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Test race strategy with a tune up race
by Run Girl Run
posted August 26, 2010 at 4:39pm
This weekend I'm running the Annapolis 10 Mile as a tune up race for the Philly Rock N Roll Half next month.The elevation profile scares me a littleI've never really worked tune up races into my training before, but this race fell at just the right time (...more
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San Di-aaaahgo
by Running in the Bike Lane
posted August 20, 2010 at 7:16pm
Last weekend I flew down to meet P in So Cal for fun in San Diego. I finally got to lace up my (new) running shoes to race! 2010 hasn't exactly been the year I'd planned in terms of racing, I've only completed 2 of the 5 races I'd signed up for so far thi...more
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Trusting my instincts
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 20, 2010 at 2:22pm
Life circumstances have brought me out of town for a few days and hence my 10-mile run was to be completed in unfamiliar territory.
Tip No. 17: When asking someone at the front desk of a hotel about a good place to go for a run, understand they probably ...more
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Hip pain when running on the treadmill
by Run Girl Run
posted August 19, 2010 at 5:34pm
Last winter I struggled with hip pain when I ran on the treadmill, but all the problems cleared up when the weather was nice and I was back to running outside.Yesterday while D.C. was being washed away by torrential downpours, a treadmill was the only rea...more
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The Five Minute Rule: Mentally framing your run
by Run Girl Run
posted August 18, 2010 at 12:45pm
We've all heard of the five second rule. You drop some scrumptious treat on the floor and you have five seconds to pick it up so it will still be "safe" to eat.When it comes to running in the morning, I use something I like to call the five minute rule.Wh...more
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Smart ways to prepare for long runs
by Run Girl Run
posted August 16, 2010 at 11:49am
Long runs are important to training, there's no doubt about that. But to get the most out of a long run, you need to start preparing the day before. This weekend, I didn't do that and my eleven mile run was not one of my strongest. It ended with me majorl...more
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Rut be gone!
by Chic Runner
posted August 13, 2010 at 4:21pm
After being a little lax in motivation for running lately, I finally found my groove again. I know that this usually happens when I start to train and I get tired and burned out. Sometimes it’s hard for me when I’m in training for a full because I kno...more
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Top 5 Friday: Best things about race day
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 13, 2010 at 4:15pm
Every Monday morning, I have a phone call with my coach. We review the past week, he asks how I’m feeling and we plan the next week’s worth of training. Sometimes we’ll discuss big things — like an injury, illness, recovery or body composition iss...more
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Boxing Playlist
by The Glowing Edge
posted August 13, 2010 at 4:12pm
I’ve been listening to this one for a long time now. The First made it for me a while back and I slapped it on my Shuffle and BOOM got smacked down by the sound. There’s not much traditional about it (well, Metallica’s Breadfan does make an appea...more
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The importance of scale back weeks
by Run Girl Run
posted August 12, 2010 at 12:55pm
We're having a bit of a storm here this morning.Note my back porch flooding. That's got to be an inch of water.Trees were bending in half, there was so much water running down the side of my house I couldn't see out my windows. Then there was hail.I was j...more
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Top 5 Friday: Favorite daydreams
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 6, 2010 at 1:24pm
Welcome to the start of big-freaking-workout-weekend No. 2. This week’s dishing of pain includes a five-hour bike ride today and an 18 to 20 mile run on Saturday.
These are long miles. I’ll be training by myself which makes them lonely miles, too. Su...more
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A Swelltering, Sweaty, Glowing Mess
by Chic Runner
posted August 3, 2010 at 3:49pm
So this might just be me, but when I run in the summer I feel like I’m getting so much more out of it. I usually do not like sweating, but when I work out, I want to sweat. A lot. I feel like it’s working better then, so bring on the summer months. If...more
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The Training Plan Shuffle
by Run Girl Run
posted August 3, 2010 at 1:05pm
I mentioned yesterday that July was a perfect month of training. I hit every single run and I didn't have to adjust my schedule once. I'm not going to be so lucky with August. I should still be able to hit all my targeted runs, but August will be the mont...more
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Softball Pitching Tip - Achieving Balance
by Softball Performance Blog
posted August 2, 2010 at 9:22pm
A concerned softball parent posted this pitching question on the blog and we have an answer that you may also find helpful!
Question:
My daughter is a Pitcher and i am realizing that her throwing arm is becoming stronger than her other arm do you know...more
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20 miler. CHECK!
by Chic Runner
posted August 2, 2010 at 4:36pm
So FINALLY I got in a decent 20 miler. I haven’t had that in… probably almost a year. The night before I laid really low and got prepared for it. Since I’m a giant klutz, I also totally jammed my knee into the corner of our ottoman in our living roo...more
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Capping off a perfect July
by Run Girl Run
posted August 2, 2010 at 2:07pm
Sometimes we just have those wonderful runs that remind us why we drag ourselves out of bed insanely early on the weekends.Saturday was that kind of run for me. My nine miles couldn't have really gone better for a mid-summer run.Splits:1: 9:532: 9:243: 9:...more
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Weekend recap: 130.5 miles of details
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 2, 2010 at 12:57pm
Often I’m a big-picture kinda gal. Details are snags that can keep you from dreaming. Details are the negative naysayers that take your grand plan and ask, “Yes, but how are you going to handle x, y and z?”
But there are times when the big picture ...more
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Germany: Unfamiliar Territory
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted August 1, 2010 at 12:21pm
In preparation for my next competition, I was supposed to throw and do some overheads (throwing a shot put behind you as far as possible) yesterday. It takes approximately one whole hour to get to Leverkusen, so I opted for the Cologne Sport University a...more
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Top 5 Friday: Best advice for beginners
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 30, 2010 at 1:10pm
A friend who started running recently asked me what to do about sore knees her workouts. She doesn’t have any pain and is fine when walking around but get to a set of stairs and her knees just ache.
I have to be honest. I kinda smiled. Because it’s s...more
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Jalapeno juice burns eyes
by Run Girl Run
posted July 30, 2010 at 12:43pm
D.C. summer, I am officially over you.I've had enough of your wicked thunderstorms leaving me, my friends and various business establishments without power.It happened again last night. An afternoon thunderstorm rolled through the area while I was at work...more
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Dream Interrupted
by Run Girl Run
posted July 30, 2010 at 2:18am
I was in the middle of the strangest, yet most interesting dream ever when my alarm went off this morning. I dreamed I was back at my old job at the newspaper, but I wasn't friends with any of the same people, and I worked for a different editor and was g...more
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West Nile, Flat Tires and Mental Training
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 29, 2010 at 3:17pm
On an easy run day, Best Boyfriend Mark asked if I wanted to do a trail run with him and and a friend. Sure, I said after confirming that (a) his training plan called for an easy paced run and (b) it would, in fact, be easy paced by my standards.
Once ...more
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