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[27 Jul 2009 | One Comment | ]
RunKeeper: Use Your iPhone GPS to Track Your Running!

RunKeeper is an iPhone application that enables you to use the built-in GPS in your iPhone 3G to track all of your outdoor fitness activities, including duration, distance, pace, speed, elevation, calories burned, and path traveled on a map. You can store all of your historical activities on the RunKeeper website and share them with your friends!

The better news? It is available in two versions: a free version (fully functional) and a pro version with advanced functionality.

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[23 Jul 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
Run Fast: How to Increase Your Running Efficiency

Running workouts are usually aimed at increasing your condition (you’re never conditioned enough as a runner!) but spending some time in improving your form can actually help you run faster given the same level of condition. Or running as fast while feeling less fatigue.

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[21 Jul 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
Knee Pain, Shin Splints, Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles Tendonitis: the Most Common Running Injuries

Knee pain, Shin splints, Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis are the most common running injuries. How to recognize the symptoms and how to timely react.

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[16 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Brooks Sports Debuts Green Silence Performance Running Shoe

Brooks announced the upcoming launch of the Green Silence racing flat shoe, constructed with less than half (48 percent) as many parts as comparable shoes. More than 75 percent of the 26 components have been recycled by consumers.

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[14 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Athletic Footwear Becomes a Key Focus for Gore

Outdoor aficionados are familiar with GORE and its technologies: Gore-Tex, Gore-Tex XCR, Wind Stopper… In the next future, we will start seeing even more Gore, as the Newark (Delaware) based company has announced its intention to make footwear a key focus.