A FEW RULES TO RUN BY

Sometimes I re-read my Runner's World magazines and come across articles that make me smile even the second/third time through. Just thought I'd share.

Running Rules of Thumb...

Adapted from Mark Remy's "The Runner's Rule Book"

• 1. If you see a porta potty with no line, use it. Even if you don't need to.

• 2. If you have to ask yourself, Does this driver see me? The answer is no.

• 3. If you have to ask yourself, Are these shorts too short? The answer is yes.

• 4. 1 glazed doughnut = 2 miles

• 5. You rarely regret the runs you do; you almost always regret the runs you skip.

• 6. Not everyone who looks fast really is, and not everyone who looks slow really is.

• 7. Nobody has ever watched Chariots of Fire from beginning to end. Not even the people who made it.

• 8. You can never have too many safety pins on your gym bag.

• 9. Running any given route in the rain makes you feel 50 percent more hard-core than covering the same route on a sunny day.

• 10. If you care even a little about being called a jogger versus a runner, you're a runner.

FYI - National Doughnut Day was on June 4th. Dang, I missed it. But it's on my calendar for next year!

Butt-Scoot

I've got hamstrings on my mind lately since I've had to give mine more attention after my last 15k race. Here's a new hammy drill for ya. What you need...

1 - A slippery surface...i.e. gym floor

2 - A hand towel

Sit on the hand towel and use your feet to pull you forward across the gym. Get a group of you going if you want a little competition. You never know, you might even get a good ab workout from all the laughing.

Friday Fav's

I'm starting something new. There are SO many great posts that I read each week that I wanted to bring attention to the ones that stick out in my mind and share them with you. So from now on I'm going to be including my "Friday Fav's" each week to highlight my favorite posts.

Some are old, some are new. This week these are the posts that caught my eye.

• Mile Posts - Body Fat Dorothy has a great discussion on essential body fat and why we NEED to have it. An excerpt from her post.

"I've contemplated a thought about weight and speed over the years - every time it comes to mind I feel the same way. If you told me today that for the rest of my life I had to be 10lbs more than my *ideal weight* but this meant that I would go under 3:15 in the marathon - which would I choose? Weigh more and run faster or weigh less and never get any faster than 3:21? I would choose to weigh more and run faster. I have realized[though even I need reminding at times] that my self worth and my times on the clock are not related to how low the number is on the scale."

• RunnerDude's Blog - Supplement the Natural Way...Eat! While the whole post is very informative I really appreciate the last half where RunnerDude has provided a vitamin list with details of it's role for runners and what foods provide them.

• Diary of a Hungry Mom - Spicy Popcorn Recipe A perfect, no-guilt snack. Yum!

• Lazy Bones Running - What top three things do you do to pass the time while running? Christina poses this question and it was fun to see the answers and get more ideas for when I'm having a harder day logging the mileage.

• The Running Fat Guy - Garmin Woes - A little Garmin technical support can go a long way. Easy advice for when the screen goes blank. Now I don't have to crack open my Garmin guidebook.

I know there are MANY more wonderful posts that I have not discovered but I'm always on the lookout. If you come across one that blows your mind please share!