fitness

Long Run Love

February 23, 2012

One year ago, I started training for my first half marathon. Even though the Wine and Dine Half Marathon wasn’t for another eight months, I wanted to take the time to build up my running core, slowly. The longest I had ever run at that point was a 5k (3.1 miles), so the thought of [...]

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Find a Fitness Program that Works for You

February 1, 2012

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about exercise, it’s that we should choose to do what we love, not what we think we should do. After much trial and error, I’ve finally figured out what works for me. MY SPORTS STORY In high school I always wanted to be good at a sport, but never [...]

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A Forced Running Break

January 13, 2012

As I crossed the finish line of my first half marathon in October, my first thought was: I will never run a full marathon. But as I crossed the finish line of my second half marathon last week, I thought: I want to run this again next year, and maybe run two half marathons two [...]

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I Have No Interest in Running a Full Marathon. Ever.

December 26, 2011

After running my first half marathon this past October, a bunch of people have already asked me: Are you gonna try to PR (set a personal record) on your next race? Probably not. And while I’d kind of like to, my knee doesn’t want me to. So no, probably not. I just want to have [...]

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How to Fuel for a Run and Feel Good

November 28, 2011

Hey everyone! I’m off on an adventure today…which I’ll share with you tomorrow. For now, enjoy this post to get the most on how to eat right for running. I started running about two and a half years ago. For the first two years I basically stuck to running for 30 minutes, three times a [...]

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Five Reasons to Volunteer at a Race

October 17, 2011

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to volunteer at a race for the first time. My good friend Allison was the organizer, and since she needed an extra hand that morning and I was free, it seemed like a good way to be “on the other side” of racing. I arrived at 7:30am, and [...]

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Have I Mentioned That I Ran a Half Marathon at Disney?

October 14, 2011

Okay. Finally, finally - I’m writing about the actual race. You see, once I got started at the beginning of the week with recaps, I realized that if I wrote everything I wanted to share in one post, it would have been really really long. As a blog reader, I’m much more into concise posts. [...]