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October 28, 2016

Five Mistakes First Time Marathoners Make (Featuring Meb Keflezighi)

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Happy Friday! I haven’t been running almost at all lately, as I’m focused on reaching my 20 class goal for the month of October.  (Okay, actually I just reached it this morning, but now I’m focused on surpassing it!) However, I know that a lot of you are in the peak of fall marathon season right now, so I thought I’d pass along a list of five mistakes first time marathoners make, from Olympic silver medalist, 2009 New York City Marathon champion, and 2014 Boston Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi! After participating in Deena Kastor’s running retreat in July, our flight home was canceled and …

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September 5, 2015

Sponsored: What to Wear to a Mud Run

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I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Mudderella. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Lately, there is a broader trend in fitness toward developing these skills and combining fitness activities with fun social activities – and I love that trend. Since moving into Colorado, I’ve really gotten into hiking, and I love that it’s a workout that doesn’t feel like a workout. Okay, hiking is definitely tough, but there are more reasons to do it than just getting a workout in! I wrote before about Mudderella, an obstacle course organization …

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November 5, 2014

How to Stay Committed to Your Goals

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How To Stay Committed To Your Goals

Last week, I alluded to the fact that I was starting to think about running another marathon. In short, I need to be in Florida for work at the end of January, and I knew that was right around the time of the Miami Marathon. Out of curiosity, I went to check the dates – and saw that while Miami was actually the weekend prior, that weekend was the Melbourne Music Marathon. Florida is already an appealing destination in the winter, but Melbourne is a special course because it’s largely waterfront, with four bridge crossings in the full marathon. I …

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August 15, 2014

How to Choose Your Fall Marathon

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How to Choose A Fall Marathon

My good friend Adam recently chose Detroit Marathon as his big fall race. Unlike me, Adam is pretty serious about training for a fast time, and he usually does one all-out effort per season. I, on the other hand, and more likely to do half a dozen races per season, but just “for fun” and not as races. Let’s face it, running in a marathon is a great excuse to go see a new place 🙂  I know that most people do not take the crazy approach I do to running marathons. But, the good news is that having done so …

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November 14, 2013

Marathon Motivation Tip: Fake It Till You Make It

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Marathon Motivational Tip: Fake it till you make it

Still working on my NYC Marathon race report (part 2 here!), but this week has been a little crazy/abnormal since I’ve been working 12-15 hours a day since Sunday facilitating a week-long training course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Don’t feel too sorry for me, though – although I’m waking up at 5am every day so that I’m able to get materials/logistics set for the participants to start at 8am, other times I get to do fun things like supervise the Tai Chi sessions in gorgeous settings like this: The program is really cool – it’s one that I went …

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