Welcome to 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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• Coach Dean Hebert presents Stop running - Start deconditioning? posted at The Running World According to Dean.
  Just how much time off from running before your fitness drops off? Dean explores the effects of blood plasma volume in athletes. Blood plasma volume allows the heart to pump more blood with each beat. <read full article …>
• Cheryl presents Holy Cow - I ran 20 miles today! posted at Arkansas Runner Girl.
  If you listen to yourself too much, you’d never achieve great things. Cheryl’s running buddy told her ‘You can do it!’ and she did! <read full article …>
  
• Ian presents Your Right to Shoes posted at Complete Running Network.
  When you’ve decided that you’re ready to break up with those old running shoes and move on with your life, Ian has some great suggestions for your former ‘running partners’. <read full article …>
  
• The Running4Womenblog presents Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill You!
  There have been two instances recently of the death of female runners in mass-participation marathons in the US, and one in the UK where the death has been attributed to hyponatraemia. <read full article …>
• Katie presents Take it and Run Thursday: Half Marathon posted at www.K80K.com.
  “Half Marathon….oh how I love thee…let me count the ways.” Katie shares the reasons why she loves competing in Half Marathons. What’s your favourite distance? <read full article…>
• kdays.com presents Fighting fatigue - wanting to just stop and walk and the other voices in your head …
  It always seems easier to listen to the negative voices, especially when you’re tired or finding the going tough. But building mental toughness is a vital ingredient in running and it starts by not giving up.
• Alix J. Shutello presents Running Pregnant - Before, During, and After Baby - It’s A No Brainer for Runners posted at Green Eggs and Tight Hams.
  So for those of us who wonder when it’s right to get back on the track, road, trail, or treadmill after having a baby, you have to know your body but it’s amazing how much exercise can heal us after giving birth. <read full article…>
  
• Kara presents How Fast is Your Heart Rate? posted at Between The Miles.
  Do you know how long it takes your heart rate to increase? Kara was inspired by Oprah to make sure she was on track. <read full article…>
• Terry presents her Marathon Video posted at The Chocolate Chip Cookie Family, saying, “I just finished my first half-marathon and I have officially caught the running bug. I blogged about my journey on my blog and hope you enjoy my marathon video.”
  
  As fellow runners we know what it takes to get to the Start line and the Finish line and it’s great to share that special feeling of runners meeting their goals.
• And finally, kdays.com is building the Definitive Guide to Running Terms. This weeks entries are What is an ultramarathon? and What is rogaining?

That concludes this edition. Thank you to everyone contributing to this edition of kdays.com Running Blog Carnival. Previous Issues and the Submission Form can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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 Tuesday each week.

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