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9 Running Apps You Didn’t Know You Needed

There are a load of “running apps” around. Typically they tell you when to run, or when to stop, or will store your running playlist, or create a playlist for you based on your running cadence. Some will match the
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Running faster or running more

Run Faster or Run More?

Can You Cram For Your Next Fun Run? Kind of… but just like cramming for an exam, “cramming” for a fun run will yield only short term results. I have to admit, I used to operate on the “cram, exam,
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Anti-Inflammatories and Running

Why does inflammation get such a bad wrap? Inflammation. At its worst, it can stop you in your tracks. But if your tendency is to reach for the Voltaren at the first slight twinge or sign of inflammation, you might
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Should you cool down after running?

To Cool Down or Not To Cool Down?

Should you cool down after running?  That is  a very good question…and one which has not been satisfactorily answered to date! Traditionally, the cool down has included some two to twenty minutes of running (or run/walking) at an intensity much
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Your GPS Watch-how to get the most accurate data

Your GPS Watch-How to get the most accurate data

Everyone loves a good running app or GPS enabled running “watch” but they can be oh so frustrating when they don’t “work”!!! Well, according to the Garmin support centre, when your Garmin device sees “degraded performance” this is “normal behaviour”.
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Lindfield Rotary Fun Run: 7 tips for success

This year sees the 22nd running of the  Lindfield Rotary 5K AND 10K Fun Run, and it still has got to be one of the best value fun runs going around. A family of up to 6 people can run
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9 tips for running in wet weather

9 Tips for Wet Weather Running

We’re in the middle of our rainy season here in Sydney. It seems to be getting wetter and wetter each year. For that matter, it seems to be getting hotter and more humid, and colder in winter each year as
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running and electrical storms don't mix

Running and Electrical Storms Don’t Mix

Lightning can contain 100 million to one billion volts. That should be enough to make you wary of running in an electrical storm  (or doing any other outdoor activity for that matter). Here are some of the non lethal effects
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Running gives birth to neurons (1)

Runner Gives Birth To Neuron

Anyone who’s ever done regular physical exercise, whether that be running or something else, knows how good exercise can make you feel. But did you know that vigorous aerobic exercise actually triggers the birth of new neurons in the brain.
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