I am not a run streak girl.* Not historically. So far, I want to say my run streak record is… six days in a row? I’ve definitely done that on vacation. * In case you are a Disney person but not a running person, a run streak means that you run a bunch of days consecutively. You don’t have...
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I learned a new term this week: “Hot Girl Run.” As a runner for the better part of a decade now, I was immediately intrigued by this exciting new niche. But what exactly is a Hot Girl Run? How does it differ from a regular run? And how hot, exactly, do you have to be to qualify? WHAT IS...
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I’m a lot of things, but I’m not more things. One of the many things I am not is a running coach. I do not run professionally in any capacity. But I’ve had a bit of success with this method, so I figured, why not share? Obviously if try them and suffer up to and including an accident we...
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Okay. So. Um. Seeing as how I had a couple days off for the holiday last week, I endeavored to make it a cutback – four runs instead of the usual three, but short ones. And I kinda did… Sunday | rest Monday | ran 5.28 miles on the treadmill in 60 minutes Tuesday | ran 6.2 miles on the...
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BLAST. I had a whole post set up to go out last week explaining that I was in the Outer Banks this week but don’t worry, I was DEFINITELY going to run and I’d see you all next week etc. etc. But I forgot that in addition to scheduling a post, you have to hit publish, even though you’re...
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This week marked two strange runs for me. Indeed, these runs were of a style I almost never employ outside of mitigating circumstances. I’m talking about… THE TWO MILE RUN. I rarely do a short run outside of a taper or vacation. Less than five, maybe four miles is extremely unusual for me. Most of my runs are in the...
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