Run Well *** Finish Strong

It is your call if you want to believe this list, but here is a list of 129 foods claimed to be the World's Healthiest Foods. Actually, the list looks good in many respects. Each listed food has a link containing nutritional value and other considerations. The criteria to be named a most healthy food include (quoting from the site):
1. Most Nutrient Dense
2. Are Whole Foods
3. Are Familiar Foods
4. Are Readily Available
5. Are Affordable
6. Taste Good
Take a look.

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May 5, 2008

May 6, 2008

Do not miss the Sun Valley US Half Marathon in Ketchum, Idaho this May 24, 2008. Join in and run in the Half, 12K or Pace 5K Run/Walk in one of the most beautiful settings in the country. The US Half Marathon, Sun Valley Ketchum loops from Sun Valley Village through Elkhorn, Ketchum, and Sun Valley. Enjoy brilliant views of Mt. Baldy as you pass alongside the Big Wood River and Trail Creek on the scenic Wood River and Sun Valley Trails.

The next week or two, on and off, there will be upgrading occurring with this blog site. We will be on and off the air at times....BUT NEVER FEAR.....WE WILL BE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE. In the meantime we are going to run in Sun Valley.

Ran across this book: The Non-runner's Marathon Trainer. Thought it has useful tips for those who want to do the distance, but are self-doubting. By the way, the guy in the picture is certainly moving faster than I ever move!

	This picture found here.
Want to try something different? You trail runners need a wild and interesting new challenge? Try running rim to rim in the Grand Canyon. 11,000 feet change in elevation over the 22 mile trail makes this a very long run (double that if you go Rim to Rim to Rim). The run used to be an organized event, but now it is just your choice to go and do. I have made the hike (when I was much younger) and it was tough then as a hike. This site shows elevation maps as well as a good basic description of trails. Give yourself a tremendous challenge. Great story of one man's rim2rim run.

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May 27, 2008

May 28, 2008

	The Sun Valley Half Marathon completed Saturday, May 24, 2008. It was a great run. Excellent organizers. Loads of fun.
	Beautiful scenic route. Pleasant run between pastoral horse pasture and beautiful homes.

Your's truly finished the run dead last (emphasis on "finished"...not "dead" but certainly "last"). Hey...somebody had to do it!

So you are a more mature runner (that mean older, dude!) and your time is not as good as the younger set. Ever wonder, in any given race, what you might have done if you were 25 and not your age? Need a little help to deal with those younger runner friends who are "polite," but give you the "gaze" when they finish before you? Check out the Flyer Handicap Calculator developed by University of Dayton, Ohio runner and physiologist Paul Vanderburgh.