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1. Emilie's Run - The Emilie Mondor Memorial 5K Race for Women - Canada's
Fastest Women's 5K
November 10, 2007: Prize Money Announced for Teams
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for the top teams for the 2008 Emilie's Run. This
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prize money for the top open and masters runners and the
primes for the leaders at 1 through 4K.
The team prize money will be allocated as follows:
1st (Open): $1,000,
2nd:$750,
3rd: $500
A maximum of 5 entrants per team, top 3 to score.
The 2008 edition of Emilie's Run will take place on Saturday, June 21st at the
Aviation Museum in Ottawa with $5,500 in cash prizes
for the top open and masters and merchandise prizes for the top teams and
age-groupers.
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5. 26.2 with Donna:
The National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer
"The only U.S. marathon dedicated solely to raising funds to end breast cancer."
February 17, 2008 8 a.m.
Location: Near Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida
Beneficiaries: Donna Hicken Foundation and Mayo Clinic
Proceeds from the race will go directly to The Donna Hicken Foundation, a
charitable organization dedicated to helping women with
breast cancer. While a portion of the proceeds will be used by the Donna Hicken
Foundation for the critical care of breast cancer
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raised to Mayo Clinic for research and its
Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic, which specializes in the detection and
treatment of breast cancer.
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ONE:
Island Triathlon Series™ will take place on Saturday, March 29th, 2008 on the
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Turks and Caicos Islands of the Caribbean. We are very happy to announce a
second signature distance called The Island Forty™.
The Island Forty™ features a 1 mile swim, 33.5 mile bike and 5.5 mile run and
will take triathletes on a journey across one of
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for a shorter distance race to start off their race
season while enjoying a luxurious March Break vacation with friends and family.
This event promises to be more than just race but an
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THIS WEEK'S DIGEST ARTICLE INDEX:

1. Vitamin C Offers Little Protection Against Colds, Review Finds
2. Dermatologists Warn Fitness Enthusiasts: Don't Let Exercise-Related Skin
Problems Outweigh The Benefits Of Physical Activity
3. Dr. Gabe Mirkin's Fitness and Health e-Zine
4. Training boost for Olympians
5. Use Mental and Physical Sports Motivation
6. Marathon-related deaths raise questions about risks
7. Marathon Smarts
8. This Week in Running
9. Aging: Walking Faster and Outpacing Death
10. Real-life cybermen (and women):
11. Run the natural way: no drugs, no stimulants, no iPods
12. Dermatologists Warn Fitness Enthusiasts: Watch For Exercise-Related Skin
Problems
13. A Better Buzz:
It offers a boost but no burn, and can even make you healthier. Are you drinking
enough tea?
14. As the longtime runner's pace slows, awareness grows
15. The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Eat right for 'cross
16. Personal Best - Short Layoff, Long Comeback
17. Marathon is not mere running but a science’
18. O.C. teen runner died of heart inflammation, coroner rules
19. Coffee and plenty of exercise could cut risk of skin cancer
20. Digest Briefs


RUNNER'S WEB WEEKLY POLL:
"Ergogenic aids are substances or devices that enhance energy production, use or
recovery and provide athletes with a competitive
advantage. Do you take use any?"

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as checking the results of previous polls.

LAST WEEK'S POLL RESULTS:
Have the recent deaths in several marathons affected your plans to run a
marathon?
Answers Percent
1. Yes 23%
2. No 63%
3. Was not planning to run one 14%


FIVE STAR SITE OF THE MONTH: Hansons-Brooks Distance Project
About the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project
The standards these athletes had to meet to be eligible for the Olympic
Development program are 29:00/33:45 for the 10k, 14:00/16:15
for the 5k, and 2:20/2:42 for the marathon. These standards are the basis for
the selection process although they are not set in
stone. Other factors such as the athletes willingness to relocate to the
Rochester area, the meets where they ran their times at,
and also the size of the college that they attended come into play when the
athletes are selected.
This opportunity provided by the Hansons is the best out there for runners
coming out of college who have demonstrated the ability
and wish to continue running, but haven't quite advanced to the next level. The
Olympics are the ultimate focus of the runners but
more importantly all the runners here are taking part in this program to see how
fast they can become. Everything here focuses
around time to train. Our lifestyle is most accurately described as being like
college only we don't have classes or homework.
The approach realized in the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project incorporates the
following four principles:
~ Create an opportunity for successful college athletes to continue training
beyond their college years.
~ Provide an environment in which training can be the focus of those
post-collegiate athletes (without the financial necessity of
working full time or chasing after money in road races).
~ Develop a center for those athletes to train together as a team.
~ Incorporate the team members in local community activities to foster an
excitement in the sport of distance running, and motivate
future distance runners.
Visit the website at:
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BOOK/VIDEO OF THE MONTH: In Pursuit of Excellence-4th Edition
About the Product
Reach your potential! Whether you are an athlete, a coach, or a promising high
achiever in another walk of life, In Pursuit of
Excellence provides the expert advice and proven techniques to help you fulfill
your aspirations.
Author Terry Orlick, an internationally acclaimed sport psychologist, has helped
hundreds of Olympic and professional athletes
maximize their performances and achieve their goals. In this fourth edition,
Orlick provides new insights and a powerful
step-by-step plan for you to develop your own personal path to excellence.
You'll learn to focus for excellence and high-quality living. You'll gain a more
positive outlook, a more focused commitment, better
ways of dealing with distractions, and strategies for overcoming obstacles.
You'll also achieve greater personal and professional
satisfaction and discover better ways to work with teammates, respond more
effectively to coaching, and become more self-directed in
your thoughts and actions.
Both practical and inspirational, In Pursuit of Excellence is a guide to daily
living and motivation as well as a road map to
long-term achievement. Read it, use it, and win with it-on and off the field.
About the Author
Terry Orlick, PhD, is a world-renowned leader in the applied field of sport
psychology, mental training, and excellence. A former
gymnastics champion and coach, Orlick has served as a high-performance coach for
over 34 years to thousands of Olympic and
professional athletes in more than 30 sports. He has served as a
performance-enhancement consultant and mental skills coach in
several Summer and Winter Olympic Games, as well as a consultant for various
professional teams and leading business corporations.
Former president of the International Society for Mental Training and
Excellence, Orlick has authored more than 20 highly acclaimed
books. He has created innovative programs and books for children and youth to
develop humanistic perspectives and positive mental
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and Feeling Great: Teaching Children to Excel at
Living (2004, Creative Bound).
Orlick, a graduate of Syracuse University, the College of William & Mary, and
the University of Alberta, is a professor in the
School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and founder of the
innovative Journal of Excellence. He holds
distinguished service awards from numerous Olympic and education associations,
as well as certificates of merit from governments,
universities, sport organizations, and schools for distinguished service to the
community. He has given lectures on the pursuit of
excellence in virtually every corner of the world. Orlick lives with his family
at Meech Lake, Quebec.
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURES:

1. Vitamin C Offers Little Protection Against Colds, Review Finds:
Unless you run marathons, you probably won't get much protection from common
colds by taking a daily supplemental dose of vitamin C,
according to an updated review of 30 studies.
Conducted over several decades and including more than 11,000 people who took
daily doses of at least 200 milligrams, the review
also shows that vitamin C (ascorbic acid) does little to reduce the length or
severity of a cold, according to the researchers at
the Australian National University and the University of Helsinki.
However, they found that people exposed to periods of high stress -- such as
marathon runners, skiers and soldiers on sub-arctic
exercises -- were 50 percent less likely to catch a cold if they took a daily
dose of vitamin C.
For most people, the benefit of the popular remedy is so slight when it comes to
colds that it is not worth the effort or expense,
the authors say. "It doesn't make sense to take vitamin C 365 days a year to
lessen the chance of catching a cold," said co-author
Harri Hemilä, a professor in the Department of Public Health at University of
Helsinki in Finland.
The review appears in the latest issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of
The Cochrane Collaboration, an international
organization that evaluates medical research. Systematic reviews draw
evidence-based conclusions about medical practice after
considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic.
More...from Science Daily at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070718002136.htm


2. Dermatologists Warn Fitness Enthusiasts: Don't Let Exercise-Related Skin
Problems Outweigh The Benefits Of Physical Activity:
The changing of the season brings cooler weather, shorter days and more people
heading to health clubs for a healthy dose of indoor
exercise. While experts agree that exercise is one of the most beneficial
activities a person can do to improve one's overall
health, dermatologists want gym goers to be aware of the hidden dangers of
exercise -- bothersome skin conditions that can be
painful and inhibit further physical activity if left untreated.
Speaking today at the American Academy of Dermatology's (Academy) Skin Academy,
dermatologist Brian B. Adams, MD, MPH, FAAD,
associate professor of dermatology at the University of Cincinnati and director
of dermatology at the Veterans Administration
Medical Center, both in Cincinnati, Ohio, discussed the most common skin
conditions to which people who engage in regular indoor
exercise are susceptible and how to treat them.
"Despite its positive effect on a person's physical and psychological health,
regular exercise does not necessarily improve our skin
health and may in fact lead to a rash of skin conditions that require
treatment," said Dr. Adams. "While exercising indoors
eliminates the threat of skin cancer and sun damage, it is important for people
who frequent health clubs to be aware of the risks
to their skin as well."
More...from Medical News Today at:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/88217.php


3. Dr. Gabe Mirkin's Fitness and Health e-Zine:
* Bonking
If you watch a major bicycle race on TV, you have to be impressed by how the
riders can eat enough to sustain them through races
that require more than five hours of near maximum effort. If they do not get
enough food during their ride, they can fall off their
bikes, lie on the ground unconscious and start to shake all over in a in a
massive convulsion. This is called bonking: passing out
from low blood sugar.
Your brain gets almost all of its fuel from sugar in your bloodstream. When your
blood sugar level drops, your brain cannot get
enough fuel to function properly, you feel tired and confused and can pass out.
There is only enough sugar in your bloodstream to
last three minutes. To keep your blood sugar level from dropping, your liver
must constantly release sugar from its cells into your
bloodstream, but there is only enough sugar in your liver to last 12 hours at
rest. During intense exercise, your muscles draw sugar
from your bloodstream at a rapid rate. Your liver can run out of its stored
sugar and your blood sugar level can drop, and you bonk.

Bonking is common in bicycle races if a rider does not eat frequently, but is
rare in long distance running races. When you run,
your leg muscles are damaged from the constant pounding on the roads and you
must slow down. However, you pedal in a smooth rotary
motion which does not damage your muscles, so you can continue to pedal at a
rapid cadence for many hours.
To prevent your blood sugar from dropping too low during intense exercise
lasting more than two hours, eat at least every 15
minutes. It doesn't matter what you eat: salted peanuts, a peanut butter and
jelly sandwich, chicken, an apple, a banana or anything
else. Almost all fit people can take small amounts of food frequently during
exercise without developing stomach cramps.
* Dear Dr. Mirkin: How does education affect longevity?
A: Smarter baseball players live longer, according to researchers in the
Department of Economics at Shippensburg University in
Pennsylvania (Death Studies, August 2007). The authors collected data on players
who were born between 1945 and 1964 and found that
the death rate for players who attended only high school was almost twice as
high as those who went to college. They also found what
high body fat levels were associated with premature death. The good news for all
athletes is that the baseball players had only 31
percent of the death rate of the general population. The lower death rate in the
more highly educated players is probably due to
their increased awareness of life style factors linked to premature death, such
as smoking, promiscuity, obesity, eating a high-fat,
high-refined carbohydrate diet that is low in vegetables, and so forth.
* Low Blood Sugar Causes Mental Fatigue During Competition
Athletes can expect to feel fatigued when their blood sugar levels drop.
Researchers at Loughborough University, UK showed that
athletes who did not take sugar during soccer
competition lasting 90 minutes felt more tired, had less competitive desire,
and had far lower blood sugar levels than athletes
who took a sugared drink every 15 minutes during their game (Scandinavian
Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, October 2007).
Your brain gets more than 98 percent of its energy from sugar in the
bloodstream. However there is only enough sugar in the
bloodstream to last about three minutes. The liver must constantly release sugar
into the bloodstream, but there is only enough
sugar in the liver to last eight hours during rest and far less than that during
exercise. So athletes who do not take a source of
sugar during events lasting more than an hour can suffer the psychological
effects of low blood sugar levels what include a mental
feeling of fatigue and lowered competitive desire.
In another study, researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada showed
that taking sugar 30 minutes after starting to cycle
and every 15 minutes afterwards increases
strength, speed and endurance when exercising fairly intensely at 60 percent of
maximal oxygen uptake (Journal of Applied
Physiology, July 2007). Muscles burn carbohydrates, fats, and protein for
energy. Carbohydrates (sugars) require the least amount
of oxygen for conversion to energy, which allows you to move faster with less
effort. Athletes use sugared drinks, power bars or
candy bars, concentrated sugared gels, cookies and almost any other source of
carbohydrates during prolonged competition. It is
possible to take in too much sugar and get a high rise in blood sugar if you are
not exercising intensely, but this is rarely a
concern for competing athletes. Competition takes great concentration, and
eating and drinking are distractions that most athletes
limit as much as possible..
From Dr. Gabe Mirkin's Fitness and Health E-Zine at: http://www.drmirkin.com


4. Training boost for Olympians:
Essex University scientists are developing a device which uses novel methods to
measure oxygen use in muscle. If successful, the
device could enhance training for the UK's Olympic hopefuls.
The scientific team, from the Department of Biological Sciences, is working on
the device. Initial design and testing will involve
working closely with triathletes and their coaches, through Dave Parry, the
university's elite triathlon coach.
The aim is to design a non-invasive, lightweight, portable device that can be
worn comfortably in training and feed information
wirelessly in real time to the coach. This will allow optimal targeting of
training sessions in the field.
Prof Chris Cooper, Prof Ralph Beneke and Dr Caroline Angus of the university's
Medical Optics Group (MOG) have been awarded £28,571
to use a technique called Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to shine light on
the muscle to see how much oxygen is present.
More...from Scenta at:
http://www.scenta.co.uk/Health/1709413/training-boost-for-olympians.htm


5. Use Mental and Physical Sports Motivation :
The motivational dynamics of sport
The 34th President of the US, Dwight D Eisenhower, once said that ‘motivation is
the art of getting people to do what you want them
to do because they want to do it’. And as Dr Costas Karageorghis explains,
recent research suggests that he wasn’t far wrong. Even
better, changing your attitude towards training and competition can
significantly enhance motivation
Motivation is an internal energy force that determines all aspects of our
behaviour; it also impacts on how we think, feel and
interact with others. In sport, high motivation is widely accepted as an
essential prerequisite in getting athletes to fulfil their
potential. However, given its inherently abstract nature, it is a force that is
often difficult to exploit fully. Some coaches, like
Portugal manager Luiz Felipe ‘Big Phil’ Scolari, appear to have a ‘magic touch’,
being able to get a great deal more out of a team
than the sum of its individual parts; others find motivation to be an elusive
concept they are forever struggling to master.
More...from Peak Performance Online at:
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6. Marathon-related deaths raise questions about risks:
Adam's training journal
I'm not usually a superstitious guy. I don't own a rabbit's foot. I did,
however, own two black cats, and I let them cross my path
on a daily basis. Broken mirrors, spilled salt? Bring 'em on.
But as I prepared for this past Sunday's Route 66 Marathon, I felt as if the
gods of exercise might be sending me a signal. An omen,
if you must. Their message: Step away from the 26.2-miler.
In the month or so leading up to the second installment of this Tulsa marathon,
three runners died during, or immediately after,
26.2-mile races.
First, there was the novice marathoner who was felled by a previously undetected
heart ailment in October's Chicago Marathon.
Then there was the experienced runner who successfully completed the New York
Marathon earlier this month, only to die of a clot in
his coronary artery in the hours following the race.
But perhaps most disturbing — and perplexing — was the case of Ryan Shay, the
28-year-old professional runner who collapsed about 5½
miles into the U.S. Olympic marathon trials and died.
More...from NewsOK at:
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7. Marathon Smarts:
Because a little knowledge can go a long way, we asked seven Ph.D. marathoners
to give us their best, most scientific race-day tips.
Don't race without them.
You've trained, tapered, and overcome your share of bumps in the road. But
there's still a lot you need to do right on marathon day.
The experts who share their hard-won wisdom below have run hundreds of marathons
between them. They know more about the ins and outs
of race day than anyone around. Except you, if you read on.
1) Don't do anything new. Race day is not the time for new shoes, new food or
drinks, new clothing, or anything else you haven't
done on several training runs. Stick with a routine that works for you. "I
learned the hard way that when you try something new on
race day, you often end up regretting it," says Russ Pate, who has a Ph.D. in
exercise physiology and qualified for three U.S.
Marathon Trials in '72, '76, and '80. "I eventually developed a routine that I
followed ritualistically before all my races."
2) Eat first thing. Too many marathoners skip breakfast on race day, opting for
just a cup of coffee and/or some sports drink. You
need more than that. "From the time you go to bed until the start of the race is
usually eight to 10 hours," says Ken Sparks, who
has a Ph.D. in exercise physiology and ran a personal best 2:28 at age 46. "In
that time, your liver glycogen--which is stored
carbohydrate--gets depleted. If you don't have a simple, high-carb breakfast,
you're going to be in trouble at 20 miles." Bananas,
bagels, or energy bars are good picks.
More...from Runner's World at:
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-244-255-9043-0,00.html?cm_mmc=\
training-_-2007_11_13-_-training-_-Run%20a%20Smart%2
0Marathon%20
[Long URL]


8. This Week in Running:
10 Years Ago- Worku Bikila (ETH) won the Zevenheuvelenloop (NED) 15K over
Josephat Machuka (KEN),
42:20 to 42:23, Bikila's time was just eight seconds over the WR.
Shem Kororia (KEN)
was 3rd in 42:45. Catherina McKiernan (IRL) won the women's race
in 48:30 with
Annemari Sandell (FIN) next in 49:17 and Marleen Renbders (BEL)
3rd in 50:06.
20 Years Ago- Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) won the IAAF World Road Championships
(MON) 15K with a 47:17
WR. Nancy Tinari (CAN) took the silver medal in 48:53 and Maria
Curatolo (ITA) took
the bronze in 49:15. This event was for women only.
30 Years Ago- Bill Rodgers (USA) won the Vulcan Run (AL/USA) 10K with a 28:55.
Terry Baker (USA)
and Edward Leddy (IRL) followed in 29:08 and 29:23 respectively.
The women's race
went to Laurie Parton (USA) in 38:48.
40 Years Ago- Nothing of note in the ADR database.
50 Years Ago- Nothing of note in the ADR database.
From The Analytical Distance Runner, the newsletter for the Association of Road
Racing Statisticians with a
focus on races, 3000m and longer, including road, track, and cross-country
events.
The ARRS has a website at http://www.arrs.net.


9. Aging: Walking Faster and Outpacing Death:
Researchers who followed the health of nearly 500 older people for almost a
decade found that those who walked more quickly were
less likely to die over the course of the study.
The findings, the researchers said, suggest that gait speed may be a good
predictor of long-term survival, even in people who
otherwise appear basically healthy. The study was presented at a conference of
the Gerontological Society of America.
In a related study, appearing in the November issue of The Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society, the researchers also found
that people whose walking speed improved reduced their risk of death.
“We don’t know why,” said one of the authors, Dr. Stephanie A. Studenski of the
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “Did
some of these people exercise? Did some of these people have health conditions
that were treated and improved?”
More...from the NY Times at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/health/research/20agin.html?_r=1&ref=fitnessan\
dnutrition&oref=slogin


10. Real-life cybermen (and women):
Artificial limbs not only help disabled people to live normal lives, in some
cases it even turns them into true winners.
Prosthetics – the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of
artificial body parts – is not a young science. In fact,
artificial limbs have been made and used since the time of the Romans, with the
oldest archaeological find (a leg made of copper and
wood) dating back to 300 BC. Since then, artificial limbs have been used for
soldiers injured in battle, first made out of iron but
then evolving to lighter materials, mainly wood.
The latter part of the 19th century saw an increase in the use of prosthetics
because of the large numbers of amputees from
conflicts such as the American Civil War. Improvements in the technology came
strong and fast thanks to government funding and the
discovery of anaesthetics, which made the doctors’ job a whole lot easier. The
US National Academy of Sciences started the
“Artificial Limb Program” after World War II, an initiative to improve
prosthetics by promoting and coordinating scientific research
in the field.
In recent years, both the ‘look and feel’ of artificial limbs and their ease of
use have advanced greatly. Breakthroughs in
biomechanical understanding, new materials and the use of computer-aided design
and manufacturing have all contributed to the
development of better prosthesis. Some of these are so good that they have
enabled athletes with disabilities to bridge the gap
between themselves and their able-bodied counterparts.
More...from Scenta at:
http://www.scenta.co.uk/Sport/1704013/real-life-cybermen-(and-women).htm


11. Run the natural way: no drugs, no stimulants, no iPods:
With music, drugs, stimulants, you miss out on the natural high.
In the sixth grade I wrote an essay about why cheating is bad. Where did I get
the inspiration for my angst- filled prose? Ben
Johnson, the Canadian sprinter who was disqualified for doping in the 1988
Olympics in Seoul. I wrote something like, "Ben Johnson
didn't just cheat his fans and the other athletes; he cheated himself."
Even though I could barely make it through the one-mile run we were required to
complete for the Texas physical fitness test, I
didn't understand why someone with plenty of training and natural running
ability couldn't just get out there and move his legs. Why
did he have to have help?
Now, with a full marathon and a few White Rock halves under my belt, I consider
myself a runner. And one of the things that
attracted me to the sport was that it's so natural and simple. Running doesn't
require fancy equipment or special gear. I can step
out my front door and take off – just me and my daydreams on the open road. It's
invigorating.
Maybe that's why I'm perplexed by runners who say, "I can't run without
listening to music." Don't get me wrong; I get as fired up
as the next runner hearing Christina Aguilera's "Fighter." But I don't want to
depend on it to keep me going. I don't want a crutch.
To me, that's a little like cheating. Not as appalling as performance- enhancing
drugs, but still help.
More...from the Dallas News at:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/healthyliving2/stories/DN-nh_che\
atessay_1120liv.ART.State.Edition1.36e397c.html


12. Dermatologists Warn Fitness Enthusiasts: Watch For Exercise-Related Skin
Problems:
The changing of the season brings cooler weather, shorter days and more people
heading to health clubs for a healthy dose of indoor
exercise. While experts agree that exercise is one of the most beneficial
activities a person can do to improve one’s overall
health, dermatologists want gym goers to be aware of the hidden dangers of
exercise – bothersome skin conditions that can be painful
and inhibit further physical activity if left untreated.
Speaking November 8 at the American Academy of Dermatology’s (Academy) SKIN
academy, dermatologist Brian B. Adams, MD, MPH, FAAD,
associate professor of dermatology at the University of Cincinnati and director
of dermatology at the Veterans Administration
Medical Center, both in Cincinnati, Ohio, discussed the most common skin
conditions to which people who engage in regular indoor
exercise are susceptible and how to treat them.
“Despite its positive effect on a person’s physical and psychological health,
regular exercise does not necessarily improve our skin
health and may in fact lead to a rash of skin conditions that require
treatment,” said Dr. Adams. “While exercising indoors
eliminates the threat of skin cancer and sun damage, it is important for people
who frequent health clubs to be aware of the risks
to their skin as well.”
More...from Science Daily at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071109195546.htm


13. A Better Buzz:
It offers a boost but no burn, and can even make you healthier. Are you drinking
enough tea?
Before running a morning race, Jeremy Smith doesn't drink coffee, cola, or
energy drinks. He reaches instead for a mug of green tea.
"A cup about 30 minutes before a race makes me feel good in all the right places
without feeling bloated," says Smith, of Corvallis,
Oregon, who has finished a dozen marathons.
Lots of runners pick tea for their prerun jolt. The caffeine is a proven
performance enhancer that increases endurance, improves
alertness, and makes running feel easier. True, tea provides only half as much
caffeine as coffee or energy drinks (or 40 to 60
milligrams per cup), but it's also easier to take. The acid in coffee and the
carbonation in cola and energy drinks can be hard on
jittery prerace stomachs--leading to heartburn and stomach upset.
Tea also has more health benefits than the other caffeinated options. Along with
trace vitamins and minerals, tea is rich in a class
of disease-fighting antioxidants known as polyphenols, which can help prevent
cancer and heart disease. Studies have also credited
tea with improving dental health, aiding weight loss, boosting immunity, and
increasing bone density. Tufts University nutrition
professor Jeffrey Blumberg, Ph.D., estimates that the amount of antioxidants in
two cups of tea is equal to the amount in a serving
of fruits or vegetables.
Steep Benefits
As the health benefits of tea have become better known, the days of Lipton as
your only option are long gone. In fact, the tea aisle
at your grocery store can be overwhelming. So can the conflicting news reports
about which tea is "healthiest." Black, oolong,
green, white, and all those herbals. Where to start?
More....from Runner's World at:
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-302--9209-0,00.html?cm_mmc=beg\
inner-_-2007_11_21-_-beginner-_-The%20Power%20of%20T
ea
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14. As the longtime runner's pace slows, awareness grows:
There is a slight curse to having been a runner for more than two decades.
Somewhere along the way, things begin to slow down.
It is a fact of life: the body ages, muscles tighten, joints stiffen, and except
for a few amazing souls who seem to get better with
age, most of us have no choice but to accept this.
Actually, I don't mind too much. After 26 years of running, I still love to lace
up my running shoes and hit the roads. I can't
leave the Delaware Running Co. with just a new pair of shoes because I am still
addicted to new running gear. I think I am the only
one who loves running in split shorts because they at least make me feel faster.
Best of all, I still get to run with one of my high
school teammates.
The curse of the runner is in our own head. Although we may be running faster
than the majority of runners in the world, we will
always compare ourselves with what we did in our younger years.
Even after 20 years, I still miss being on the track every afternoon, my stomach
churning with anticipation of the workout. Many
days, I stood with my coach, nodding as he revealed the workout, letting him
know that not only did I understand what I was supposed
to do but also that I understood the pain that lay ahead of me. I welcomed it.
More...from Delaware Online at:
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071121/SPORTS1101/711\
210371/1126/SPORTS11


15. The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Eat right for 'cross:
Cyclocross season is well underway, and as competitors you likely have adjusted
your training for the short, but very high intensity
racing. Your workouts are likely characterized by various interval sessions,
while endurance and recovery ride volume may drop off
relative to your road or mountain bike season.
Running workouts are also included as most of you head into cooler training
conditions, with toe numbing cold weather racing marking
the finish of the season in many parts of the country. By making a few
nutritional adjustments for cyclocross season, you can
sustain your training efforts and power your way over the race course.
Keep your balance
With a focus on shorter races and colder training weather, a drop in training
volume can dictate some changes in your energy and
carbohydrate intake. While it is essential that you maintain your power, fewer
calories may be needed to maintain an optimal race
weight. At the very least aim to prevent any weight gain.
You are essentially in the off season and with the holidays approaching there
are plenty of high calorie temptations just around the
corner. As always, your daily energy requirements are largely determined by
training time and intensity, and your food intake should
match up to that day appropriately
More...from VeloNews at:
http://www.velonews.com/train/articles/13709.0.html


16. Personal Best - Short Layoff, Long Comeback:
WHEN Helen Betancourt, an assistant coach at Princeton, was preparing for the
World Championships in rowing in 1998, she suffered an
overuse injury: stress fractures of her ribs. She competed anyway, but then had
to take five months off.
Like most athletes, she did her best to maintain her fitness, spending hours
cycling. Finally, she returned to her sport.
“I lost half my strength,” she said. And rowing just felt weird. “It was like I
had stepped off another planet.”
Yet a couple of months later, much faster than it takes to get that strong to
begin with, Ms. Betancourt felt like her old self on
the water. Four months of rowing and she was in top form.
It shows, exercise physiologists say, that training is exquisitely specific: you
can acquire and maintain cardiovascular fitness
with many activities, but if you want to keep your ability to row, or run, or
swim, you have to do that exact activity.
It also shows, they say, that people who work out sporadically, running on
weekends, for instance, will never reach their potential.
This is a time of year when many people who exercised religiously for months
cannot maintain their exercise schedules because they
are traveling, or they have a severe cold, or simply because they are
celebrating holidays with family.
More...from the NY Times at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/health/nutrition/22best.html?_r=1&ref=fitnessa\
ndnutrition&oref=slogin


17. Marathon is not mere running but a science’:
Marathon is not mere running but a science which requires impeccable planning
before, during and after the event observed Cuban
coach Adalberto Collazo Macias (seated in the center above) .
Macias, a professor of Theory and Methodology for sports training at the Cuban
Sports University, was in the city to deliver a
lecture as a precursor to the Vodafone 22nd Pune International Marathon. Macias
laid stress on the preparation methodology ,
strategy, and tactics to be applied. “To reach the goal, long distance athletes
need to have a concrete project plan and need to
apply a strategy during the race according to the situation,” he explained.
For Macias strategy meant each athlete taking into account the physical and
psychological level him/herself, which includes weather,
time, food that play major roles. Macia enthusiastically said, “ I have come to
India to help the athletes,” and touched on issues
like food, liquid intake before-during and after the race and the carbohydrates
intake days before the event.
More...from Express India at:
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Marathon-is-not-mere-running-but-a-scien\
ce/242304/


18. O.C. teen runner died of heart inflammation, coroner rules:
A high school freshman who collapsed during a 3-mile cross-country race in
September died from an inflammation of the heart, the
Orange County coroner's office said Monday.
Megan Myers, 14, died from multifocal myocarditis, said Cullen Ellingburgh,
supervising deputy for the county coroner. An autopsy
performed the day after Megan's death was unable to determine the cause.
Dr. Morton Kern, associate chief of cardiology at UCI Medical Center in Orange,
said the inflammation, which could have resulted
from a virus, appeared to cause an arrhythmia that led the heart's electric
system to malfunction. He said myocarditis affects young
people more than older people.
Megan, who attended Dana Hills High in Dana Point, felt faint about two miles
into the run against Capistrano Valley High School.
She was given liquids in case she was dehydrated. She started to walk but
collapsed. She died at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.
A spokeswoman for Capistrano Unified School District said Megan, of Dana Point,
had passed a medical exam before taking part in
school sports.
From the LA Times at:
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-me-runner20nov20,1,2015732.story?coll=\
la-headlines-health


19. Coffee and plenty of exercise could cut risk of skin cancer:
A combination of coffee drinking and regular exercise may help to lower the risk
of developing skin cancer, according to scientists
in the US.
The two are thought to work together to kill off precancerous cells whose DNA
has been damaged by ultraviolet-B radiation from the
sun.
If the cells are left to divide, they can form malignant skin cancers and
ultimately become fatal.
Rates of skin cancer in the UK have quadrupled for men and tripled for women in
the past 25 years. The disease is the fastest
growing cancer in the UK, partly because more people are taking sunshine
holidays abroad.
More than 8,000 cases of malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin
cancer, are diagnosed in the UK every year, leading to
almost 2,000 deaths.
At least 75,000 cases of non-melanoma skin cancer, a much milder and less
harmful disease, occur each year in the UK.
Previous studies have suggested that exercise and coffee may each play a small
role in protecting against skin cancer, but the
latest research shows for the first time that when combined, the two may offer
far more protection.
More...from Scenta at:
http://www.scenta.co.uk/Sport/1702074/coffee-and-plenty-of-exercise-could-cut-ri\
sk-of-skin-cancer.htm


20 -. Digest Briefs:
* Negligible Difference Between Top Of The Line And Mid-Range Running Shoes:
Expensive isn't always better.
A team of Scottish scientists recently found no differences in comfort or shcick
adsorption between $80 pairs of running shoes and
pairs made by the same companies costing more than $150, With 30 years of
research behind us, hundreds of models of shoes are
available today and many address the needs for different foot types, Podiatry
Today warns that purchasing the wrong shoe can result
in injury. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons writes that when fitting
into an athletic shoe you should be able to wiggle
all your toes. Other advice: Runners should replace their workout shoes at least
every 650 kilometers. If you run about 40
kilometers a week, you'll need a new pair every four months.
McClatchy-Tribune.




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November 25, 2007:
Florence International Marathon - Italy

Great Ethiopian Run - Addis Ababa, Africa

U of Washington Medical Center Seattle Marathon, WA

December 1, 2007:
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Nike Team Nationals - Portland, OR

OUC Orlando Half Marathon - Orlando, FL

St. Jude Memphis Marathon - Memphis, TN

25th Winter Sun 10K - Moab, UT

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Holualoa Tucson Marathon, Tucson, AZ

Marathon of the Palm Beaches - West Palm Beach, FL

Run to Victory Half Marathon, Randleman, NC

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