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A running Opportunity

by Andrew July 29, 2011 Barefoot Running
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Hi All, an interesting running opportunity My name is Rose and I am writing from a charity called Elephant Family, the UK’s leading fundraiser for the Asian elephant. I am writing with an opportunity that may interest your fitness centre as a target to work towards. We are recruiting runners for the Royal Parks Half [...]

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Crossfit London 5K Experiment:

by stretch June 26, 2011 POSE Running

Experiment review.  On the 12 of August we took the decision to suspend this experiment. We discovered that the injury rate ( among those who reported) was too high. Some nasty shin splints and plantar fasciitis. Many reasons were suggested, but as one of Crossfit london’s sport injury massage team,  i felt the reasons was to [...]

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CFE: Wheels of a Race Car

by stretch June 26, 2011 POSE Running

The wheels of a race car need to run straight and true for maximum performance and to prevent damage to the car.   This statement holds true for runners and their wheels.  Often we see runners who over-pronate (landing on the outside of the foot and having the ankle roll in) and/or land with the foot [...]

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CFE: 18 June 2011 Supercompensation

by stretch June 19, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Mobility: Injury prevention: looking at shin splints and how to prevent and deal with them.  For more information see the mobilitywod.com (episode_270365) POSE Skills and Drills We warmed-up with a number of POSE running drills in preparation for the W.O.D to come W.O.D Todays W.O.D aimed to test the theory of “supercompensation.”  What is “supercompensation” and what [...]

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CFE: 11-June-2011 10x100m

by stretch June 12, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Today’s mission is a little bit of a mixed bag.  As a number of participants where still feeling stiff from the “All you can eat buffet fitness, and exes,” so we started out with hip mobility and some GHD (Glute-Ham Developer) back extensions and GHD sit-ups (commonly referred to as a “roman chair sit-up.).   The [...]

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Up your 5k time

by Andrew June 9, 2011 Barefoot Running
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There comes a time in every runners life where they go, “you know what,  I know i can jog that 5k, now i need to do it faster”. And thats not surprising, after all 5k is based on a race, and races are based around how fast you are, Now, the chances are that  you [...]

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