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My NACAC Mountain Running Champs/USA Champs Survival Story
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted July 24, 2013 at 3:27pm

NACAC Mountain Running Championships Results: 49:56 for 13th overall (1st Canadian!) USA 1st, Team Canada 2nd, Mexico 3rdResults I take back everything I knew...ok thought I knew...about running up mountains, and tell you- I know next to NOTHING abo...more

Byline to Finish Line: Preparation for better things
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 24, 2013 at 2:58pm

As the cold water filled my bathtub, I slunk down, trying to submerge my body. My running clothes were stuck to my body, sweat acting as an adhesive between my skin and the wicking fabric. That did not go well. My workout was a tempo run and while I did...more

Joanna Zeiger - Denver Double Road Race: Race Report
by Fast at Forty
posted July 23, 2013 at 4:56pm

I never thought that running a 10k and 5k on the same day at altitude separated by an hour was a good idea. But, in the spirit of team cohesion and never one to shy away from an interesting challenge, I signed up for the Denver Double Road Race with trepi...more

A Fairytale Ending via Becky Runs Away
by Becky Runs Away
posted July 21, 2013 at 8:29pm

(Other than the parts where my second wallet of the year was snatched and our car died on the way home from the airport. Thank goodness for heroes like Marc Lombardi and Margot Murphy!) I really couldn’t have scripted a more enchanting ending to my...more

Making my blood boil via Currently Running while Pregnant (@le_diable)
by Lesley Higgins: Running Before, During and After Pregnancy
posted July 12, 2013 at 8:38pm

I have seen a NY Time fitness blog posted many, many times on Facebook over the last couple days and it’s making my blood boil. It’s essentially about how a woman’s stride changes after pregnancy. it studied “a handful” of wo...more

What have you seen today?
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 1, 2013 at 9:48pm

“What have you seen today?” “Nothing good.” It’s one of the classic exchanges in one of my favorite movies. Remember the premise in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was for Ferris to help bring his best friend, C...more

Becky Runs Away: Run Like Hell(sinki)
by Becky Runs Away
posted June 26, 2013 at 8:31pm

The bad thing about Finland’s eternal summertime sunshine is that sleep becomes a mere myth to an already troubled snoozer. Midnight snapshot from this weekend The good thing is that it makes for a bright and buzzing finale to this explosion of a ...more

USA Half Marathon Race Report: More on Pacing
by Fast at Forty
posted June 24, 2013 at 1:29pm

When people asked me which race I was doing yesterday in Duluth, the full or half marathon, competitors and non-competitor alike gave me a look when I told them I was running just the half. It can only be described as a look of reproach. A look that meant...more

OMG, A BABY! via @laurenfleshman
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted June 20, 2013 at 9:17am

It started with a stuffed jalapeño wrapped in bacon. Okay, it was four stuffed jalapeños wrapped in bacon. We take “Game of Thrones” night seriously in the Fleshman-Thomas household. Six family members, bonded by a ha...more

Three States, One Quick Year via @jenny_scherer22
by Jenny on the Run
posted June 18, 2013 at 10:10pm

It was just about exactly a year ago I moved away from Michigan, back to Wisconsin, and then fairly quickly to where I am now, Minnesota. Three different states in a matter of three months. I’ve confused a lot of people trying to tell them where I w...more

A Walk In The Park via Byline to Finish line
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 16, 2013 at 11:15am

This morning I had the opportunity to lead a trail walk at Akron Falls Park, adding an “off road” element to a series of walks produced by The Wellness Institute and the Erie County Department of Health. It was a short trail but beautiful, lea...more

Becky Runs Away: May-hem
by Becky Runs Away
posted June 13, 2013 at 7:50pm

And a special birthday shout-out to two of track and field’s greatest gifts: the late Paavo Nurmi and James “Jungle Gym” Bevan, my coach, mentor, and inspiration of six years and counting. I’m not sure what the inverse of “...more

Tiny Baby Completes First Race (via @laurenfleshman)
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted June 12, 2013 at 9:00am

For Immediate Release (via Fleshmom and the Aviator) TINY BABY COMPLETES FIRST RACE Bend, OR, USA – Jude Eiger Thomas (JET) completed his first triathlon when he successfully exited mother Lauren Fleshman’s womb at 10:03pm on June 10, 2013. ...more

10 Ways to Celebrate National Running Day
by Pretty Tough
posted June 5, 2013 at 9:30pm

National Running Day, held annually on the first Wednesday in June, is a day when runners everywhere declare their passion for running. Wherever you are and whomever you’re with, run—fast or slow, alone or with others, all over town or just ar...more

National Running Day
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 5, 2013 at 9:28pm

Happy National Running Day! Yes, in case you were not aware, the first Wednesday in June is designated as National Running Day, a day to celebrate and promote running. Inevitably Wednesday is a swim-bike day in my training rotation, but I don’t nee...more

Annual Girls on the Run 5K
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 4, 2013 at 12:08pm

It was at about the halfway point of the 5K where the first water stop was stationed. Runners took small plastic cups of water on the humid morning and disposed of them as runners do — by throwing them on the ground confident in the fact that volunt...more

Becky Runs Away: Runday, the Marathon and… Swedish Ugali?
by Becky Runs Away
posted June 2, 2013 at 10:10pm

June has arrived and there’s no better time to be a runner in Sweden. The eternal winter nights have given way to over 18 hours of daylight and the Swedes don’t let any of it go unused. It doesn’t take much prodding to get them outdoors ...more

New Website! The Story of ALF (via @laurenfleshman)
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted May 30, 2013 at 9:06am

Ask Lauren Fleshman was started in January 2010 in a booth seat at the Flying Star Restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jesse and I were sitting opposite one another playing “laptop battleship,” the made-up game where two or more people sit ...more

Becky runs away: The Scoop on Swedish Races
by Becky Runs Away
posted May 27, 2013 at 10:39am

In the past week, I’ve attended three unique races in my Swedish base of Stockholm. Through them, I’m learning about a culture of running beyond my personal discoveries in the sublime forest trails. What I’m finding is a movement to attr...more

Taper Week: Thought Training
by Byline to Finish Line
posted May 20, 2013 at 1:28pm

I sat down, got myself in a comfortable position, closed my eyes and pressed play on my iPod. It had been some time since I sat quietly and did a guided meditation, but my mind clearly needed a little bit of assistance. I picked a meditation on patience a...more

More on Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Dysfunction and Running
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted May 20, 2013 at 1:26pm

I've been getting a lot of questions about SI joint dysfunction lately. Before I post,  I just want to explain that I am not a doctor nor do I consider myself an expert in sacroiliac joint dysfunction. I am simply explaining what I know (scratch...more

How I’m Doing, Really via @laurenfleshman
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted May 18, 2013 at 8:35pm

Me last weekend. 155lbs. This picture is so ridiculous I just had to share it. How I’m Doing, Really Honestly? Pretty shitty. Even though pregnancy takes an average of 40 weeks, Lima Bean is considered “full term” at 37 weeks today....more

A training journal full of evidence
by Byline to Finish Line
posted May 17, 2013 at 7:34pm

It was the night before the half marathon in Louisville when I had an email exchange with a college running coach. I was nervous and uncertain of what the race would bring. She urged me to look back over my training journal. As I glanced over the pages, I...more

Becky runs away-A year-long exploration of running cultures around the world: Settling into Stockholm
by Becky Runs Away
posted May 16, 2013 at 10:00pm

Ten months into my trip, there are few things I appreciate more than an airport pick-up and a home to settle into straight away. Such comforts aren’t anything that, a year ago, I considered a luxury, but having traversed 18 countries and lived in 57...more

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