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Healthy running is happy running
The running and jogging culture in Lawrence is alive and well. But when the sun
COMING OUT FROM ANOTHER SPORT'S SHADOWS
comes out and the sneakers go on,
do you really know what you're geting into?
Of course jogging up and down the hills of Lawrence and on campus has its merits. Science suggests that habitual jogging can increase the effectiveness of the blood's ability to transport oxygen to the muscles. This in turn leads to better muscle efficiency, and the jogger ends up with better physical stamina.
The Lawrence landscape can provide health benefits. Studies conducted in New York City strongly suggested that those who trained alongside major streets did far more damage to their circulatory system because of pollution than joggers in enclosed spaces or heavily wooded areas. Even though campus does suffer from heavy traffic at certain times, trees and bushes are located near Potter Lake and on Jayhawk Boulevard for fresh air and scenic variability.
As many student athletes, club sport members and intramural players may know, poor form or improper running equipment can cause a miserable morning after or even slight-to-moderate injury. Common mistakes include running in the wrong type of shoe
department store sneakers, for instance or wearing the incorrect shoe size.
Running form can be tricky, not to mention hilarious to watch. Many times I've seen a girl or guy zoom passed me with their arms practically flailing in the air. Improper form creates a sense of imbalance, wastes energy and puts strain on the lower back and upper legs.
Minor problems like inflammation of the knee and shin splints can temporarily render any sport or jogging enthusiast chair-ridden. I learned this lesson from when I went walking around the hills surrounding Alvamar Country Club with a friend. I didn't warm up beforehand (a big no-no). I wore three-year-old shoes and I slouched while walking up and down steep hills. Needless to say, I could barely move five hours later.
Don't despair. Looking to historical examples, it would appear that mankind was built to run. The deliverers of the quipu message system in the 15th century Inca Empire in South America traversed several miles to reach their destinations. Similar systems of cross-country mail delivery were in use thousands of years earlier in China and parts of Africa.
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The great appeal of using your own two legs for exercise lies in the fact that it's free, and almost anyone of any weight or fitness level can participate in running's better half with all the health benefits intact: walking. Just for goodness sake, support the economy, and buy a new pair of quality running shoes.
— Edited by Lauren Cunningham
Rise from obscurity:
Rise from obscur program sees improvement
Old recruiting class, new facilities and new coaches rejuvenate school's team
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
Bill Whittemore speaks in a smooth Southern drawl, his sentences laced with gohs, shoots and hecks. He's a simple man, but his story is one that's complicated and wrapped around the entirety of coach Mark Mangino's tenure.
His life is still eventful, still filled with athletics and football when school is in session. Yet his days are less complicated now
The long hours of film are gone, summers suddenly less restricted. Fro Nashville, where he's an assistant athletic director at a private high school. Whittemore said he'll talk, that he'll reflect about a time that seems longer and shorter than seven years ago.
The 2002 recruiting class arrived in Lawrence a largely unheralded group — and left with their names etched in record books and on professional paychecks.
Before there was an undersized quarterback from Texas — before Todd Reesing
It's here where Whittemore's story — and Kansas' turnaround begins.
It started with Whittemore, the playmaking scrambler and the first player to sign with Mangino. Sometimes in between Whittemore's commitment and the start of the 2002 season, a cast of lightly recruited two and three star prospects did the same.
In many ways, it's hard to truly understand how far the program had to rise, how deep Kansas football had sunk in the Big 12's depths.
"Man, it's so hard to get rid of that mentality of defeat," Whittemore said. "If you've got it ingrained that you're not as good as the team you're playing, man, in football you have to change at least 22 guys' mentalities. Not just one. Everyone has to be on the same page."
thrust
Kansas
into national
prominence
"There wasn't that much excitement," Whittemore said. "Heck, there was probably no excitement around football at that time."
— there was an undersized quarterback from Tennessee who lifted Kansas from the Big 12's gutter.
Tomorrow Kansas plays Duke at home.
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KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Former Kansas State player Jonathan Beasley dives for the endzone in this 1997 game when Terry Allen was head coach. Allen was head coach at Northern Iowa before coming to Kansas.
SOCCER
Team hopes to improve its game at Jayhawk Invitational
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Senior goalkeeper Julie Hanley punches away a shot attempt from a Rhode Island player during the second half of a game earlier this month at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. The Jayhawks will host an invitational this weekend against San Diego and South Dakota State.
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Junior defender Lauren Jackson said the mood in the locker room Friday before their match against Denver was just different.
"I think we were just really tired," Jackson said. "We just weren't in it."
Jackson said the team needs to focus better in the locker room before each game in the layhawk Invitational and the rest of their games this season.
In their first match today, the layhawks, ranked No. 22, take on No. 18 ranked San Diego (5-2-1) and finish the invitational with a match against South Dakota State (2-3-1).
The Jayhawks will be looking to rebound from their winless weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo., losing in the last six minutes to Denver and playing to a scoreless draw with Colorado College.
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Coach Mark Francis talked about the number of scoring opportunities that the team barely missed.
Jackson said the Toreros play a different defensive style than anything Kansas has seen so far this season.
San Diego will be the first ranked team Kansas has faced so far. San Diego is coming off a weekend where they defeated then-No. 12 Rutgers 2-1 and Brown 1-0.
"Sometimes those things happen, we just have to regroup," Francis said. "It'll be nice to be at home this weekend and try to win our tournament."
Instead of playing four defenders in a line like most college programs, San Diego utilizes a stop
Defensively, Jackson said the team wouldn't change anything. The Toreros' leading goal scorer is freshman forward Erica Peeples, who has netted three so far this season. Another freshman, Sierra Ferreira, leads the team in assists with three.
Senior goalie Julie Hanley will likely be the one defending those shots. She has started the past two games, replacing freshman Kat Liebetrau, who started for several games to start the season.
per and a sweeper in a diamond formation. Jackson said the forwards worked on playing higher and pressuring the defenders in practice this week.
Jackson said the change in goal doesn't really affect the defense much.
"The only difference is that Julie is a little more experienced than Kat, and generally more vocal than
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