 Shaluinn grew up in southern California, where she has been running since she was 5 years old. As she puts it, she has been running longer than fellow FNF’er and recent “In the Hunt” blogger Brooke Wells has been alive! Shaluinn graduated from Louisville High School in 1996, where she helped the team to a Division IV state cross country state championship her senior year. Shaluinn attended and competed for Stanford, where she graduated in 2000 with a degree in American Studies. After several years at Google, where she currently is Product Marketing Manager for Google Apps, she took the 2008-09 school year to complete a Master’s degree in Management at the Stanford GSB’s Sloan program. Married to fellow Googler Ramsey Allington, Shaluinn lives in Palo Alto.
 Greg is 46 years old, and with his wife, runs a commercial and residential fencing business in Cibolo, Texas (near San Antonio). Umsted has three kids, aged 10,8, and 6. After growing up near Tacoma, Washington and attending Fife High School, Greg moved to the Houston area before eventually settling in Cibolo. Greg hit a Boston qualifying time in January’s Chevron Houston Marathon, and then recently completed the 114th Boston Marathon in 3:26, his third effort ever over 26.2 miles.
A San Juan Capistrano resident, Steve is an accountant with Zaldivar, Sattar & Associates, LLC. Steve graduated from San Diego State, after a post-high school sojourn in Hawaii following a childhood in Garden Grove and San Jose. Steve found Focus-N-Fly through his entry process for the Select Staffing Santa Barbara International Marathon. Having run in high school, he returned to running recently and ran his first marathon at the 2009 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego. While his son and daughter, students at Dana Hills High School, are training for their fall cross country season, Steve will be gearing up for Santa Barbara.
Distance runners need strong calves and feet in order to reach the finish line of a marathon or half marathon. This drill will help activate all the tiny muscles in the feet and challenge your calves.
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Like the previous drill, heel walking targets the muscles of the lower leg, ankle, and foot. More of the emphasis, however, is on the shin. This drill plays an important role in the prevention of shin splints (one of the most common complaints of distance runners).
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You might think that marathoners don't need high knee lift, but they do! This drill will help strengthen your hip flexors, improve your flexibility, and lengthen your stride.
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With every step you take on a run, you want your foot to strike off the ground with as much power as possible. This drill will prepare your body to do that.
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As high as you can get, as quick as you can get, as high as you can get, as quick as you can get....keep repeating that to yourself as you do this drill. That increased turnover and increased knee drive will soon carry over to your running form.
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Butt kicks are a great way to stretch the quadriceps (the muscle in the front of the thigh). The quads are important for lifting your knees and increasing your speed. Quads are often the first thing to go at the end of marathons, causing runners to come shuffling across the finish line because they have a hard time lifting their feet off the ground. This drill will keep that muscle flexible and ready for action.
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For Quick Skips, don't worry about the distance that you cover. This drill is all about maximizing turnover and minimizing the amount of time that your feet spend on the ground.
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