Video — Season 2, Episode 1 — Specialty Running Stores
It's time for the kick-off of Season 2 of our video series and here's episode 1. Coaches Joe English and Dean Hebert are back and the conversations are ON! In the first episode of the season, the coaches catch up on things since the last time they were together and then they get down to business. On this episode, they talk about the value of specialty running stores: -- Why should you visit a running store to buy shoes -- Shoe fitting services -- Shoes for core runners -- Stores as the center of their running community -- Ways the people ...
Broadcasts — 2010 Boston Marathon Television and Internet Broadcast Information
The 114th running of the Boston Marathon will be held on Monday April 19th, 2010. For thousands of marathon runners, this is the pinnacle of their hard work. Some of the world's best runners will compete to take home the Boston crown. You can watch the marathon unfold live on television and the Internet. Here is what you need to know to watch the big race unfold as it happens. Boston Marathon 2010 Television and Internet Broadcast Information Race date: Monday, April 19th, 2010 Start times: -- Push-rim Wheelchair: 9:17AM Eastern Time -- Hand Cycle: 9:22AM Eastern Time -- Elite Women: 9:32AM Eastern ...
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Video — Tapering for the Marathon
It's time for Episode 16 in our series and this time we're at a new location: our backyard pool. No, this one's not about swimming or cross-training, but we're talking about recovery for the next couple of weeks. We kick off this section of our discussion talking about tapering for the marathon. In this episode: -- What's a taper? -- Does everyone need to taper? -- How long should a taper be? -- What should you do during the taper? -- Was Coach Dean's year-long taper a good idea? This video is part of our Desert Series, in which Coaches Joe English and Dean Hebert get their ...
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Video — The quality vs. quantity debate; Are more miles better?
It's time for Episode 8 in our Desert Series and this week we tackle one of our favorite and most controversial topics: quality vs. quantity. Hey, running more miles MUST be better for me, since I'm a marathon runner, right? Wrong. This week we talk about: -- Quantity vs. Quality -- Why more in not always better -- Risks and benefits of running more miles -- Why elite marathon runners should run more than you -- What is running efficiency? -- Improving efficiency and avoiding injuries This video is part of our Desert Series, in which Coaches Joe English and Dean Hebert ...
Video — Focus for Runners and the Headphone Debate
It's time for episode 15 in our Desert Series of discussions about running. We're still at the track at in Mesa, Arizona and this week we're talking about focus. This one might be one of the more controversial episodes as we also offer our thoughts on the debate about wearing headphones during workouts and races. And yes, both Coaches Joe and Dean give their thoughts on the issue, but you'll have to watch to find out what they say. In this episode: -- Focus -- what is it and why is it important? -- Why should runners have a focus during ...
Broadcasts — 2010 Boston Marathon Television and Internet Broadcast Information
The 114th running of the Boston Marathon will be held on Monday April 19th, 2010. For thousands of marathon runners, this is the pinnacle of their hard work. Some of the world's best runners will compete to take home the Boston crown. You can watch the marathon unfold live on television and the Internet. Here is what you need to know to watch the big race unfold as it happens. Boston Marathon 2010 Television and Internet Broadcast Information Race date: Monday, April 19th, 2010 Start times: -- Push-rim Wheelchair: 9:17AM Eastern Time -- Hand Cycle: 9:22AM Eastern Time -- Elite Women: 9:32AM Eastern ...
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Training — How much running is too much for teens?
Coach Dean Hebert
My daughter runs on a local cross country team. They start running every morning in the summer, 3 miles to 4 miles a day. In August they begin running 4-6 miles a day with races every weekend. In September they begin running 4-5 miles in the mornings and 3-5 miles in the afternoons. They had a retreat over the weekend and ran 20 miles of practice. Every year by this time of year…. the girls team of about 15 members, ages 13 years old to 18 years old at least 1-2 girls have stress fractures in their legs. Are they being trained too hard? Is this too intense for this age group? Marki
The proof is in the pudding. Though teen runners are more likely to encounter injuries due to their initial lack of conditioning and lack of year round training something like stress fractures at that rate is extreme. In all my years of coaching runners of all ages (including teen girls) I would be exaggerating if the incidence of stress fractures are 1 in 100 (or more) per year. 1-2 out of 15 is indeed excessive.
The rule of thumb is still to increase mileage about 10% per week. So let’s do the math together. If the team runs everyday 3 or 4 miles per day then they are running 15-28 miles per week to start out. By September, they are running as much as 8-10 miles per day, which is 50-70 miles per week! And add to that 20 miles in a single weekend retreat. This would be a lot of miles even for marathon runners, but the question I have is for what purpose are all these miles being run? Their cross-country race is only 5k!
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Cross-country — DiCrescenzo, King lead team USA at 2010 NACAC Cross Country Championships
TOBAGO – Delilah DiCrescenzo (New York, N.Y.) and Max King (Bend, Ore.) each won the individual open women’s and men’s titles to lead Team USA to the respective open team titles Saturday at the sixth annual North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships at the Mt. Irvine Resort in Tobago.
The NACAC Championships contested races for the open men’s 8 km, open women’s 6 km, junior men’s 6 km and junior women’s 4 km.
King took charge early to win the open men’s 8 km in 23 minutes, 49 seconds, leading the U.S. squad to a perfect score of 10 points. Michael Spence (Ogden, Utah) finished 17 seconds behind King for the runner-up position while Bobby Mack (Raleigh, N.C.) and Thomas Kloos (San Francisco, Calif.) rounded out the scoring places for Team USA, running 24:26 and 24:34 for third and fourth-place respectively. Stephen Furst (Raleigh, N.C.) ran 24:46 for sixth-place overall. Mexico took the runner-up team position with 34 points.
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Cross-country — Ritzenhein, Flanagan dominate at USA Cross Country Championships
SPOKANE – American record holders Dathan Ritzenhein (Portland, Ore.) and Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) dominated the open men’s and women’s fields at the 2010 USA Cross Country Championships Saturday at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Wash.Running 34 minutes 34 seconds for the open men’s 12- kilometer race, Ritzenhein won his third U.S. Cross Country title. Flanagan’s 25 minutes 10 seconds for the open women’s 8-kilometer was good for her fourth national cross country crown.
In addition to the national titles, the top-six open men and women and junior men and women qualified to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on March 28 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Flanagan cruises to women’s title
Flanagan took control of the open women’s 8 km from the gun with two-time USA Women’s 10 km Champion Molly Huddle (Providence, R.I.) the only one that tried to keep pace. By the end of the first 2-kilometer loop, Flanagan held a five second lead over Huddle. Over the final six kilometers Flanagan extended her lead to go to a 51-second victory. Huddle held off a late charge by Amy Hastings (Flagstaff, Ariz.) to hold on for second, running 26:01. Hastings was timed in 26:09 while Magdalena Lewy Boulet took fourth in 26:09.
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Video – Season 2 – Episode 11 — Mileage and Young Runners
Our video series continues rolling along this week with an episode that goes out to the young runners, their parents and coaches this week. Coaches Joe and Dean are sitting on Runner’s Sofa talking about how much should high-school track and cross-country runners run.
On this week’s episode:
- How many miles should young runners be running?
- How many miles is enough to prepare for high-school and cross-country running events?
- Why should runners avoid running too many miles at a young age?
- How should parents and students deal with coaches that are assigning too many miles?
Season 2 – Episode 11 — Mileage and Young Runners from Joe English on Vimeo.
Coach Dean has a book on this subject called: Runners Take Your Mark: The Parents’ Guide to Youth Track and Field. If you’d like more information about the book, click here.
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Cross-country — Blake braves snow to repeat at Junior Olympic XC Champs
INDIANAPOLIS – Following an hour-long delay due to snowy conditions, Samuel Blake brought home another national cross country title, and the San Diego Road Runners and the Equalizers each brought home two team titles Saturday at the 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park in Reno, Nevada.
The event featured more than 2,300 runners, with athletes aged 8 to 18 competing for boys’ and girls’ titles in five age divisions. The USATF Junior Olympic program age divisions are bantam (10 and under) racing over 3 kilometers; midget (11-12) racing 3 km; youth (13-14) racing 4 km; intermediate (15-16) racing 5 km; and young men/women (17-18) racing 5 km.
The 2008 midget boys champion, Samuel Blake (Los Gatos AA) was back again in 2009 to claim his second consecutive title, covering the 3 km course in 10:12. Runner-up Ryan Alexander of the Equalizers was 13 seconds back, finishing in 10:25.
O’Briens’ Ammar Moussa, who took fourth just last weekend at the Nike Cross National Championships, won the Intermediate Boys competition in 15:54, finishing just ahead of teammate Luis Gutierrez who was the runner-up in 16:00. On the girls side, Team Idaho’s Emily Nist dominated the competition, completing the course in 18:42. Runner-up Krista Menghini of the Blazers TC finished in 19:09.
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Cross-country — Boulder Running, ZAP Fitness win USATF cross-country titles
LEXINGTON – The women of Boulder Running Company/adidas successfully defended their title and the Zap Fitness men won their third team championship in four years Saturday at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships at Masterson Station Park in Lexington, Ky.
The 12th annual USATF National Club Cross Country Championships featured mare than 1,000 athletes representing America’s top post-collegiate club teams from across the United States. Athletes competed for a total prize purse of $30,000, as well as team and individual titles at 10-kilometer for men and 6-kilometer for women.
In the open women’s race, Serena Burla (Ellisville, Mo.), used the final one-kilometer uphill to pull away for the individual title, running 20:23 for the 6 km course. Kim Conley (West Sacramento, Calif.) took the runner-up spot, finishing in 20:36 as Alissa McKaig (Blowing Rock, N.C.) finished third in 20:38.
In the team race the Boulder Running Company/adidas had more of a fight on their hands as they dueled with McMillan Elite through mid-race before pulling away for a 15 point win. The Asics Aggies took third with 109 points.
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Cross-country — Chelanga, Bizzarri win 2009 NCAA Championships
INDIANAPOLIS – University of Illinois senior Angela Bizzarri surprised the women’s field and 2008 runner-up Samuel Chelanga, a junior from Liberty University, dominated the men’s field Monday at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.
Chelanga was timed in a course record 28:42 for the men’s 10 km and Bizzarri ran 19:47 for the women’s 6 km.
The men’s race, the first of the day, saw Chelanga jump to an early lead which was never threatened. His winning margin was 25 seconds over Northern Arizona University junior David McNeil.
Oklahoma State was led by senior Ryan Vail as the Cowboys scored 127 points to take the men’s team title, defeating defending team champions from the University of Oregon by 16 points.
Many anticipated a run-away win in the women’s race as well, with Colorado University senior Jenny Barringer the overwhelming favorite. As she dueled with Florida State senior Susan Kuijken through three kilometers, it was apparent that the American record holder had a race on her hands. Shortly after the 3 km mark, Kuijken surged to the lead and Barringer faltered, quickly losing ground. Over the next 2 km, Kuijken looked to be on her way to the title, and as Bizzarri and University of Washington sophomore Kendra Schaaf seemed to be engaged in a duel for second, they began to close the gap.
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Cross-country — Ethiopia’s Gebremariam wins; Kenya takes title at World XC Championships
AMMAN, JORDAN — In a thrilling finish, Gebre Gebremariam came from behind to outkick his rivals to win the 2009 World Cross-country Championships in Amman today. The Ethiopian Gebremariam knocked off his competition in the final sprint to take the individual title, while Kenya won the overall team title for the 22nd time in 24 years.
Gebremariam finished the 12KM long-course cross-country circuit in 35:02. A pair of finishers came in just two seconds back. Moses Kipsoro from Uganda and Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea finished second and third respectively in 35:04.
The first Kenyan finisher was Leonard Komon in fourth place, followed by Mathew Kisoro (6th), Mark Kiptoo (7th), and Moses Mosop (11th) to give Kenya the team title. The scoring was so close that it came down to a tie-breaker between Mosop and 12th place Feyisa Lilesa for Kenya to edge out the Ethiopian delegation. Kenya has not had an overall winner since Paul Tergat won the title in 1999.
After winning the Junior title in 2002, Gebremariam won the Senior Long Course bronze in 2003 and double silvers – both Long Course and Short Course – in 2004. Since 2005 his results have been mixed and last year he placed only 17th in the Long Course race.
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Cross-country — Kiplagat, Kenya win women’s cross-country World Championship
AMMAN, JORDAN — As the running world turned to Amman Jordan today for the 2009 World Cross-country Championships, Florence Kiplagat led the Kenyan team to the win as she narrowly took the individual title. Her Kenyan teammate Linet Masai finished just three seconds behind her.
Kiplagat won the 8KM race in 26:13 with Masai finishing in 26:16. Meselech Melkamu of Ethiopia finished third in 26:19.
The world championships were held about 20KM outside of Amman at the Bisharat Golf Club. The course featured two loops and two major ascents.
Kiplagat came from behind on the final ascent of the course to edge out Masai in the closing meters of the course. She was so surprised by the win that she reportedly fainted after finishing.
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News — Team USA Wins Big at 2009 NACAC Cross Country Championships
CAPE CANAVERAL — Clara Grandt (Morgantown, W.V.), Ryan Hill (Hickory, N.C.) and Stephen Pifer (Eugene, Ore.) won their respective races to lead Team USA to three team titles Saturday at the 2009 North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships. Nearly 100 athletes representing nine national federations competed in the fifth annual event at the Chain of Lakes Park in Titusville, Fla.
The day of racing began with the junior women’s 4 km as Emily Pritt (North Canton, Ohio), ran 13:18 to finish third, leading Team USA to a second-place finish behind Team Canada. Genevieve Lalonde led Canada to the team win, in 13:00, to finish 17 seconds ahead of Natoya Goule of Jamaica.
Molly Grabill (Poway, Calif.), Colin Ellis (Dallas, Texas), and Rolonda Jumbo (Santa Fe, N.M.), finished in ninth, tenth and 11th running 13:35, 13:40 and 13:47 respectively to complete the team score for Team USA. Canada scored 16 points for a 14 point win over the U.S., Jamaica finished third with 74 points.
In the junior men’s 6 km Team USA was grouped together at the front of the pack after the first 2 km loop and gradually separated themselves from all but Canada’s Mohammed Ahmed. Over the middle and final laps, Hill and Ahmed began to duel for the lead with Ryan Prentice (Normandy Park, Wash.), Griffith Graves (Abingdon, Va.), and Eric Fernandez (Ballwin, Mo.), close behind.
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