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History has been made, with South Africa assured of victory in the Super 14 Rugby Tournament. Each year five New Zealand teams, four Australian teams and five South African teams meet in what has become known as the clash of the titans in Southern Hemisphere rugby.

Sprinbok Hamburgers and a Sharks' Victory

Living in the UK and watching rugby played in South Africa while in an Australian bar in Brighton can be an experience of many cultures.

Rugby World Cup 2007, France

France has won the bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2007. The French team are looking keen favourites to win the tournament. See how the stats add up!

Online Sports Casinos

Online Sports Casinos, popularly known as online sportsbooks, are increasingly becoming popular with gamblers who want to place their bets on different sports. The bets can be placed on Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Motor sports, Golf, Ice hockey, Horse Racing, Rugby, Skiing, Tennis, Snooker, Cricket and other sports. The minimum and the maximum bet amount that can be wagered depend on the type of sporting event.

Heart Rate Monitors and Race Strategies

I highly recommend using a heart rate monitor. Learning to run at correct efforts is very important for workout recovery and fast race times.

Moving to Run

What are a few simple things I can do to help motivate me to run and to make it easier starting out?

Keep On Running - How To Stay Motivated

Do you like to run but find excuses not to? Is it too hot? Too cold? Too wet? Too many hassles to get out? We all have our favorite excuses for not getting out, don't we? So how do you stay motivated?

Food Nutrition Facts Just the Facts

Do you enjoy a good cup of coffee in the morning before your workout? I think a lot of athletes do. The caffeine in coffee has been a good selling point for its usage. Everyone enjoys the pick me up that coffee does give.

Preventing And Treating Common Running Injuries

Running is a great way to get some exercise, but if you overdo it, it can also be a very painful sport. In this article, we look at some common injuries that runners get and how to avoid and treat them.

Calluses - To Trim or Not To Trim

A callus on the heel or the big toe can causes a lot of pain for a runner. It can develop an even more painful blister underneath and can limit a runner's performance or simply decrease the enjoyment of run. Many runners want to take a razor blade to the callus tissue and trim it down until the skin is raw. Some rub the callus with a pumice stone until their hand goes numb and others apply expensive creams and lotions. But, no matter what you do, somehow, the callus always comes back.

Getting Enjoyment from Long Training Runs

When training for long-distance races like the marathon, a sense of mental weariness can easily creep into our approach, making the training runs seem more like a chore than something to look forward to. Here are some tips to increasing the enjoyment during training runs.

Running Advice - The Importance of Tapering

Tapering is a term used in endurance sports and basically means to reduce an athlete's training load before a major race. Personal experience and scientific research have both come to the conclusion that a period of enforced rest before racing significantly increases the athlete's level of fitness and boosts his performance by an average of 3%. For marathon runners three per cent boils down to being about 5-10 minutes faster over their racing distance.

Tips on How To Train For An Ultra Marathon

If a traditional marathon just isn't enough running or not extreme enough for you, then perhaps an ultra marathon would interest you more. With runs of up to 100 miles and very challenging terrain, an ultra marathon is one of the most challenging runs a runner can take on.

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