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There are many things I truly love about running. It’s a long list.

But the pleasant and sometimes unexpected smells, odors, aromas and fragrances that I inhale on my common route is one that’s pretty high up on that list.

In our normal daily lives we live trapped either inside our cars, our homes, offices, or shopping malls. It’s not too common that we are exposed to the natural ambient smells of the world without the intervention of walls and air conditioning systems which deaden our sense of smell.

When I run around the 5K loop in my neighborhood there is nothing that comes in between the world as it is and my olfactory bulb.

The warmer the air, the more smell particles find their way to my grateful nose.

It’s always an experience of comfortable recollection (”ohh, yes, fresh laundry!”) or a puzzling inquiry (”after shave? or burnt grass?”).

The game of olfactory hide-and-seek never ends.

Here are some of the odors and fragrances I encounter on a fairly regular basis on my running route:

Running can be a great pastime. It’s an activity that allows you to be in touch with your environment, get a nice workout, and have a great time. In this article, we’ll discuss some general tips on helping to improve the quality of your runs, either through aiding your comfort or increasing your intensity.

It’s important for any serious runner to have a good pair of running shoes. To choose the best shoes for your runs, you need to get form-fitting shoes that support your feet. To do so, try shopping late in the day. Your feet swell throughout the day, with their greatest size being achieved in the evening. If you shop for shoes in the morning, you may find yourself with some tight-fitting shoes that can cause blistering and other uncomfortable side-effects. Don’t just try on the shoes that you’re thinking of buying; walk around the store in them to ensure that they don’t strain your muscles in a weird way. Also, make sure that your toes have room to wiggle around in the tip of the shoe. A shoe that gives your toes a tight fit can lead to painful friction when running.

Do your best to not wear the same shoes jogging for two days in a row. Your feet sweat when you run, and the perspiration drains into the shoes a lot of the time. If you don’t give the sweat in your shoes enough time to dry out, bacteria can grow, causing odor to permeate from your shoes. Also, wearing the same shoes day after day causes any troublesome pressure spots in the shoe to rub against the same part of the feet every day, possibly leading to blisters.

Stretching is of the utmost importance to runners. A study conducted showed that runners who stretched three times per day reduced their risk of leg injury by 12%. To help keep your running muscles flexible, it’s important to perform calf, hamstring, and quadriceps stretches. In addition to helping protect yourself against injury, having additional flexibility in your muscles helps you to avoid painful cramps.

Be sure to stay hydrated when running. One of the biggest threats of running is the chance of dehydration faced by those who are unaware of their body’s needs. Perspiration causes the body to lose much of its water content, and you need to counteract this factor by regularly drinking water before, during, and after your run.

Jonathon Hardcastle writes articles on many topics including Sports, Golf, and Fitness

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Hormone levels affect runners endurance. Hormone levels affect ones endurance. Long distance runners having sex to often reduce
their healing ability. This leads to one result injuries. When training for distance events of more than 13 miles it is important to eat right, sleep, exercise, hydrate (lots of water), and abstain from intercourse.

As we age hormone levels decrease making fatigue an inevitable reality. Athletes need to pace themselves. Set a goal of mileage every week and slowly increase the goal adding 5 miles per week.
As we age the mileage should be decreased due to lower hormone levels to prevent fatigue.

The good news is that constant exercise can counter lowering hormone levels and actually increase the growth hormone. The key is to maintain a constant regiment of 4 to 6 days per week with a program. The program itself should change from season to season as your needs change and abilities increase. Increasing hormones will lead in increasing muscle mass and producing anti- aging hormones.
These will help keep you looking younger.

The important thing to remember is that if you can get on a program and keep consistent you can slow down hormonal loss and keep yourself looking young. It is all a balance each part contributing to the whole. Things to consider when training for any kind of long distance event are how long you have been training, sleep, diet, feeling any fatigue, and how often you are having intercourse.

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The author Erick Nolin has been running for 10 years. He has trained and completed 3 Boston Marathons 2 of which were in qualifying times. He has many other achievements in the running community.

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