What runners need to know about “functional training”
Not all strength training is functional—especially for runners
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Shimada and Stenson Break Launceston Half CR
With great conditions at what organizers billed as the highest-label half marathon in the southern hemisphere, the only half marathon in the south with a World Athletics Elite Label or better, Japan’s Teruki Shimada and Australian Commonwealth Games champ Jessica Stenson broke the men’s and women’s course records at the McGrath Launceston Running Festival Peppers Silo Half Marathon Sunday in
Asian Championships Day 5 Japanese Results
The Asian Athletics Championships wrapped up Saturday in Gumi, South Korea with a string of record-setting performances.At the top of the list was the men’s 200 m final, where Towa Uzawa ran a championships record and PB 20.21 (+0.8) to win gold, putting him at all-time Japanese #4 and all-time Asian #6. Saudi Abdul Abdu I Atafi and India’s Animesh Kujur took silver and bronze in 20.31 and 20.32,
Remembering Steve “Pre” Prefontaine, 50 years later
On May 30, 1975, the running world lost one of its greatest distance running stars
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