular physical activity for the previous six months. Exercise on
stationary bikes was gradually increased so that by the
last six weeks the volunteers were exercising for 50 minutes three times a week
at 75% of the maximum output they were capable of
before the study.
Previous reports indicated that there are huge variations in “trainability”
between subjects. For example, the team found that
training improved maximum oxygen consumption, a measure of a person’s ability to
perform work, by 17% on average.
More...from New Scientist at:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996735


3. Cycling: Female cyclists health and nutrition - A guide to the proper care
and feeding of female cyclists:
The sex of skeletons can be determined from the shape of the forehead and the
width of the pelvis and lower vertebrae. While the
first does not affect athletic performance, the second certainly does. A girl's
gait and ability to run fast alters dramatically
after puberty because of the widening of the pelvis and the change in
orientation of the hip muscles. In cycling terms, this means
women may require different saddles and a different angle of saddle tilt.
Furthermore, the obvious anatomical differences in this
area need appropriate consideration in terms of position and clothing.
Women tend to have relatively longer legs compared to their height than men,
with the thigh often accounting for a greater
percentage of leg length. These factors need to be taken into account when
setting up a female cyclist's position or ordering a
frame. Long thigh bones mean the saddle will need to be further back and the
seat angle shallow. However, women with short legs
(relative to their height) will need a steeper frame angle and the seat further
forward. Women also tend to have a shorter reach and
weaker upper body than men of similar height. This means that they need a
relatively smaller frame size to allow for a reasonable
stem length to be fitted (8-10cm minimum). As women are naturally more flexible,
a greater seat-to-bar height difference can usually
be accommodated. Too many women cyclists are wrongly advised, buy too large a
frame and are forced to compensate by pushing their
saddle forward and using a short stem. Thus the handling of the bike and the
potential power output are impaired.

More...from the Runner's Web at:
http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20041203__PPO_FemaleCyclists.html


4. Blazing a path to very old age:
By studying seniors age 90 and older in Orange County, researchers hope to find
clues to robust longevity.
Most of the people Dr. Claudia Kawas refers to as "trailblazers" enter her
Laguna Woods medical clinic haltingly, often with walkers
or canes, or clutching the hand of someone with a steadier gait. Some don't come
into the clinic at all; they're at home, bedridden.
But the trailblazer description is fitting. It refers to a group of Americans
who have far exceeded average life expectancy and are
now showing others not only what it's like to reach very old age — but also,
maybe, how to get there.
Kawas, a professor of neurology, neurobiology and behavior at UC Irvine, is the
architect of a $9-million federally funded study
monitoring the health and well-being of people 90 and older in Laguna Woods. Her
work is part of a growing body of research into the
phenomenon she calls extreme aging.
"In order to understand aging, you need to understand how to age well," Kawas
says. "These people are the fastest-growing segment of
the population, but we don't know much about them. We don't know how many are
demented or how many of them are walking around well."
A description of extreme aging is starting to jell, however, thanks to Kawas'
data and that of a few other longevity studies. And
the information is timely. Just under 2 million Americans are 90 and older, but
that number is expected to grow to 10 million by
2050.
Understanding the health needs and quality of life among the very old is
essential, Kawas says. But relatively little is known about
the status of this group. For example, when she first began the project, Kawas
was able to locate only a couple of studies on
dementia rates in people older than 90 — a key area of concern for researchers.
More...from the LA Times at:
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-aging29nov29,1,2592853.story?coll=l\
a-headlines-health


5. Stress Accelerates Death Clock :
Appears to shorten telomeres the equivalent of up to 17 years of normal aging.
Psychological stress appears to speed cellular aging the equivalent of up to 17
years of normal aging.
The difference shows up in telomeres, DNA-protein structures that cap the end of
chromosomes. Thought to play an important role in
aging and disease, telomeres shorten with cell division, and are therefore used
as a marker for biological age. When telomeres get
too short, cells die. They are lengthened by an enzyme called telomerase.
American researcher Elizabeth Blackburn from the University of California, San
Francisco and colleagues have now shown that
accelerated telomere shortening may partly explain the mind-body connection
between stress and aging. Psychological stress has been
linked with several diseases and is thought to be partly responsible for
premature aging. But the underlying physiological
mechanisms have yet to be elucidated.
More...from Betterhumans at:
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-11-29-3


6. Low-Dose Antioxidants May Lower All-Cause Mortality in Men:
Low-dose antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplementation lowers all-cause
mortality in men but not in women, according to the
results of a randomized, double-blind, primary prevention trial published in the
Nov. 22 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The investigators suggest that this may be due to the lower baseline status in
men.
"It has been suggested that a low dietary intake of antioxidant vitamins and
minerals increases the incidence rate of cardiovascular
disease [CVD] and cancer," write Serge Hercberg, MD, PhD, from Institut National
de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in
Metiers, France, and colleagues. "To date, however, the published results of
randomized, placebo-controlled trials of supplements
containing antioxidant nutrients have not provided clear evidence of a
beneficial effect."
More...from Medscape at:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/494859?rss


7. Can Being Fit Outweigh Fat?
It's Possible to Be Obese and Healthy, Experts Say.
At 5-foot-4 and 190 pounds, Jude Mathews would seem to personify the health
crisis facing a nation in the throes of an obesity
epidemic. But the librarian from Evanston, Ill., begs to differ.
"My blood pressure is rock solid. My cholesterol numbers are basically fine. My
doctors don't see anything they say I need to worry
about," said Mathews, who is 55, exercises regularly and eats a well-balanced
diet. "One little number on the scale is not all there
is to your health."
As medical authorities have become increasingly alarmed by the rapidly rising
number of Americans who are overweight and obese,
people such as Mathews find themselves at the center of an intense debate: Can
people be overweight but still healthy?
In books, in medical journals and at public health conferences, scientists have
been dueling over the relative importance of fatness
vs. fitness, and whether there is any common ground between the two camps. A
small but vocal cadre of researchers has been
challenging conventional wisdom, arguing that not only is it possible to be both
fat and fit, but fitness is actually more important
for health.
More...from the Washington Post at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13355-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_heal\
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8. Battle to beat stress can be won:
In response to a column that ran two weeks ago, we wanted to provide more
information and tools to help you relieve the stress in
your life. Stress is with us all the time. In comes from the mental, emotional
and/or physical strains we endure every day. It is
unique and personal to all of us. However, too much stress can cause physical
illness, high blood pressure, ulcers, heart disease
and weight gain.
It is important we learn to identify and cope with these stressful periods in
our lives before their harmful effects take hold of
us. Chronic difficulty in coping with stress puts significant burdens on the
body that can be irreversible.
First, put your current situation in perspective. Ask yourself how important
this matter/task will be in five or 10 years. The
majority of problems, which tax us mentally and physically, will be
inconsequential in five years. However, if you let the related
stress weigh you down, the harmful physical effects can be felt well into a
decade.
More...from the News-Press at:
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041130/HEALTH/411300301/1\
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9. From Runner's World:
* Coach's Corner
Runners often get trapped in the same training patterns. They find a pattern
that works for them (speedwork or distance) and often
follow it to the exclusion of other patterns. Sometimes resistance to change can
stifle your improvement. One way to improve is to
do something different. Focus on different distances, which will force you to
change training patterns. -Jack Daniels

* Injury Prevention
Schedule a non-running day at least once a week to keep your legs fresh. In
general, the more consecutive days you run without a
break, the more likely you'll become injured. Also, schedule a reduced-mileage
week once a month and a reduced-mileage month once a
year. How reduced? Figure to run half your normal mileage.

* Performance Nutrition
Chestnuts: Bite-Size Nuggets of Nutrition. Five chestnuts contain barely 1 g of
fat, getting a mere 8% of their calories from fat.
You can eat a bowlful and barely put a dent in your daily fat budget-which is a
far cry from other nuts. Five chestnuts have only
103 calories and 2.1 g of fiber, as much as a slice of whole wheat bread. An
unexpected bonus: vitamin C.

* Editor's Advice
"The holiday season is the time to count one's blessings, but it's also a time
of great temptation. Rather than focusing on foods
you shouldn't eat, focus on ones you want to eat. Holding yourself to a few
traditional favorites will prevent you from
overeating." -Tish Hamilton, RW deputy editor

* Words That Inspire
"The thinking must be done first, before training begins." -Peter Coe, author
and coach

* Training Talk
"People's abilities to adapt to hard work differ. Nevertheless, basic training
techniques are the same for everybody, men and women,
teenagers and masters." -From How to Train by Hal Higdon



10. Dealing with the Body's Bumps, Folds and Curvy Bits!
By Coach Wendy
We've all done it at least once! Many have experienced it. Some still have the
scars to prove it. Yes, even the pro's find it a
challenge. Finding the best gear to fit ones unique body bits is often a
trialing experience!
You know the old saying" What do gynecologists, urologists and triathletes have
in common?" Well, from the medical perspective, the
two pursue the endless juggle of playing with physiology and the challenge of
performance. In the case of the triathletes, they just
want to avoid having to make an appointment to repair any damage caused through
ill-fitting equipment causing unfavorable injuries
to sensitive regions!
Yes, choosing a good seat and or wearing a well fitting sports bra are two of
the most common issues that cause triathletes concern
in these sensitive regions. Ironically, they are topics often the first to be
'swum' over and avoided - especially the seat
department!!!
We often hear the comment "You'll be right, you'll get used to it". Well excuse
the cow-shed terminology but guys, the short answer
is that num nuts and unresponsive willies is not good for your health let alone
any family planning that may be on the agenda.
Girls, feeling like you're crotch is made of sand paper may mean that you need
more lubricant and feeling like you've been punched
in the chest after a run means that you need a more supportive sports bra!
More...from Endurance Coach at:
http://www.endurancecoach.com/Bumps_Folds_and_Curvy_Bits.htm


11. Joe Henderson's Running Commentary - Time Travel:
Time is precious to any runner. It's how we keep score in this sport, so we
glory in every second saved and worry about each one
lost in the race against our pace goal.
Phil Uglow from Toronto likes the idea of taking walk breaks during his long
runs. But he wrote, "Could you talk about how to
calculate run-walk times into minutes per kilometer or mile? I train with a
number of run-walkers and they are all baffled, as am I,
on how to set various paces."
Uglow and friends were training for a four-hour marathon. They worried, as most
new walk-breakers do, about falling behind their
intended pace while walking -- or at least having the breaks play havoc with
their splits.
Let the time "run" on during walks to simplify split-taking and pacing, I told
Uglow. If you think it's a complication to include
walk breaks in total time, think how confusing it becomes if you punch out
during the breaks.
I recommended that he not check his pace at the usual one-kilometer or one-mile
intervals. Some K's and miles might include two
breaks and others none.
Instead, take splits at longer intervals such as every 5K to five miles. This
equalizes the number of walks per timing period and
gives a truer picture of how the pace is going.
More...from Joe Henderson at:
http://www.joehenderson.com/archive/474.html


12. National Capital Race Weekend - Benefits of Strength-Training:
By Grete Waitz.
After a long season and a short break it is time to think about getting ready
for 2005. From talking to runners who have snow and
cold weather in the winter I know that it can be hard to keep up the running
routine from spring and summer. As long as you run
regularly and keep a certain number of kilometres I think that is fine. You can
spend more time working on strength and flexibility.
Strength training is often a neglected part among runners. I did a lot when I
was running track, then when I moved up to longer
distances I stopped doing it. But very soon I realized I would be better off
getting back into my strength training routine. You get
some wear and tear injuries as a long distance runner, but if your muscles and
connective tissues are strong they will hold up
better.
Many of the injuries that occur are because of muscle weakness or muscle
imbalance. Proper strength training is the best insurance
policy for meeting the demands of kilometres on the road or trails. Increased
muscle mass and stronger muscles will add more power
to your stride and increase your muscle endurance.
More...from the National Capital Race Weekend at:
http://www.ncm.ca/trainingtips_GreteWaitz-en.html?page=trainingtips_GreteWaitz&l\
ang_id=1&page_id=96


13. Multisport: Effortless, Intuitive Training:
As a coach, I often counsel my athletes to strive to "make every workout feel
easy and effortless." This statement certainly
deserves more clarification. Success in triathlon requires hours of difficult
training, but only when you preserve your health and
lead a balanced life will you be able to reach high fitness levels. With
overtraining being the worst and most common mistake among
triathletes of all levels, I advocate an enlightened approach called
'effortless, intuitive training' - where every workout feels
comfortable, muscles strong and relaxed instead of sore or tight, breathing
natural and steady instead of labored, mind strong and
willing instead of suffering.
Even when training intensely, the principle still applies. First, a strong
aerobic base must be present before anaerobic training
should be introduced. Second, anaerobic training should only be conducted when
you are 100% rested and motivated. Thus, even an
intense workout is effortless in a way. Your mind and body are strong and eager
to thrive on the challenge every time you work hard.
Is this distinction clear? Think of the difference between these two statements
that describe a tough workout:
· "I was really suffering, just hatin' life, on that hill"
· "I was really pushing it to maximum effort on that hill"
More...from the Runner's Web at:
http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20041203_BK_IntuitiveTraining.htm\
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14. Coaches Article: Increasing Fitness with Power:
More and more athletes are starting to realize the benefit of training with
power. Below are some sample workouts that can be used
to increase your performance at any given race. First thing we want to determine
is your CP30 value. Critical Power (CP) stands for
the average watts you could maintain for a given time. CP30 would be the average
watts you could maintain for 30 min. This is often
used because most athletes would not stay motivated and focused to perform a 60
min test, or a 40K time trial unless in a race
situation. A test such as this can also be used to determine your lactate
threshold heart rate.
Secondly, we need to decide is what our goal value is for CP30. For example, for
a given athlete who has a current CP30 value of
185, this would be known as their “date pace” or “date watts”. Next a “goal
pace” or “goat watts” is determined. This is a value
somewhat higher than the date watts that is challenging, yet realistic to
obtain. For the above athlete the goal watts might be 200
by May for the upcoming race season. Through training with specific workouts
emphasizing watts or power, this goal can be achieved.
More...from MultiSportMadness at:
http://www.multisportmadness.com/Articles/Increasing%20with%20Power/index.html


15. Courtney Bennigson: Emerging USA Triathlete Ready to Take on the World:
October 6, 2004 • When Courtney Bennigson '01 sets her mind on something there
is no turning back. Just ask her mom, Cathy. "I had
been visiting schools all over the country and was pretty much non-plussed by
the whole experience of college hunting," said
Bennigson. "On my way to visit Williams for the first time, on an ugly, cold,
rainy day during March vacation, my mom and I were
making our way through the hairpin turn and down into the Purple Valley, and I
said “don’t quote me on this, but I think this is
where I want to go.” She just said, “Can we at least see the campus before you
make that decision?” It really was a visceral
decision for me. I applied early and never applied to another school!"
You need to know what the rest of the sporting world is starting to become aware
of. Courtney Bennigson, former Eph standout in
cross country (earning All-America recognition), a member of the indoor and
outdoor track & field teams, is way ahead of schedule in
her quest to represent the USA in the triathlon at the Beijing Olympics in 2008
and maybe again in the 2012 Summer Games. "One of
the realities of my life that is complicated by my erratic training schedule is
the fact that I have to tell the USADA (the United
States Anti-Doping Agency) where to find me 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,
just in case they feel like dropping in for a random
out-of-competition drug test," said Bennigson. "The UASDA dropped in twice in a
matter of about two weeks this summer. We submit
Athlete Location Forms once every quarter, and they are supposed to contain
accurate travel, racing, and training schedules. You can
imagine how hard it is to say where I’ll be three months from now, given that at
the moment I don’t even know what time I’ll be at
the pool next Monday, not to mention whether I’m racing in San Francisco on
November 6th or in Brazil on November 7th!"
More...from SiriLindley.com at:
http://www.siri-lindley.com/articles/emerge.htm


16. Head for the Hills:
To race well on hills, you have to train on hills. Try these four great
workouts.
Boston has Heartbreak at mile 21. Bloomsday has Cemetery and Doomsday. The San
Blas Half-Marathon has The Strangler. Apparently,
just plain running isn't tough enough. So race directors, in their infinite
wisdom, have decided we need hills. Big ones. And if
they have sadistic-sounding names, so much the better.
Many upcoming spring races will be run on hilly courses. The question is: How
should you prepare? According to the principle of
training specificity, in order to improve a certain aspect of physical fitness,
you must train specifically for it. This means one
thing: If you want to turn those looming hills into nothing more than speed
bumps, you need to do some hill workouts.
Think of a hill workout as a running-specific weight workout. The exaggerated
knee lift, driving arms, and pronounced toe-off
necessary to run up hills strengthens you every bit as much as hitting the
weight room. Hill running also works the cardiovascular
system as your heart tries to keep pace with the increased energy required to
fight gravity. Consequently, hill workouts are very
taxing and should be done only once or twice a week.
More...from Reebok Runner at:
http://www.reebokrunner.com/features/hills.html


17. Assessment Of Linear Sprinting Performance - A Theoretical Paradigm:
In an effort to physically maintain a competitive edge, today's athletes
dedicate a significant portion of time to training year
round. They hire sports performance professionals to help develop a high level
of sport specific fitness. This is not a luxury
reserved only for professional athletes, young individuals (10-20 years old) are
regularly participating in sports camps and
training programs in order to make the starting varsity line-up for high school
teams or trying to earn a college scholarship. While
training by trial and error has been minimized in certain areas of fitness
(e.g., strength and power training), research is lacking
in other areas such as acceleration and speed development.
Typically, athletes are tested prior to and following a designated training
cycle. Using this bookend approach to monitor
performance adaptations can lead to arbitrary and apparently common training
regimens from one athlete to the next. For example,
college football players invited to the National Football League (NFL) combine
regularly participate in 6-12 week programs
specifically targeting a reduction in 36.58 meters (40 yard) sprint time. Other
sports, such as soccer (36.58 meters) and baseball
(54.86 meters, 60 yards) also use the timing of common distances as the
benchmark for determining if someone is 'fast'. In fact,
most texts used by sports performance professionals only provide normative
standards for these distances (Baechle and Earle, 2000;
Kirkendall, 2000). Therefore, it becomes increasingly difficult to avoid
arbitrary assignment of drills and exercises which may
improve a 36.58 or 54.86 meter sprint time, but completely ignore weaknesses
that should be targeted during training. Total finish
time provides an overview of a complete puzzle; examining pieces of the puzzle
however, is an essential element for sports
performance professionals.
A greater understanding of linear sprinting performance can be accomplished by
determining split times. Using the world record in
the 200 meter race it is known that humans can move approximately 23.5
miles·hour-1; however, examining the final 20 meter split of
an elite 100 meter race suggests 28 miles·hour-1 is possible (Dintiman et al.,
1998). This strongly indicates the value of examining
various splits during athletic performance assessment. The Australian Sports
Commission provides split times (e.g., 4.57, 9.14, and
18.28 meter) for a variety of sports (Gore, 2000); however no interpretation is
provided to allow for its use in program design.
Dintiman (1998) suggests the use of splits to pinpoint weaknesses of an athlete.
For example, he proposes using the difference in
time between 40-80 meters and 80-120 meters as an indication of speed endurance.
However, the total distance recommended (120
meters) is most likely prohibitive for most athletes except those participating
in track and field.
More...from the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine at:
http://www20.uludag.edu.tr/%7Ehakan/sbtd/vol3/n4/2/v3n4-2.htm


18. Exercise doesn't work for us all:
PUBLIC-health campaigns regularly plug exercise as a sure-fire way to avoid an
early grave. But that message may be too simplistic.
For an unhappy few, even quite strenuous exercise may have no effect on their
fitness or their risk of developing diseases like
diabetes. "There is astounding variation in the response to exercise. The vast
majority will benefit in some way, but there will be
a minority who will not benefit at all," says Claude Bouchard of Louisiana State
University in Baton Rouge.
At the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress in Sydney last week
Bouchard reported the results of a study assessing the
role of genes in fitness and health changes in response to exercise. In the
study, 742 people from 213 families were put through a
strict 20-week endurance training programme. The volunteers had not taken
regular physical activity for the previous six months.
Exercise on stationary bikes was gradually increased so that by the last six
weeks the volunteers were exercising for 50 minutes
three times a week at 75 per cent of the maximum output they were capable of
before the study. Previous reports indicated that there
are huge variations in "trainability" between subjects. For example, the team
found that training improved maximum oxygen
consumption, a measure of a person's ability to perform work, by 17 per cent on
average. But the most trainable volunteers gained
over 40 per cent, and the least trainable showed no improvement at all. Similar
patterns were seen with cardiac output, blood
pressure, heart rate and other markers of fitness.
Bouchard reported that the impact of training on insulin sensitivity- a marker
of risk for diabetes and heart disease- also varied.
It improved in 58 per cent of the volunteers following exercise, but in 42 per
cent it showed no improvement or, in a few cases, may
have got worse. "It's negative, but it's true. Some people slog away and don't
get any improvement," says Kathryn North of the
Institute of Neuromuscular Research at the Children's Hospital at Westmead in
Sydney. In the eight volunteers who showed the largest
improvement in insulin sensitivity, 51 genes were expressed in muscles at double
the levels of the eight people who showed the least
improvement, and 74 genes were expressed at half the level. Many of these genes
were a surprise to the researchers because they have
not previously been linked to exercise. "We need to recognise that although on
average exercise may have clear benefits, it may not
work for everyone," says Mark Hargreaves of Deakin University in Melbourne.
"Some people may do better to change their diet."
This article appears in New Scientist issue: 4 December 2004
http://www.newscientist.com


19. Working Out a Way To Get in Shape:
Allison Begley charged through Westfield Shoppingtown Annapolis, pushing her
stroller at a hurried pace. Then she stopped, nearly
breathless, and leaned against the edge of the coin fountain to execute three
sets of modified push-ups.
Were she doing this alone, Begley might be restrained by mall security. But on
this recent morning, she was joined by six other
mothers from an exercise group called Stroller Strides
The group, and at least 150 others like it around the nation, reflect the latest
development in the booming field of mommy-and-me
exercise: stroller fitness.
"I used to be very petite," Begley said between puffs while steering son Brock,
8 months old, through the Annapolis mall. "And I
still have 20 pounds to lose since I had my baby. My husband is taking me to
Aruba in February, and I vowed to get my bikini shape
back again."
These are mothers who have given up on gyms, where working out typically means
leaving Baby with a stranger; and on attempting to
exercise at home, where chores beckon and fitness videos gather dust beneath
stacks of "Dora the Explorer" and "Blue's Clues"
compilations.
"When I'm home and he's napping, I find my priorities lie in laundry, cleaning
the house, that sort of thing," said Begley, of
Stevensville. "This way, I've paid for it. I have to be here. That's why I do
it."
More...from the Washington Post at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24829-2004Dec1.html


20. Drink To Your Health… And Performance:
Originally published in Cyclesport Magazine, April 2004
Written by: Chris Carmichael
Anyone who still had questions about the impact hydration has on performance,
had their questions answered during Stage 13 of the
2003 Tour de France, when several days of accumulated dehydration culminated in
a crisis that could have cost Lance Armstrong his
fifth victory. The weather during the race was unbearable, but if the heat had
any positive effect it was to push the importance of
hydration back into the front of every cyclist’s mind.
Over the past several months, I’ve been asked most frequently about making the
best hydration choices for specific events. The truth
is, what you drink matters as much as how much you consume, and both of these
variables change as your events or training sessions
get longer. Hydration doesn’t begin and end with the fluids in your water
bottles though; making sure you’re adequately hydrated
prior to starting your workout improves your performance more than anything you
eat or drink while on the bike. For most cyclists,
this means consuming about a gallon of fluids (128 ounces) every day, which is
over a 30% increase over what sedentary individuals
need in order to stay hydrated. This gallon of fluids (some of which you’ll get
from food) doesn’t include the water and sports
drinks you consume during your workouts, and your decisions about fluids during
training depend on the intensity and duration of
your workout.
More...from the Runner's Web at:
http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_CTS_20041203_Carmichael.html


21. Mental toughness secret to triathlon:
If there's one thing a year of intense physical training has taught me, it's
this: Ironman is all in your head.
A strong mind is just as essential as a well-trained body.
Without it, it would be easy to miss the whole point of this magical, spiritual
albeit borderline insane adventure.
I'm reminded of this at the start of my first Ironman in Panama City, Fla. It's
a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile
run. Toes twitching in the powdered sugar-hued sand, I can hardly contain
myself.
I flash a nervous smile to friends around me and we joke that the nearly 2,200
bodies thrashing through the Gulf of Mexico will
surely scare the sharks away. Others stand quietly, sweaty palms clasped,
thankful that the turquoise water, which had been
dangerously choppy in the days leading up to the race, has calmed.
This is it.
This is the Ironman. And no matter how nuts the distance and the determination
sounds to most people, life just doesn't get any
better than this.
Going the distance
It's just past 7 a.m. and I'm whirling through what feels like a human-powered
washing machine. Arms and legs flying, hundreds of
bodies covered in neoprene surge through the salt water. After a few minutes of
being kicked, slapped and elbowed, I can't help but
laugh when a polite woman hits my shoulder and says, "Excuse me, sorry."
Running out of the water, two volunteers rip off my wetsuit and help me up with
a smile. Now that's a first.
More...from the The Columbian at:
http://www.columbian.com/12032004/life/218630.html


22. The dealers and wheelers:
I'm with Geoff Burndred and those who did not cheer Jeremy Yates' win in last
weekend's Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge.
Burndred, you will recall, pedalled across the line second, behind Yates, then
vented his frustration that he had had to race a
convicted doper.
Yates has been banned for two years after a positive test for the
muscle-building steroid testosterone was confirmed last month.
His positive was known before the Taupo race, yet Yates, bold as brass, fronted,
won and pocketed the winner's purse.
He slipped through a gap created by a delay in cycling officials processing the
paperwork of the ban.
It was not a good look, and Cycling New Zealand may have been better to withdraw
his racing licence and take the small risk of its
decision being challenged.
Yates won $2000 at Taupo. To their credit, race organisers stumped up a winner's
cheque for Burndred too - but the money is hardly
the issue.
Yates should have been shown the door. There's no argument that he's talented,
as his 2000 world junior road race title shows. But
rather than talent, what has too often been shown to be lacking in professional
road cycling is ethics.
That's why it shares a tainted reputation with the likes of track and field and
weightlifting.
More...from the New Zealand Herald at:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=4&ObjectID=9001657


23. Bear Creek triathlon a dirty job, but somebody had to do it:
Any day that ends with the mountain bike plastered with mud, hiking boots caked
with dirt and hands reeking of fish, I count as a
good day.
Such was the scene Monday when the sun set on my Bear Creek Lake State Park
triathlon. And despite the warnings of Park Ranger Craig
Guthrie that the facility was not in prime shape, I'd had a blast.
My status as a triathlete might be in question, since hiking, biking and fishing
aren't the standard iron-man ingredients. But my
exploits found a perfect setting at Bear Creek Lake, where a colorful history,
rich present and promising future stand in particular
clarity.
As Guthrie advised, the park was neither ideal nor idyllic. The woods teemed
with work crews tending to an impressive to-do list:
clearing land beside the archery range (which is closed) for a 2,100-square-foot
meeting and conference facility; digging trenches
for water and sewage lines; and laying the groundwork for six cabins.
The improvements, among numerous projects approved in the 2002 bond referendum,
will cost about $4.5 million and be completed in
about a year, said John Zawatsky, park manager.
More...from the Richmond Times-Dispatch at:
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicA\
rticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779481274&path=!sports!ou
tdoors&s=1045855935449
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24. The Uncertain Antiaging Pill:
On the eve of its launch, the touted life extender Protandim faces marketing
ambiguity and scientific reservations.
Last year, the Denver Post described it as a "once-a-day pill they say could
extend life spans to 120 years or more." As recently as
February of this year, the Denver, Colorado-based NBC affiliate 9News stated
that it "promises to not only make you live longer, but
make you feel younger."
The pill in question, Protandim, purportedly causes the body to produce more of
its own powerful antioxidants to fight the damaging
effects of free radicals. While many people ingest antioxidants such as vitamin
C in food and supplements, these must pass through
digestive and other barriers, while Protandim is said to spur an increase in the
body's internal defenses.
And you'll soon have a chance to buy it. The Denver, Colorado-based company
behind Protandim, Lifeline Nutraceuticals, says that the
pill will be released in February 2005. Armed with preclinical results from
animals, and with a human trial underway, company
president Bill Driscoll calls Protandim "the first true antiaging pill that the
market has very eagerly been waiting for," one that
is "measurably better than any combinations of currently available antioxidant
supplements."
More...from Betterhumans at:
http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Reports/report.aspx?articleID=2004-11-29-1




25. News Scan:
* Ice it down. All Miavita Fitness Tips
Running can place a great deal of stress on the knees; here's a tip for
do-it-yourself massage packs. Simply fill small paper cups
up with water and place in the freezer. Gently massage the area with the frozen
cups for 15 - 20 minutes your knees will thank you
for it!

* Water on Airplanes Highly Contaminated, Survey Shows
Next time you fly and get thirsty, rather than asking for ice water from an
airplane's galley, opt for bottled water instead. Recent
EPA testing found the drinking water of 1 in 8 airplanes to be contaminated with
coliform bacteria. This type of bacteria typically
lives in animal or human intestines, and its presence in water indicates
contamination from waste. Of 158 planes tested, 12.6% did
not pass the federal standards for drinking water. Of the twenty planes with
coliform bacteria, two tested positive for E. coli
bacteria.
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* Dr. Gabe Mirkin's Fitness and Health E-Zine
Most People Can Eat Just Before They Exercise
If you are going to exercise for more than an hour, you need to eat before you
exercise or your muscles and liver will run out of
sugar and you will tire earlier. Your brain gets more than 98 percent of its
energy from sugar in your bloodstream. But there is
only enough sugar in your bloodstream to last three minutes. So you liver has
to constantly release sugar from its cells into your
bloodstream. There is only enough sugar in your liver to last maybe an hour
when you exercise vigorously. Eating before
exercising can help you to exercise longer.
Whenever your stomach fills with food, its muscles contract and require large
amounts of blood. When you exercise vigorously, your
heart pumps large amounts of blood to your skeletal muscles. If your heart is
not strong enough to pump blood to both your stomach
and your skeletal muscles, blood is shunted from your stomach muscles, the
muscles lack oxygen, lactic acid builds up in muscles and
they start to hurt. However, most people can exercise after eating without
suffering cramps because their hearts are strong enough
to pump blood to both
their exercising muscles and their stomach muscles.
Some researchers believe that you shouldn't eat sugar before you exercise
because it will cause your blood sugar level to rise and
your pancreas to release insulin, which will cause your blood sugar to drop too
low so you will feel tired during exercise.
However, the major cause of tiredness that you feel in your muscles during
exercise is lack of stored sugar in muscles. Taking any
extra calories before and during exercise helps to preserve the sugar that is
stored in muscles and help you to exercise longer. If
you are going to exercise for more than an
hour, eat or drink anything you like before and during your exercise. Most
people will not get stomach cramps while exercising, no
matter what or when they eat.

* Dear Dr. Mirkin: My husband thinks our children should try to become great
athletes. Is it safe for them to lift weights before
they even reach their teens?
The best time for future Olympic athletes to start training is before they reach
puberty. Having large strong muscles makes you a
better athlete, and starting training before puberty enlarges the bones that are
used primarily in that sport. Muscles growth is
limited by the size of the bones on which they attach. The larger the bone, the
stronger the muscle. Children who start to play
tennis before they go into puberty have larger bones in the arm that holds the
racquet. They also have larger bones in their tennis
arm than those who start to play tennis later in life.
The larger and stronger your muscles, the harder you can hit a tennis ball.
Lifting weights during growth does not prevent children from growing to their
full potential height. Bones grow from growth centers
that are weakest part of bone, but strength training during growth does not
damage these growth centers and children who lift
weights in programs with experienced supervision do not suffer more injuries
than adults. There used to be concern that growing
large muscles would make people musclebound and interfere with coordination, but
this is not true. With increased strength comes
increased speed and increased
coordination in movements requiring strength. The best time for future
Olympians to start training is while their bones are still
growing.

* Stretch it out for a long and lean look
Have the patience to hold this flexibility move long enough to feel the back of
your legs stretching. It's a great way to encourage
your hamstring muscles to return to their original length after a leg-training
workout, cycling or hiking. Getting the back of your
legs more limber will help reduce strain to your lower back, and make everyday
activities easier.
1 Kneel upright on a mat or a padded surface with your knees directly below your
hips. Place your right foot on the floor in front
of you. Balance on your heel as you lift your toes toward the ceiling.
2 Bend forward at your hips, and place both hands on the floor on either side of
the front foot. Shift your hips back slightly and
keep your spine as long as possible. Press the top of your back foot down to
help you feel stable. Feel the stretch in the back of
your thigh. Continue to walk your hands forward (think of moving your tailbone
away from your front heel). Stay in this position for
six breaths. Return to the starting position and repeat on the other leg.
— Karen Voight

* Moderate Alcohol Use Linked to Fewer Heart Plaques
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking one or two alcoholic beverages per day
seems to reduce plaque buildup in the coronary arteries
that supply blood to the heart, new research indicates. This may help explain
why moderate alcohol use has been tied to a reduced
risk of heart disease.
The findings are based on a study of 1795 subjects without heart disease who
were evaluated with CT scans to look for calcium
deposits in the coronaries, an indicator of plaque build-up.
Dr. Jacqueline C. M. Witteman, from Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, and
colleagues report their findings in the Archives of
Internal Medicine.
Seventeen percent of subjects consumed one or two alcoholic drinks per day.
Sixty-two percent of subjects consumed less than this
amount and 21 percent consumed more.
Subjects who consumed one or two drinks per day had the fewest calcium deposits,
while non-drinkers had the most. The other subjects
fell between these two extremes.
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, November 22, 2004.


This Weeks Featured Events:
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Saturday, December 4, 2004:

Canadian Cross Country Championships _ Toronto, ON
http://www.torontoolympicclub.com/cross_country_2004.htm

Kids Triathlon Phuket - Thailand
http://www.kids-tri-phuket.org/

Nike Team Nationals (High School Cross Country) - Portland, OR
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OUC Half-Marathon & 5K, Orlando, FL
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Santa Shuffle 5K - Ottawa, ON
http://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=1043

St. Jude Memphis Marathon & Half-Marathon, Memphis, TN
http://www.stjudemarathon.org

Sunday, December 5, 2004

California International Marathon - Sacramento, CA
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OC Marathon, Newport Beach, CA
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Tucson Marathon & Half-Marathon, Tucson, AZ
http://www.tucsonmarathon.com

December 6, 2004:

Zatopek Classic 10K - AUS
http://www.ausrun.com.au/events/zatopek/zatopekhome.htm

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The TRACK PROFILE Reader 2004, an in-depth review of the 2003 season by Bob
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The Stretching Video in a DVD version. With the DVD version you're able to use
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How To Run And Enjoy The Marathon By James Raia:
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As a practical guide to the 26.2-mile journey, How To Run And Enjoy The Marathon
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