NL RUNNING

Hit the heel for some advice from Active.com on avoiding plantar fascitis. Also find a more detailed explanation and several treatment suggestions HERE.

No shortage of hills around here! Click the runner and have a look at an editorial on hill workouts.

Click the cake to see a handful of Holiday eating choices you can make to save a few calories.

We’re certainly having a warm spell … many running in shorts and we’re almost through December! But you know it’s coming so click the snowman for a few cold weather running pointers from Runner’s World.

Nautilus would like to thank all those who joined us last night for the Quidi Vidi Christmas Run. 50 starters and 52 finishers (figure that one out!).

Next Thursday December 21 is the shortest day of the year. Join a few other runners and start the day with a run up Signal Hill to witness the Winter Solstice Sunrise at 7:22 am. Meet at the Quidi Vidi Boathouse for a 6:30 am departure. Contact Bob Buckingham if you’re interested.

Today we remember Fred Fost who passed away Thursday after a battle with cancer. “Fred was a gentleman to the core and never once in his lifetime uttered harsh words against a single soul; and he never once complained about the misery he lived through every day of his battle with the disease. Of course, he was quite a good runner in his day too…” (words of Chris Murphy).

Our thoughts are with Fred and his family.

See this article on Active.com … runners are indeed prone to more intestinal gas than average. Apparently it’s due to our “biochemical and biomechanical stresses” … hmmmm … and we always blamed the dog!

Harold St. Croix sent along an article published in “Fort McMurray Today“. A little hard to read, but have a squint at the classified ads on page 20 … 3 bedroom bungalows for $3200 a month! Point La Haye and the Tely 10 await you Harold!

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for the Annual One Way Quidi Vidi Inn of Olde Run this Friday December 15. See the open invitation from the Nautilus Running Club in THIS previous post.