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This week’s challenge: Haley C. 2.62

Thomas N. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:41:36 +0000

This week’s challenge goes out to first time marathoner, Haley C. Run 2.62 miles, and show off your tattoo!

RTR Warrior Challenge

Thomas N. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:44 +0000

Our diligent RTR Race and Challenge coordinator has been busy coming up with new and exciting ways to keep us entertained. We’re all interested in the outcome of this challenge based on last week’s episode about crazy races.

Here’s the general idea:

Run one mile at the end of the mile crawl on hands and knees for a minimum of 25 feet preferably in a high visibility spot 2.Run one mile, light an object on fire and leap over it 3. Run one mile, drink a beer or the beverage of your choice Extra credit if you do the challenge in the buff EXTRA EXTRA credit if you submit a picture of yourself doing the challenge in the buff (please blur out the appropriate bits :) As always you can always run more mileage, crawl further, and drink more.

List Crazy! The Lists YOU Should List.

cmasland — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:41:50 +0000

It’s January, just after New Year’s. Lists are everywhere. 10 foods you should eat to run faster. 7 foods you shouldn’t eat to lose weight. 5 marathons to run before you die. 12 core exercises to add to your weekly routine. 3 most common gym faux pas and how to avoid them. Some lists are good, some lists are noise. This is another list, but it’s not as specific as the others. This is the list of lists runners should make. Why? Because it just might uncover some things that are really important, or fun, or just missing from your running life.

List your major body components and how you will keep them tuned. It’s easy for runners to just focus on their running plan, but forget about everything else in the body that can contribute to faster, injury free running. Consider your core, your stabilizer muscles, your feet and arches, your arms, etc.
List your biggest sources of motivation and how you will keep them in mind throughout the year. This list could be one source long, or could be a big list of elites, friends, time goals, whatever. Find places to stick these motivators to keep you going on tough days.
List the people you know that should be running or exercising more, then think about how to encourage them. Pay the benefits of running or being in shape forward. Check out this great post by Matt (aka @luau) about his plan for getting more people running, then go find your people to get going.
List at least one thing that is outside of your comfort zone of last year to attempt this year. Come on, running is all about improving yourself…it could be a PR, a new distance, a new discipline (swim, bike, horse, whatever).
List at least one thing that you can make better by running. A lot of people raise money for charities, or coach at a local high school, or just take their kids out for jogs. Not only can running be a positive in your life in 2010, but you can use it to make a positive impact for many others.

Got your lists listed? Great…now get out for a run!