Aerobic exercise refers to exercise that involves or improves oxygen consumption by the body. Aerobic means “in the presence of oxygen”, and refers to the use of oxygen in the body’s metabolic or energy-generating process. Many types of exercise are aerobic, and by definition are performed at moderate levels of intensity for extended periods of [...]

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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 [...]

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Running is really a very simple sport. Simple, but certainly not easy. Every training run or race you are competing against others – either the other runners on the day or a time you know a friend ran this course last week, for example. You are competing with your previous times and also the expectations [...]

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Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation. It is closely related to orienteering and many people enjoy both sports. For all participants, compared to an orienteering meet, a rogaine: is a much longer event, usually 6, 8, 12 or 24 hours is a team sport (important for safety, given the long duration) has [...]

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Running that covers a distance farther than the traditional marathon length of 42.195 kilometers (26.21875 miles) is called ultrarunning. The event is called an ultramarathon. There are two general types of ultramarathon events: those that cover a specified distance, and events that take place during specified time (with the winner covering the most distance in [...]

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