Welcome to the first edition of the kdays.com Running Blog Carnival.

Thursday is Blog Carnival Day. A Blog Carnival is basically a collection of articles or blog posts, all relating to a similar subject, that are gathered together for your viewing pleasure. You can quickly and conveniently see a range of articles and click on the ones that interest you to read the full post. Blog carnivals are a great way to see a wide variety of ideas and opinions on a similar subject.

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• Lisa Sabin presents 10 Tips For First Time Marathoners posted at Boston or Bust
  In a marathon anything can happen. There are a number of details that come into play. The following tips will help runners avoid some of the pitfalls that beginners make when training for their first endurance event. <continue reading …>

• Dave Elger presents Hindu Squats for Leg Strength posted at Dave Elger on Running, Health and Fitness
  I think Hindu Squats offer a great complementary exercise for runners or any athlete for that matter who are interested in improving leg strength. <continue reading …>

• From kdays.com The Top 10 Running quotes
  

• Fitbuff presents 10 Reasons for Heart Rate Monitor Training posted at Fitbuff
  

• Dorian Wales presents Building Character Through Long Distance Running posted at Personal Financier
  You’d be surprised what your body can take if you test it. The biggest difficulty in endurance sports is overcoming the mental difficulties. <continue reading …>

• Squirrel1.1 presents Your Last vs. Your Next posted at Running with the squirrel
  One of the toughest parts of training is knowing and understanding where to draw the line between learning from your training and race performances and spending too much energy on what you no longer have control over. <continue reading …>

• From kdays.com The five stages of a runner

Be sure to tune in every Thursday for the next kdays.com Blog Carnival. Don’t forget - you can submit your own article for inclusion, just make sure it’s in by Wednesday each week.

That concludes this edition. Thank you to everyone contributing to this edition of kdays.com Running Blog Carnival. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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