If you're thinking of taking up distance running, measure your heel first. The shorter it is, the more competitive you will be.

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Researchers find that while you will slow down as you age, you may be able to stave off more of the deterioration than you thought.

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The risk of dying on a marathon course is twice as high if you drive it than if you run it, researchers in Canada have found.

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New York Road Runners today announced an unprecedented level of broadcast and webstreaming coverage for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials �;; Men's Marathon on November 3 and the ING New York City Marathon 2007 on November 4.

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How can marathon participants — runners and organizers both — prepare for unique and dangerous weather conditions?

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The 197-mile Nike Hood to Coast relay race is a road trip punctuated by bursts of racing, including at least one middle-of-the-night effort.

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Hairless, clawless, and largely weaponless, ancient humans used the unlikely combination of sweatiness and relentlessness to gain the upper hand over their faster, stronger, generally more dangerous animal prey, Harvard Anthropology Professor Daniel Lieberman said Thursday (April …

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The Associated Press reported today that 7-time Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong of Austin, Tex., will run the ING New York City Marathon for a second time on Sunday, Nov. 4. "I'm gonna do it again," Armstrong said yesterday.

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Running an optimum marathon requires the following 4 things: (1) An accurate and realistic assessment of a target time. (2) A "smart" race plan that is based on pacing that is neither too fast nor too slow for the first half.

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In 1924, famous cardiologist Paul Dudley White claimed that "exercise can't hurt a healthy heart". Over the years, several poorly-controlled studies have shown that ultra-endurance events, such as running a marathon, might impair heart function.

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