Posted by David Hanenburg on 27 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: race reports
Sunday I had the pleasure of running The Hottest Half down at White Rock Lake in Dallas. It was a 1/2 marathon-10k event that brought out over 600 runners for the half and nearly 300 for the 10k. A nice turnout for a local road event in the balmy Texas heat.
This morning highlighted the typical [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 25 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: running, training
Have you ever wondered if you are running efficiently? Could you run faster just by changing your form a bit? Do you have a reoccurring injury and just can’t seem to explain it?
I was a bit curious of these questions and on Saturday I visited a Koala Health & Wellness Center and had a gait [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 22 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: family
I am no longer talking about 6 hour rides, more like 15-30 minutes so far. You gotta start somewhere.
We recently purchased the iBert Safe-T-Seat so that we all can go for some rides together now that the weather will be gradually cooling off in the south.
The biggest challenge of this entire adventure was getting Griffin [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 20 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: nutrition
I was watching the women’s Olympic marathon and heard the announcers talking about the Chinese imitating the Japanese in eating their main meal three hours before the start of the marathon.
Hmm, that sounds familiar. Hammer Nutrition recommends this same protocol in their Endurance Sports Nutrition - Fueling Handbook. Check out the Pre-Race Meal chapter to [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 18 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: nutrition
I was in the grocery store and took a look at the label of the powdered version of a popular sports drink. Two items on the list really stuck out at me:
Red #40
Partially Hydrogenated Coconut oil
Read the labels of all products you buy! Do your own research but I wouldn’t recommend putting either of these [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 16 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: misc ramblings
The US women’s gymnastics team took home a silver medal. I repeat, a silver medal. That means they are the second best team in the world on the biggest stage for this sport. That is pretty darn good! Let’s not forget that most, if not all, are teenagers and amateurs!
Shouldn’t we be proud of our [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 13 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: inspiration, road running, running, training
Ultra-runner and fitness promoter Dean Karnazes completed that crazy adventure of 50 marathons in 50 days back in 2006 while trying to inspire others to get off the couch and move the body. Most probably thought he was a nut (aren’t all endurance athletes) but I bet there are a good number exercising today thanks [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 11 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: inspiration
I have always enjoyed watching the highest level of sport such as the World Series, Superbowl, or Hawaii Ironman. The Olympics provide a continuous display from those athletes at the highest level of their particular sport. The interesting thing is you don’t have to be familiar with the sport to be able to appreciate the [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 11 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: weekly review
Blah basically sums up last week. I didn’t have much spunk in the legs and I was more tired in general for the first half of the week. The previous four week build probably had something to do with that.
This reduced volume week basically consisted of getting it done.
The goof ball event of the week [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 04 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: weekly review
I have arrived to the conclusion of my four week block of training. It ended with my highest weekly mileage of training this year (68.94 miles) and included some exciting and humbling training days.
Saturday I re-visited Lake Grapevine and took on this trail which has been kicking my butt for the previous two weeks. Finally, [...]
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