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Trail Running
Workout: Recovery Run (Trail Run) Planned Duration: 0:30 Description: 5-10 min dynamic warm-up Easy pace throughout If you can get on a trail, do it. Trail running is good for your soul AND it helps increase your cadence and strengthen your stabilizing muscles. It’s been a very long time since I’ve run trails. Several ankle…
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a triathlete’s holiday wishlist
The catalogs have started arriving in bulk at my house. My kids are getting hand cramps from circling new Lego sets, rainbow loom accessories, and other bits of colorful plastic. OK, it’s not just the kids. It’s me, too. For some context, my husband and I just celebrated our 13th anniversary. The traditional gift for…
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hill. repeat. hill.
“What goes up – must come down. And then go up and come back down, again.” 8 x :30 uphill surge (fast, focus on powering with your butt)/ 3:00 easy There may be something wrong with me. I loved everything about this workout. It was cold. (34 degrees) I needed to layer up in my…
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Running Mittens
Workout : Endurance Run Planned Duration: 1:20 Keep your pace exceedingly easy throughout “Exceedingly easy”is not my favorite. I find it exceedingly hard to run exceedingly easy. For at least 5 of the 9 miles, I rationalized that this fact negated the entire assignment . I hate not following my coach’s directions more than I hate…
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Athlete with Asthma
I find it frustrating. As I head out for my long run this morning, I knew it was going to need to be an easy pace. Some days are better than others, and today was one of those “others”. My allergies this fall have been much worse than usual and it’s been almost 2 months…
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Unexpected Joys of Running
Sully and Mike Wizowski were right. There’s more energy in laughter. This past Sunday, I ran the Ashland Half Marathon. The plan was to leave the garmin at home and run in a tutu and fairy wings, 1. It was so close to Halloween and 2. To remind myself that I was doing this one…
intent & wonder 