Roparun: Rasing money for cancer

Last weekend was the weekend of the Roparun. An estafette run with eigth runners per team from Paris to Rotterdam. Over 400 kilometer, with eight runners is one and a half marathon for each runner! Last year the event raisen over 3.000.000 euro's. The results for this year will be presented on June the 15th.

This year saw 209 teams participating, a record. Lets hope that tihs will help the set a record for the amount of money raised!

Runners are sexy

I came across are realy nice article about the link between running and sex. Stating that sex lives of both men and women will improve when running.
Furhter searching the net on this topic reveals that these findings from Harvard are not new as such as you can tell from this article from 2005: Running can make you a sex god
As for obstaining from sex shortly before a race???? This article makes a good read showing the research pont of view and the professional runner's point of view.

With some huomr you might say: Running gives you another excuse that the standard "no dear, I have a headache". Now you can use "I have to run tommorow". Unless you have done a serious training (see previous post)

Running Dutch = Running Cheap???

I know that in English the word Dutch has a rather negative ring to it. 'Going Dutch', 'Double Dutch', 'Dutch role' (aviation), etc. Furthermore I know that abroad the Dutch are, like the Scots famous for their greediness therefore a nice article to start with....'How to save money' when running is you favorite sport. The text is a copy from a blog on the complete running network .

It has been said more than once that running is a cheap sport. However,
when adding up the money I spend on it over a year, I’m not sure I agree. As
with everything you do, there are plenty of ways to spend your money. If you
want to run along at a budget, try a few of those things:

• Sports drinks are expensive. A cheaper alternative is to mix water and fruit
  juice. A 50/50 mix results in an isotonic drink, but you can water it down more
  if you find that easier to swallow during a run. Also, most sport drinks contain
  sodium, so add salt if you feel like it.
• Energy gels are ridiculously expensive, considering that they mainly consist of some sugary paste. I used to take one gel if I ran 15 miles or more, and 2 gels for any 20 miler (or more). I have since completely given up on gels, apart from during marathon races. And guess what? My distance runs don’t feel any more difficult as a result.
• Spending a lot of money on recovery drinks? According to coach Greg McMillan, the perfect recovery boost comes from a glass of Slim-Fast, because it contains the perfect mixture of carbohydrates and protein. My local supermarket even had it on a buy-one-get-one-free offer a few weeks ago, further driving down my expenses.
• Energy bars are an expensive snack. I can think of two
  alternatives straight away: many “normal” snack bars contain pretty much the
  same amount of carbohydrates than the sport ones, but at a lower price. Just
  look at the ingredients. Even better, try some fruit. An apple, orange, plum,
  kiwi, peach or any other fruit you can think of will give you the same energy
  boost, but is both cheaper and healthier.
• Running shoes are a major cost factor. Many shops have sales at the end of the year. Try and stock up on several pairs of runners then. You can literally save hundred of dollars/euros that way. (Disclaimer: I don’t have a local running shop to support.) Are you planning on an out-of-town marathon as well as a big holiday? Why not combine the two. Next time you take your spouse to Paris, why not do it in the middle of April? Just don’t get too romantic the evening before the race though, or you might come to regret it.

The tip on shoes is somewhat doubtful. Real running shoes are not very frequently on sale (at least not in the Netherlands). However I am not a fashion victim so I don't need matching running gear so I do buy al my other gear in the SALE.
I also found that a bar of mars delight also works in stead of a gel package. Easy to eat, enough calories to last another few miles.

Headaches after running

On a Dutch site a coach of a ladies running team is calling out for replies form people who have more experience with headaches after running. As I address in my original Dutch post I argument that mostly this headaches have to do with a misbalance in the levels of fluids in your head. Cause can be three fold:

1. drinking too little causing a lack of fluids in your body


2. drinking too much water causing a lack of minerals in your blood


3. tired muscles for example in the neck of running with to much tension in neck and shoulders.

People with other suggestion are welcome to respond!

My first, no second, post in English

Hi,
you have just found my first post in English. This is not entirely true because on my Dutch blog I have one post in English welcoming my readers from the English speaking world. There the readers can use for example babelfish to translate my Dutch site to English. On this blog I will, from time to time translate posts from the Dutch site myself....
As the statistics on my site tell me: 2/3 of my visitors is from English speaking countries so I hope they will appreciate this blog....