Category: running

Avoiding Injuries While Barefoot Running On Trails

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We continue our Trail Safety & Trail comfort series on Trailsnet.com with: Avoiding Injuries While Barefoot Running On Trails Studies show that up to 80% of runners suffer injuries that keep them off the trails for a month or more, so it’s no surprise that preventing injuries is a popular topic in the running community. …

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Avoiding Injuries While Running On Trails

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Trail Running Tips for the New Year   Your New Years resolution may have involved getting in shape for 2013. Good for you!! If you plan on getting started on a trail running program, be sure to start out on the right foot. Here are some tips to help you stay safe and health for …

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Cold Weather Running Tips

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Winter Trail Running Suggestions The Trailsnet guest post for this week is from Gary. Gary has some great suggestions for you trail runners who forsake the indoor gym treadmills and brave the cold weather to hit the trails all year long. Today I’d like to talk to you about cold weather running and how you …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/12/18/cold-weather-running-tips/

Getting Started In Trail Running

Find a Running Trail & Get Started Today I’d like to talk to you about getting started running. A lot of people ask how they can get started, and I’m going to take just a few moments to tell you. Now people have various reasons to want to start running. Some people want to lose …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/11/24/getting-started-in-trail-running/

Snowshoeing is a great way to burn calories

One of the members of our recent snowshoe expedition sent me this chart that shows how snowshoeing compares to other activities such as walking and running when it comes to burning calories.

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