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A charity lunch in honour of fell running legend Joss Naylor has been scrapped because of disappointing ticket sales.

It was hoped the tribute event, to celebrate the veteran runner’s 70th birthday, would attract up to 300 guests and raise £10,000 for the Variety Club of Great Britain.

But organisers had to pull the plug after only 57 people bought tickets, meaning that the charity wouldn’t even break even.

Peter Johnson, chairman of the Variety Club northern region, said: “It’s tragic, but we just didn’t get the numbers. We are heartbroken.

“A lot of work goes into these events, and there came a time when we had to make a decision before too much was done. It was to be a charity function as well as a tribute and I think people have forgotten that.”

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bingisser posted a photo:



Bruce Jackson takes the baton from Ryan Brown in the relay. Jackson held off the challengers to finish first.

From Flickr with the Track and Field tag

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The key to faster running could be all in the mind, according to a study commissioned by the American Council on Exercise.

Dr John Pocari, an exercise physiologist at the University of Wisconsin, measured what happens when runners think they are getting a boost from “super-oxygenated” water.

His subjects ran three 5km time-trials, with half the group drinking a glass of plain bottled water and half taking what they thought was super-oxygenated water (but was, in fact, tap water) before they started. The latter group covered the distance 83 seconds faster, on average. Heart rate and blood lactate levels were the same between the groups, leading researchers to conclude that the mind plays a powerful role in helping athletes to improve.

Via Times Online

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Check out the “Been there, run that” article at csmonitor.com which is a quick overview of companies that are setting up running tours of a city when you are on business or personal travel.

Plenty of business and vacation travelers pack athletic gear so they won’t need to shelve their running routines. Some hit the hotel treadmill. But more now seem inclined to marry cultural enrichment with fitness - and a budding segment of the travel industry has responded, offering the gel-heeled set itineraries in which a run can be particularly enriching when enjoyed in the company of a guide, or alone on a well-planned route.

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Stress fractures of the femoral shaft in athletes: a new treatment algorithm.

Ivkovic A, Bojanic I, Pecina M

Br J Sports Med. 2006 Jun ; 40(6): 518-20; discussion 520

BACKGROUND: Femoral shaft stress fractures in athletes are not common but pose a great diagnostic challenge to clinicians. Because of few clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment are often delayed. Furthermore, if not treated correctly, these fractures are well known for complications and difficulties.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a well structured and reproducible treatment algorithm for athletes with femoral shaft stress fractures.

METHODS: The proposed algorithm is carried out in four phases, each lasting three weeks, and the move to the next phase is based on the result of the tests carried out at the end of the previous phase. Over nine years, we treated seven top level athletes, aged 17-21. In all athletes, diagnosis was based on physical examination, plain radiographs, and bone scan.

RESULTS: As a result of the treatment method, all the athletes were fully engaged in athletic activity 12-18 weeks after the beginning of treatment. After completion of the treatment, the athletes were followed up for 48-96 months. During the follow up, there was no recurrence of discomfort or pain, and all the athletes eventually returned to competition level.

CONCLUSION: These results and data available from the literature suggest that the algorithm is the optimal treatment protocol for femoral shaft stress fractures in athletes, avoiding the common complications and difficulties.

Via HubMed Abstracts

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