Spartan Race Entry

If you click on the banner above you can get a discount code for entry to the Spartan Race of your choice. If you do participate I would be interested to hear of your experience. The two videos I have posted below will give you more info on the race series as well as the new shoe that Reebok has designed for the series. Just Keep Moving!

Reebok All-Terrain Series

Reebok Spartan Race

HOKA ONE ONE Brand Story

New Idea, New Shoes

OK, I know I am getting old, but I still want to run longer distances. So, in order to run longer and not suffer with sore legs and sore feet I need to change something. I went through the minimalist phase where I tried to do more natural, less cushioning and less heel to forefoot drop and I managed to injure myself. Therefore I have decided to try out the Hoka One One shoes. They have what is called oversized technology, which is basically 2.5X as much cushioning and wider sole, but lighter than other shoes their size.

I ordered a pair of Bondi B Hoka One One shoes from ZBSports in Hendersonville, NC and got a good deal on them. That is the biggest drawback with these shoes, they are what I call expensive. I should be receiving them on Friday of this week and will get to test drive them over the weekend.

The word Hoka One One is derived from the ancient Maori language and roughly translates to “now it is time to fly”.  We will see about the flying, if I can just run and not get injured I will be happy.

This is a link to an article about Hoka on slowtwitch.com

I will continue to wear my Brooks shoes for my shorter runs, but I think the Hoka's will be my long distance shoes.

I will let you know how it goes with the new idea, new shoes.


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Podbean Update

Podbean.com is still down and is now scheduled to be back up at 21:00 on 12/11/12.

You can get the podcast at: spreaker.com

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Podbean Move

Podbean.com will start to use Amazon Web Service (AWS).
The first moving to AWS system maintenance is scheduled from 2012-12-09 20:00 to 2012-12-10 8:00 EST .

So, I guess that means that there is no downloading of any podcasts until after 8:00am tomorrow.

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Podiatrist Today

Today I went back to my foot Doctor, I was kind of down because my foot had started hurting again and I was just wanting to run again with no pain.
Perry Julien is my foot doctor and he is probably one of the best there is, I lifted the following from the Atlanta Foot & Ankle Center website, I hope they don’t mind.

For the 1996 Summer Olympic Games Dr. Julien was chosen to coordinate podiatry services in the Olympic Village Polyclinic and to serve as medical administrator for the Olympic Marathons and Racewalks. He is the co-medical director for the Peachtree Road Race and Atlanta Marathon and was also the medical coordinator for the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) and assistant team physician for the Atlanta Beat. He is currently the team podiatrist for the Atlanta Thrashers professional hockey team and the Atlanta Falcons professional football team as well as consulting podiatrist for several Georgia collegiate athletic programs.

Orthotic after adjustment, extra lift on heel

Hope this gel works.

To say the least, I trust his opinion on my foot. He adjusted my orthotics today and gave me a prescription for an anti-inflammatory gel. I have another appointment in about 4 weeks, we will see how it goes.

I told him I wanted to run Peachtree this year and he said that he saw no reason that I couldn’t, which was good news.

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Success

My new podcast "LostTrailRunner II" is now in iTunes. You can easily subscribe by clicking the subscrible in iTunes link on the right hand side of this blog. You can also go to iTunes and subscribe directly, or if you want you can subscribe using the rss feed on the right hand side of this blog. I hope I haven't confused anyone.

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Podcast Name Change Coming (I hope)

I have submitted this podcast feed to iTunes as "LostTrailRunner II" and am awaiting approval. When that happens I will be deactivating my old feed and this will be it. All of my old "LostTrailRunner" podcasts will still be available at www.losttrailrunner.com.  I will start over with episode 1 on this feed as soon as it gets approved by iTunes.  See you then.  In the meantime why don't you go to iTunes and subscribe to "Ron'sUpdate/LostTrailRunner", my short format podcast.

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LostTrailRunner Episode 66 - Trail run crash, etc

Podcast Show Notes:

A little about my Trail Run crash and subsequent 5K race the following Saturday.

My Chiropractor visit, maybe I have piriformis syndrome as well as sciatica.  Run/Walk forever.

I get permission from "The Wilton Project" to play their music on the podcast.

Song "Diana" by The Wilton Project.

http://www.thewiltonproject.com/

Ran on the Reagan Parkway with my son and daughter the day of the "Run the Reagan" races.  We ran out and back on the Parkway after the start of the 5K race.

Another song "Uphill Battle" by The Wilton Project

My intro and outro music is from DigitalJuice, the intro is "HardWired" and the outro is "ChasingTheSun".

www.digitaljuice.com

This podcast was recorded using a Zoom H2 Handy Recorder.

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New Short Format Podcast

I have started a new short format podcast. My idea is to give more frequent and short updates of what is going on with my running, etc. The new podcast is titled "Ron'sUpdate/LostTrailRunner" and can be subscribe to at Feedburner .  If you prefer to listen to it online and not download it, you can also do that at Feedburner.

By the way I am already up to Episode 15 of the new podcast.

I am continuing my regular monthly longer format podcast titled "LostTrailRunner", you can also listen to or subscribe to this podcast at Feedburner .

There are podcast players in the right column of this blog where you can also listen to either podcast.

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Time to Run

Next up on the race agenda is the WDW Half Marathon in January. I need to get back into my training plan, the last two weeks have been down weeks for me. I guess it is a mini-letdown after the Atlanta 13.1. I just haven't been inspired to go out and train, and the bad thing is the weather is great for running. I have run twice this week for a total of 9.5 miles. I need to think about my motto for this blog "Just Keep Moving" and get back with it this coming week.

Oh! and I forgot to mention I have an 8.5 mile trail race scheduled for next Saturday morning, so I guess it is next and Disney is next, next. 

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New Feed for the Ron's Update Podcast

I had originally added the update into the regular podcast feed, but then realized that it would conflict with the original podcast in "channelrunner". I therefore started a new feed which means a new podcast. So, now there is the "LostTrailRunner" and "Ron'sUpdate/LostTrailRunner". The update podcast is a short 3 to 5 minute podcast of what is happening, whereas the "LostTrailRunner" is my full length ramblings. On the right side of the blog there are RSS buttons for both.

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Photos I Snapped with my BlackBerry while Recording my Podcast

I walked on the trail while I was recording episode 58 of my podcast the other day, so I thought I would post some of the photos I took at the time.

Bridge on trail

Same bridge

Along the edge of the lake

A little up hill section

There is a cable across the trail for some reason

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LostTrailRunner Episode 58 - Bits and Pieces

This episode is just a little late, but I finally it got out.

I include a promo for the "Worldwide Festival of Races".

In this episode are various Bits and Pieces that I recorded during the month, mostly concerning my training for the Atlanta 13.1 with the ultimate goal of the Disney 1/2 next January at Disney World.
 
99% of all runs are in Brooks Running Shoes, mostly Adrenaline GTS 10 with some Adrenaline ASR and Green Silence thrown in for good measure.

My intro and outro music is from DigitalJuice, the intro is "WaywardWicklow" and the outro is "Significance".

Digitaljuice.com

This podcast was recorded using a Zoom H2 Handy Recorder and an Apple iPod Nano Gen 6 with a Giant Squid podcasting microphone.




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Worldwide Festival of Races

Remember to register for the Worldwide Festival of Races. I have registered for the 1/2 Marathon and will be running the Atlanta 13.1 in October.

There are various distances so pick the one you like and run.

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Episode 52 - Tweetup Trail Run

Podcast Show Notes:

Met up on Memorial Day morning with Mark (@bamarunner) Samantha (@SamanthaUF) Javi (@aReyoUiN) and Tim (@virtual4now) for a tweetup trail run at Stone Mountain. Good run on the trail, hope you can hear some of it. It was a challenge to record five people running trails. I recorded a while during the run and then after the run as we were standing around talking. I hope you enjoy our tweetup.

Tim (@virtual4now) has a great blog post on his blog check to out at  http://blog.262quest.com

My intro and outro music is from DigitalJuice, the intro is "ChasingTheSun" and the outro is "ComingDown".

Digitaljuice.com

This podcast was recorded using a 32G iPod Touch with a Giant Squid podcasting microphone.

twitter:  www.twitter.com/losttrailrunner

e-mail ID: losttrailrunner@gmail.com

Skype voicemail:  losttrailrunner

Call in number:  206.426.0732

LostTrailRunner Podcast by Ron Keyes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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Changed up my Training

After I finished the ING Half Marathon I changed my training plan to the Furman First Plan for the 10K. I didn't change for any reason, but variety. Just felt like doing something a little different.

The pattern of the Furman First is pretty much the same as the Galloway plan I was using. Three run workouts a week with x-training in between, but the intensity of the Furman plan is more intense.

Since I have started working from 6pm till 2:30am I may have to modify what I am doing.  For now on my off days I have been riding my bike trainer for 1/2 an hour and then walking 2 miles. I believe I will stick with the Furman First, but I may limit my workouts to an hour a day.  Seems like this work schedule I am on I run out of time really quickly.

We will see how it goes and adapt if needed.

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Ultra Fever

You know, I was doing just fine running my 3 to 5 mile runs and the occasional 15K trail race, but since I have been listening to these podcasts about ultrarunning I am starting to get the itch.

Let me name a few podcasts that started this problem. First there is "Running Stupid" and then "Dirt Dawg's Rambling Diatribe Podcast", even "rundiggerrun" and "Running in the Center of the Universe" have contributed. What is a person to do?

Then I go on Twitter and run into "@bamarunner", "@Dirtdawg50k", "@sarahstanley", "@epicbillbradley", "@oneday100miles", "@OTD_Colonel", etc., etc. What is a person to do?

I have been trying to resist, but every since I started to read "Born to Run" it has gotten worse. Now I have just purchased, "A Step Beyond: A Definitive Guide to Ultrarunning". What is a person to do?

Maybe what I need to do is just go jump on my bicycle and take a long ride, I just can't run that far.

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