Our favorite Running Sunglasses

Tifosi Slip Sunglasses

Tifosi Slip sunglasses come with three interchangeable lenses, so you can change them based on light and weather conditions. The large shield lens are ventilated for increased airflow and anti-fog functionality. They also feature 100% UVA & UVB protection, as well as Glare Guard glare reducer to decrease eye fatigue. The hydrophilic rubber nose pieces and adjustable temples provide a secure, comfortable fit.

Bolle Bolle Vigilante Sunglasses

The frames of Bolle Bolle’s Vigilante running sunglasses are made of nylon, so they’re lightweight and flexible. They also include rubber nose pads and temple tips to provide ultimate comfort and security while you’re running. The sunglasses’ polycarbonate lenses are also super lightweight and exceed ANSI requirements for UV protection. The scientifically engineered coating on the backside of the lens eliminates backside glare to reduce eye strain.

Article Courtesy of Sports Sunglasses

How Calories Are Calculated In Garmin GPS Watch

There are actually a number of ways in which your Garmin device will calculate how many calories you’ve burned.  And not unexpectedly, the accuracy level varies based on which method you use.  Some methods offer a rudimentary guesstimate, while others are based on scientific testing that’s then imported into your device to get far more accurate results.

So, let’s walk through each of the five major methods, starting with the most accurate, and working our way down the list to the less accurate.

1) New Leaf VO2 Test Profile

2) Firstbeat Algorithm

3) FR60 Heart Rate Algorithm

4) Speed/Distance Algorithm

5) Power Meter to get Kilojoules

Article courtesy of Sports Watches

New Marathon Blog “dailyrunningtips.com”

Hi Readers,

 I have moved the blog to a new home www.dailyrunningtips.com , to continue reading my daily post go to my new site.

Happy Running

Warmly Constantine Njeru

Making Marathon Eco Friendly

The going green movement seems to have caught up with marathons. Last weeks Tokyo marathon made effort to reduce the marathons impact on environment.

The ugly side of a marathons is the use of plastics that are littered everywhere. Although I have to say I find it fun to kick the empty water bottles that runners throw on the road.

The organisers of Tokyo marathon used the following ideas to make the marathon one of the most eco friendly events on the planet.

Use of Solar Energy

The PA system was powered using solar panels fitted on a truck. The 350 solar panels fitted on the truck can generate electricity to power two houses.

Use of Reusable plates.

At Nairobi marathon, runners are only served with free water but at Tokyo Marathon, free food is part of the deal! Thats sweet! Meals provided to participants were served on reusable plates, while sports drinks were served using paper cups.

Making the marathon green seems to have attracted green movement fanatics, like one spectator told the Japanese press “At other marathon events, paper cups and other kinds of garbage are often dropped on roads. I like this event because it’s ecologically conscious,” said a 70-year-old man from Yokohama

See the following Japanese website on how they are revolutionising how we run. DONT WORRY THE SITE IS IN ENGLISH.

 

Japan Pension Runners

I was looking at the results on last weekends Tokyo Marathon and one 4 hour runner said the greatest agony was not running in the cold weather but was the humiliation of being overtaken by Japenese pensioners!

“I thought I was doing quite well and then there’s some 70-year-old granny I’m just catching up to,” 33-year old bank employee, Jones said.

One runner who wasnt bothered by the pensioners was the winner, Switzerland’s Viktor Roethlin, who powered to victory in two hours, seven minutes and 23 seconds.

Japan has one of the highest life expectacies in the world, at 81 years of age. The number of people over 65 years of age is estimated at 25 million.

The promoters of Tokyo marathon dont just see them as part of 2 million spectators to cheer the marathon runners along Tokyo streets but potential marathon runners.

As our banker runner learnt, this old runners are no push overs. They will beat you in a young man’s game!

De Javu For Huckabee

On Tuesday John Mccain continued to pull away from our marathon man, Mike Huckabee. Huckabee who has previously run New York marathon and Little Rock Marathon and now training for Bostone marathon, must surely be familiar with the agony of trying to catch up with a runner who is fast ahead of you.

At last year’s Nairobi marathon, there was this unorthodox runner ahead of me, everytime he got at a hilly section, he would run up in a zig zag manner. I tried to catch up with him to ask him why the zig zag but everytime I got up the hill he disappeared ahead. I never caught up with the runner and at the finish, its never easy to find one soul in a mass of 15,000 +. I still dont know whether running zig zag saves energy.

Deena Kastor Lesson on how to run from behind

If Huckabee needs a lesson on how to run from behind he needs to look at inspiring performance of American, Deena Kastor, the marathon bronze winner at 2004 Athen Olympics games.

I remember watching the event live on TV as the quartet of Japan’s Mizuki Noguchi, Kenya’s Catherine Ndereba and Ethiopia’s Elfenesh Atemu lead for most of the distance. Only a brave man would have bet against this three running away with the three medals.

But as the runners neared the finish it was obvious Ethiopia’s Atemu was falling a victim of the humidity that had earlier forced the race favourite Paula Radcliffe to retire.

After Atemu ran out of gas, Deena couldnt believe her luck as she zoomed past Atemu to snatch the bronze medal.

The moral of the story for Huckabee, Luck favours the prepared. Keep marching, you never know your rival might trip.

For a bio on Deena Kastor visit her official site www.deenakastor.com

Are Runners Penny Pinchers?

The New York times have one of those David vs Goliath stories, this time its your corner running gear store vs the big chains.

How to Save Money at all cost

Speciality stores owners in America are really feeling butterflies in their bellies, like one worried owner told the paper “It’s a fact of life some people will do anything to save $3 so they’ll come to our store and get fitted and then go up the block and buy it there,” said Leanore Gallardo, whose flagship Metro Run & Walk in Falls Church, Va. — one of three she owns in the Washington area — is about to face a Road Runner Sports a mile away. “Only a fool would not be concerned,” she said.

Its seems runners will walk into a small store get get fitted without blinking an eye say thank you and walk out to get a burgain elsewhere. How unfair!

Read the New york times online to see why your corner running shop maybe no more.