Friday, March 20, 2009

Running Gaits

Video for underpronaters

Video for normal pronation


Video for overpronation

Here are some great reviewed running shoes

Runners World Trail Shoe Review

Road Shoes

Karhu Strong Fulcrum Ride


140$, For fast runners, good support



Asics Gel-Kayano 15


Very good shoe, 135$, top rated, amazing fit, heel plate, won editors choice for Runners World

Running Spikes


Nike Zoom Waffle XC VII Men's Spikes


form fitting, very good traction, great for Track (distance) and XC, feels natural


Nike Zoom Victory Distance Spike


form fitting, very good traction, great for Track (distance) and XC, feels natural


Trail Shoes


La Sportiva Raceblade Trail Running Shoe


Great traction, form fitting, distributes shock very good, great overall shoe



La Sportiva Crosslite Trail Running Shoe


same as raceblades, good cushine

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Running Routes

I haven't been running at my house latley because of the 2009 Track Season. For me, the track is not to boring; I still prefer the trails. But, the trails do get boring when you only have a half of mile trail on long runs. I end up running a couple of miles on the neigborhood on the other end of the nature trail. We average about 30-40 miles a week. I am glad that we do so many miles during the week because I need to do half marathon training runs during the weekend. I am still training for my half.


This is the way I go when I want some different views than my trail route.














Sunday, March 1, 2009

The start of Track

The 2009 track season for CHS has just started.  We had our first meet on Feb 25, 2009.  We had a duel against one of the local schools, Cherokee High School.  On the girls side, they won by about 40 points, but on the boys side we lost by 4.  Chris A. got a new schools record for the 400, 52.27!  And Landry got 4:45 on his mile, 2:05.5 on the 800.  On that race he broke the 800 record by .14 middle seconds. There were some really fast guys in the 100, A.J. Redwine got 10.71. Over all, it was a great start to the 2009 season.

Girl Results

http://www.cherokee.k12.ga.us/Schools/creekview-hs/athletics/track/Result%20Links/Creekview%20versus%20Cherokee%20Girls%20Results%202009.pdf

Boy Results

http://www.cherokee.k12.ga.us/Schools/creekview-hs/athletics/track/Result%20Links/Creekview%20versus%20Cherokee%20Boys%20Results%202009.pdf

I did ok.  I got 2:37 for the 800.  I have never done that short of a distance before, and I could barely hold my arms up on the last 400. The second half of the race is all upper body.  That’s were the planks and pushups come in. In the 3200 I got 12:29, which is ok but for the season I am aiming for under 11:50.  I also did the high jump, but it didn’t work out so well. The starting height was taller than me.  But I did get half of my body over, then landed with the bar to my back.  At my school no-one has ever gotten over the bar in 8th grade so I am going to try to go for the record.