Welcome to the kdays.com Running Blog Carnival.

Thursday is Running 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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Nick presents What is your Strategy? posted at Team Cross Runs.
Nick looks at the five parts to forming your running strategy. And for some reason, you may feel a hankering for a choc chip cookie or two after reading this!

Jim Hansen presents Rolfing: Can It Help Your Running? posted at Recover Your Stride.
Jim has tried a myriad of therapies and strategies in battling with imbalance problems. In this post Jim shares his experience with Rolfing and the effects two years on.

Kayry presents Wow – what a workout! posted at kayry – running engineer.
An interesting look at the effects of heat acclimation on running performances.

Lance Smith presents The Ultra Running Scene & Scott Jurek: Over-Rated? posted at Harlem 26.2.
In a post that stirred up a lot of controversy, Lance looks at the world of ultra running. Is an ultra really easier than running a marathon?

Aisling Coppinger presents North Pole Marathon – Irish Running Competitors posted at Team Geared Up Blog.
Imagine your first marathon. Now imagine your first marathon is at the North Pole! Wayne Pollock is on a mission – to raise €150k for cancer charities and to run 100 marathons.

DaBigLeap presents When running with the crowd is a good thing posted at DaBigLeap.
Are you a lone runner or do you love the social aspects of running with a group? Bob shares his journey from being embarassed to run in a group to loving the supporting, positive boost you can only get from running buddies.

Jennifer Fields presents Best marathons to run this year posted at That’s Fit.
“I used to think all marathons were the same, but each has its own personality and draws very different participants.” Jennifer looks at choosing the right marathon for you.

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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