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In which I engage in something resembling training
In the three or so weeks since my last post I’ve started to “train” somewhat more consistently. I’m not ready to get rid of those qualifying quotations just yet, but I’m ready to start saying I’m...
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Important People: Grete Waitz
I’m posting this piece from Modern Stories due to its crossover potential. Enjoy.
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“Skinny” Olympians at the Mini 10K: An Open Letter to NYRR
The following was written by my New York Harriers teammate Brigid Duffy and emailed to New York Road Runners (and subsequently posted to the team’s message boards). With her permission I’m sharing it...
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Training is Priority #17
This is a running blog. So you’ve probably come to expect posts about running. Here, instead, is a post about perspective and priorities. My running has been touch and go lately, so I haven’t had much...
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Getting it done in the UK
I had grand plans to keep a frequent diary of this trip — one that would be coherent. That’s not going to happen; neither the frequency nor the coherence. I arrived and met up with the rest of Team...
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In which running moves up a few slots
I sat down this morning with plans to compose a detailed, entertaining and photo-strewn record of my time in London and Edinburgh touring with ENDURE: A Run Woman Show. But I won’t. Or, rather, I...
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Running with sanity
Although I’m rarely a running blogger lately, I nevertheless remain a running runner. I have been running on a steady basis, and doing one hard workout a week since late August. Low mileage, around 25...
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Other running stuff (not deep thoughts)
It’s Twofer Tuesday on RLaG. You get TWO posts! Here’s other stuff that’s going on. I was tempted to do the Randall’s Island Zombie Run, but at $60 it’s expensive. Plus, as I wanted to go as a zombie,...
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Oh, well
I’m injured again. This seems to be a perpetual cycle. My right Achilles got tweaked on a run a little over a month ago, a new problem on top of plantar fasciitis on the same side. Since then I’ve...
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Training and trying vs. giving up and getting fat
And. I’m back. Maybe I’ll post more than once per season in 2013. When I wrote that last post I was depressed and stressed out. Could you tell? I was also injured. I pretty much stopped running in any...
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One day at a time
Last week I ran 4.5 miles. GO ME. Right. So running is vying with Learning Swedish on my list of priorities. And I don’t even want to learn Swedish. Last weekend was the Scotland Run 10K, a race in...
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Injury. Patience. Optimism.
In my last post I laid out my ambitious plans to run 3 miles a day for the upcoming week. I managed to run four days, totaling 17 miles for that week. Then I headed into the next week with high hopes...
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A cheery hello from the bowels of failure and disappointment
Since it’s been about six months since my last post, I’m checking in. I know you’re still reading — or at least some of you are! I got 92 hits last week alone on my wildly popular post “How to lose...
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