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News - The Distance Runner's Diet - Hal Higdon

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:00 +0000

Good nutrition--both before the race and during--is critical if you hope to excel in any running race. When you run long distances, your energy requirements increase. In an article on endurance exercise in The Physician and Sportsmedicine, Walter R. Frontera, M.D. and Richard P. Adams, Ph.D., comment, "During sustained exercise such as marathon running, total body energy requirements increase 10 to 20 times above resting values." Runners need to eat more of the proper foods to fuel their muscles. They also need to drink more, particularly in warm weather.

At a sports nutrition seminar in connection with the 1992 US Olympic Marathon Trials in Columbus, Ohio, Linda Houtkooper, Ph.D. a registered dietitian at the University of Arizona, made clear that endurance athletes in particular should get most of their calories from carbohydrates.

News - Conference USA Cross Country Teams Prep for Regionals

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:54:00 +0000

C-USA will appear in six of the nine regional meets this Saturday

IRVING, Texas- Making it to post-season play is a goal every team aims to achieve. Conference USA will send eight women's and six men's cross country teams to six of the nine NCAA regional meets this weekend.

The 15th-ranked Tulsa men will battle second-ranked Oklahoma State and No. 14 Minnesota for one of the two spots in the Midwest Region. The Cowboys are currently the top team in the region, followed by the Golden Gophers. The Golden Hurricane won its first C-USA championship title and placed eight runners on the All-C-USA teams, including four on the first team. Tulsa will be led by C-USA individual champion John Beattie. Beattie won the 8K race in a time of 23:30, the second all-time best championship mark. The junior outkicked UTEP's Japheth Ngo'joy down the stretch to become the first non-Miner individual champion since 2005.

News - MVC Cross Country All-Conference/Scholar-Athlete Teams Announced

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:42:00 +0000

The Missouri Valley Conference has announced the 2008 cross country all-MVC and Scholar-Athlete teams, following the completion of the 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship last weekend in Springfield, Mo., at the Missouri State Cross Country Course.

Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to meet performance standards, as the top-10 finishers at the conference championship earn all-conference honors and are included on the Scholar-Athlete team, provided they meet the set criteria, while other athletes must finish among the first 20 runners at the conference championship and hold a cumulative 3.0 GPA and be a sophomore in athletic and academic standing to earn a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete team.

News - Living History Farms Cross Country Race - Off Road

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:05:00 +0000

Be a part of the "Largest Cross-Country Race in North America".
You will be challenged by the world's richest farm land as you wade through creeks, avoid farm animals and claw your way to the top of gullies with over 7,500 (limit) other runners of questionable senses. It's a great way to end the racing season and experience running stories to relive throughout the winter.
Stay for the "outdoors in November" post race refreshments, door prizes and awards ceremony.

News - East Carolina Official Athletic Site

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:01:00 +0000

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Entering the 2008 Conference USA Cross Country Championship, both of East Carolina's squads wanted to improve on their finishes from last year's meet; consider it mission accomplished. Both teams jumped two spots from last year with the men finishing in fifth-place this year while the women moved up to sixth-place. For the men, it is the team's highest finish since the 2004 meet when that squad also came in fifth. The women enjoyed the program's highest place since coming in fifth in 2001.

Individually, it was the same performers at the top as Zack Montijo finished first for the men and sophomore Brittany Copeland paced the women. Montijo came in 13th overall with a time of 25:14, earning him Second-Team All-Conference USA honors, the first for a men's team runner since 2004. His honors did not stop there, as he was also named the Conference USA Freshman-of-the-Year, a first for the Pirate program. The 13th-place finish is also the highest for any Pirate at the C-USA Championship since Jessica Collins came in 12th in 2005.

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