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Even if you’re mostly in it for the medal and the shirt I’m here to tell you that you should still run outside race and training season. Not only should you run outside race season you should run in all the seasons! I get that it’s hard to do sometimes but running (even outdoors) year... Continue Reading →
Tapering off at the end of a training plan can make for some rough patches. Rough patches in your mental health, in your anxiety specifically and in the lives of anyone who happens to be around you. It has been for me at least sometimes. There is a consensus in the peer reviewed literature that... Continue Reading →
You might have been expecting the last of the training updates today but there’s not much to say, I went running once, it was fine. Instead I’m here to tell you all about my very first marathon! This race recap is going to be a little different, maybe not all that useful to others and... Continue Reading →
So I’m technically mostly done marathon training at this point and this is pretty much the only time I can be honest and write this post. It is peak week after all and I’ve just done my 20 mile long run as this goes live. I’m at the point in training where I am milage... Continue Reading →
This was the first in person race I’ve done since the pandemic started. There have been just a few in my area and some that even happened last fall but before now I just wasn’t ready. Specifically I definitely wanted to be double vaxed before I participated. When the email came through for this one... Continue Reading →
Runners might not get the shade that cyclists do but many drivers would prefer that we not be on the road either. After all we have a choice right? Well… it’s not as simple as you might think. Here’s the thing though drivers, cyclists runners and walkers all have a right to be on the... Continue Reading →
I’ve been a runner and I’ve had hair for a long time now. Somedays that hasn’t worked out so well for me. In fact over the years I’ve switched up how I do things because of my hair on numbers occasions because of running. Recently I’ve even chopped it all off mostly for running. But... Continue Reading →
I haven’t trained for a new distance since 2018 and even though I previously wrote a post entitled ‘why I’ll probably never run a marathon,’ I’m doing it! So whoever had age 38 in the family pool your odds are looking pretty good right about now. Of course anything can happen between now and October,... Continue Reading →
There’s a new class of races out there and more and more ‘brands’ popping up every year. They are in fact j as much fun as they look and might just be a great way to get back to racing. Since people usually start in small waves rather than as one great big group so... Continue Reading →
Unfortunately even if we take our training super seriously we still have to live our lives and that means sometimes we do things that make us hurt ourselves. That’s the boat I’m in at the moment. I’m not really sure how it happened but it has again. I’d say once a year or so I... Continue Reading →
Sweat Sweetly 