Runningmonkeys

To finish off this week of comment crawling, I am going to ask you a simple question.
What is the best resource you have found for running information?
 It could be a book, a club, a website/blog, or even a person.  Whatever (or whoever) it is, give it a plug here and share it with all of […]

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I just received a copy of The Pose Method of Running by Dr Nicholas Romanov in the post last night and I have begun reading it.  The front cover claims that it will  help me:

Radically change my form
Eliminate Injuries
Enhance endurance
Raise speed
Reduce recovery time
Increase flexibility
Improve coordination

Quite a list of benefits!
I have only begun to read the book […]

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Caffeine is a powerful drug.  It has a number of different physiological effects on the human body and this explains why it has been both recommended and warned against for endurance athletes. 
Some people focus on the mental and muscle stimulation provided by the caffeine.  Some focus on the nervous tension and diuretic effects of the […]

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All of this week I will be conducting an experiment.  There are plenty of people reading Runningmonkeys every day, but very few people are commenting on what they read.  This week I am going to be posting topics with the specific goal of encourage some silent readers to voice up.  These topics are specifically meant to […]

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Over the last few days, the Runningmonkeys team (me…Tom O’Leary) has been working on renovating and sorting out this site.  I hope you like what I have done.  I’ve installed a new wordpress theme called Cutline.  After sorting out a few little issues it all seems to be running smoothly and I hope you agree […]

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Have you ever wondered how far you can drive with the low fuel warning light flashing on your dashboard?  Have you pushed the limit to get where you were going before refilling?  In fact have you ever had to push the empty car, just to get where you are going?
There was a time in my life […]

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Most of us realise, now, that there is definitely an advantage in cross training.  The concept being that we are giving our bodies additional training without the negative impact (note the pun) of running more kilometres.  We do it whenever we swim, ride, play tennis, or even if we run in the pool.  

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Tsukuba 8 hr Enduro Race

My score: 8 out of 10

How it could be improved:  Less aggravating announcer’s voice 

Now I know this doesn’t belong on a running blog, but yesterday was the Tsukuba 8 hr enduro bike race.  This involves about 300 teams of 4 or 5 riders (each with one rider on the road at […]

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We are told that patience is a virtue and that patience comes to those who wait.  We are told that doctors need plenty of patients or they go out of business and that if we want to learn how to be patient we should try waiting in one of their surgery waiting rooms.  But why […]

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My running goals include running progressively faster marathons until I simply can’t run them any faster.  With scientific and gradual training, excellent recovery and injury prevention,  this progress could potentially continue till I’m somewhere around 40 years old (or maybe older).  I am now 33 and have been trying to look into the crystal ball and […]

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