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Healthy body, healthy mind...
challenge your mind as you embark on a new active lifestyle,
challenge your body as you reach a fitness goal...
Join one of our many programs to embark on this new journey. With fall around the corner, learn about heart rate training or yoga through our summer seminar series or sign up for one of our training programs. The
No Boundaries Begin to Run is a fantastic way to make a commitment to a healthy lifestyle and learn to run a 5K. The long distance program will prepare you for a half or a full marathon. You may even be "goofy" if you take on the challenge of running both in the same weekend.
No matter what your goal or your ability, we are introducing our FIT guarantee. Although it starts with our footwear, it has no end. We guarantee our FIT and our fall training is just part of it.
Train smart, live well, and make a difference!.
- Shahin |
Sales Tax Holiday
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 TN Sales Tax
Holiday
Fri Aug 7th - Sun. Aug 9th
Many items at the store are tax exempt. During the holiday, clothing (includes shoes) with a purchase price of $100 or less per item is exempt from sales tax . . . saving you 9.25%!
Enjoy these additional savings during the weekend:
 Shoes over $100 and Cross Country Spikes are
not tax exempt so we will pay that tax for you!
Special savings on summer clothing:
spend $50 get $10 off or spend $100 get $25 off!
Clearance Specials:
- Kid shoes starting at $15
- Adult shoes starting at $25
- Clothing $20 for one, $35 for two
- Bras buy one get one FREE
Remember you still earn Personal Rewards
points (that is like getting another 10% off)! For a
complete listing of tax exempt items visit the tax holiday website.
Promotion limited to stock on hand and may not be
combined with other coupons.
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| Summer Seminar Series |
Join us at the store every 2nd and 4th Tuesday during the summer for our educational seminar series. These sessions are FREE and open to the public. Please RSVP by email.
August Seminars
Topic: How to Train using a Heart Rate Monitor
Date: Tuesday, August 11th at 7:00pm
Learn how to properly use a hear rate monitor to improve your training.
Topic: Yoga for Athletes
Date: Tuesday, August 25th at 7:00pm
Learn how yoga can help prevent and rehabilitate injuries (read the Coaches Corner below). Come ready to try some poses. Space is limited so please RSVP. |
Cades Cove Social
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 A group from East Tennesse is heading down to the Disney
Marathon weekend in January 2010. We meet each month to
socialize, share training stories, meet new folks and just enjoy ourselves. Next social
meeting:
When: Sun, August 23rd
7:00am - run/walk
9:00am - breakfast
Where: Cades Cove
There is a 4, 8, 11 or 17 mile run/walk option. 
Afterwards we will have a pancake breakfast and an optional soak in the cold creek. Bring something to share if you want. Please
RSVP so we have a head count by calling 675-FEET or sending us an email.
Social is open to everyone!
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| In Store Events |
 Aug 7th - 9th: TN Tax Free Holiday Aug 7th: Springbrook Sprint Triathlon Packet Pickup and Clinic Aug 11th: Summer Seminar - How to Train with a Heart Rate Monitor Aug 23rd: Cades Cove Social and Pancake Breakfast Aug 25th: Summer Seminar - Yoga for Athletes Aug 31st & Sept 3rd: No Boundaries Begin To Run Orientation Meetings Jun - Sept: Triathlon Training - training programs to race a sprint, olympic or half ironman triathlon Sept - Nov: No Boundaries Begin to Run Training - training program to complete your first 5K | |
Springbrook Sprint Tri Packet Pickup & Clinic
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What: Springbrook Sprint Triathlon Packet Pickup
When: Friday Aug 7th 12:00am - 7:00pm
Where: Fleet Feet Sports
Come by the store for early packet pickup for the Aug 8th Springbrook Sprint Triathlon.
Note: USAT rules state each athlete must be present to pick up their race packet and
provide a photo ID and a USAT membership card if they are an annual member.
The only exception where a person may pick up another athlete's packet is a legal
guardian picking up a packet for a minor.
What: Springbrook Sprint Triathlon Clinic
When: Fri Aug 8th 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Where: Fleet Feet Sports
Have questions about the Springbrook Sprint Tri? . . .
Need help with transitions?
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Wondering what your nutrition needs are
pre/during/post race? . . .
Join the Triathlon Clinic to get answers to all your questions.
The clinic will be hosted by Shahin Hadian, USA Triathlon certified coach.
Topics covered: race course information, transition set-up, gear requirements,
nutritional needs and training goals.
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No Boundaries Begin to Run
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 Let us motivate you to start running!
Our NEXT session of
New Balance No Boundaries: Begin to Run
is set to begin on Tuesday, Sept 8, 2009.
Have you always wanted to run but didn't know where to start?
If you answered YES, then you will want learn more about our
motivational beginning running training program. We want YOU to join us!
The
program is structured to help you cross the finish line of your first
5K. Along the way we'll give you the information and coaching you need
to motivate you and keep you moving, so that even after the race,
fitness remains an important part of your daily routine. Participants receive New Balance technical gear as part of the program. Visit our national training website to see how this program has changed lives across the country.
Attend one of our Orientation Meetings to learn more:
When: Mon, Aug 31st at 6:00pm or Thurs, Sept 3rd at 5:00pm
Where: Fleet Feet Sports
Questions? Call the store (865)675-FEET, send us an email or check our website for local details.
Here is what past participants have had to say:
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I just wanted you to know that the no boundaries program was amazing.
I never believed I could run a 5K pain free let alone place in my age
group. Thank you for all the time and attention you offered... I am
looking forward to the triathlon training...
... Thanks for everything. I've thoroughly enjoyed the class and look forward to the next one!...
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Can't thank you all enough for your support and Team Spirit. I'm
really one proud and happy Mom! Keep up the wonderful work, and thank
you again...
Spring 09 No Boundaries group at Run for the Deaf 5K
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| At the Races |
West Side Triathlon (July 11, 2009) - 
Beautiful day to do a tri! Several folks from our current and past triathlon training groups participated in the West Side Tri:  Carlos Carrasquillo, Eric Elliott, David Garmer, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Shahin Hadian Bryan Hilson, Carri Hilson, Wendi Love, Eric Myers, Aaron Myers, Lauren Myers, Olivia Rivera, Leah Smith & Paul Smith. Congratulations to everyone who competed in the event!
Race results can be found here.
Karns 5K (July 25, 2009) -
Fleet Feet Sports was proud to sponsor the Karns 5K race benefiting the Karns High School Cross Country and Wrestling teams. Perfect morning to run a 5K.
Race results can be found here. |
Coach's Corner - Flexibility Training
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 Stretching is one of the most controversial subjects in exercise and sport.
For many years, experts, would-be experts, athletes, and coaches have disagreed about
many aspects of stretching.
Many issues have yet to be resolved, but based on extensive research every athlete can benefit and should stretch regularly. With
appropriate stretching practices you may prevent and
rehabilitate injuries. There are four distinct types of flexibility training: static-passive, active-isolated, contract-relax, and yoga. Decide
for yourself which method or combination of methods works best for you.
Four Ways to Stretch
Static-passive: this is the simplest and most popular type of stretching. The
standard toe touch is an example of a static stretch. Static stretches are usually facilitated, meaning that the targeted muscles don't stretch
themselves. They're stretched by the work of other muscles. Take that basic toe touch, for
example. The hamstrings don't stretch themselves, and the opposing muscles, the
quadriceps on the front of the thigh, don't really do anything either. Rather, the stretch
happens because your pelvis tilts forward. Most of the time, you'll hold static stretches for
10 to 30 seconds. Two repetitions seem to work better than 1, unless you hold the first
stretch long enough for the muscle to relax and then go into a deeper stretch from that
point.
Active-isolated (AI): active-isolated stretching is a form of flexibility training that was
created specifically to overcome the drawbacks of static stretching. In an AI stretch, you
put your body in a position that allows you to stretch a single muscle group. Then you
contract the muscles opposite the ones you want to stretch while pulling the targeted
muscles into a deeper stretch than would ordinarily be possible. For example, you'd
contract your quadriceps while stretching your hamstrings. Each stretch lasts 2 seconds
and is usually performed in sets of 10 repetitions. Most AI stretches require a rope to help you pull the muscles into deeper stretches. The
major limitation of the method is that some of the stretches are rather awkward and
simply don't feel like they're doing much.
Contract-relax (CR): contract-relax stretches are similar to AI. Both entail isolation of a
single, targeted muscle group via briefly held stretches. In CR stretching, however, you
precede each stretch with an isometric contraction of the targeted muscle. So if you're
stretching your hamstrings, you first contract them, then relax and stretch them. This
helps trigger the inverted stretch reflex. CR has scored high marks as a flexibility-training
tool in studies. But like certain AI stretches, a few CR stretches would seem to be more
effective if assisted by a partner.
Yoga: yoga involves static-active stretching, making it a hybrid of the other forms of
stretching described above. As in static stretching, you assume and hold positions in which certain muscles are
lengthened. Like CR, yoga also involves isometric contractions, but with a crucial
difference: In CR, you contract and relax the same muscle in a coordinated sequence; in
yoga, you hold one set of muscles in isometric contractions while relaxing and stretching
the muscles opposite them.
Yoga is seen by many as a complete form of exercise. It increases passive and dynamic
flexibility as well as balance and coordination, which seems obvious. Some new research
shows it also has strong, and nearly instant, powers to alleviate anxiety and stress.
It's also thought to improve strength, depending on the type of yoga practiced. For
example, power yoga, in which you move quickly from one pose to the next, probably
improves strength, particularly if you aren't performing any other type of strength
training. Because it involves sustained isometric muscle contractions, yoga is a lot more
taxing than other forms of flexibility training. | |
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