Category: Running
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Fitness Fridays: Down Times are Good Times (Sort Of)
Since I’ve started running, I haven’t really thought twice about taking time off. There were a few weeks where things went haywire for me personally. I took time off then because I had to, because my heart wasn’t in to my training and my brain was thinking about other things. (Apparently being mentally tired requires just…
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When Your Best Effort Doesn’t Seem Good Enough
I’m typing this as I sit on two bags of frozen vegetables. This morning, I woke up a little bit on the late side. I had been looking forward to my long run (15 miles) for days now, since the half marathon last Sunday. Things were looking rosy after I took a bit of time…
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Fitness Fridays: Working Through Excuses
One of the most important lessons I learned while running is how to read. Your body was built to preserve itself. It does everything it can do to protect your energy reserves, so once in awhile you’ll find that your brain comes up with white lies to get you out of running. By learning to…
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The Disneyland Half Marathon 2011
Hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend. I spent my three-day holiday at the happiest place on Earth…Disneyland! As much as I loathe big crowds of people and long lines, for some reason this weekend I shoved all of those peeves aside and had a great time. This was my first half marathon.…
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Recent Read: Kara Goucher’s Running for Women: From First Steps to Marathons
As you may already know, I hit a bit of a rut with my training a few weeks ago. Before the bout got better, it got worse…by a lot. Eventually I did nothing — no swimming, no biking, no running. I was pretty low on motivation. I couldn’t get friends to join me. I was…
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Beginning Ocean Swimming Is Not As Scary As Previously Imagined
After a lot of reticence and procrastinating, I finally attended my first ever open water swimming clinic. I have pretty much been terrified of the water since I started training for the LA Triathlon and since it’s coming down to crunch time, I started doing my research about a month ago. I was unsuccessful at…
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Taking Time Off Is Hard To Do
So the past few weeks I’ve inadvertently taken a bit of time off from consistent and regimented training. A part of me wishes I had a triathlon coach. Another part of me wishes I had more friends that were into running. (I’ve fixed that my coordinating the RunKeeper meetup group in LA as well as…
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Via Formspring: Do you consider your heart BPM when training? If so, how do you go about it? Do you track avg BPM? Do you try and maintain a certain % of your max heart rate?
Sorry for the delayed reply! I have NOT done any real BPM training, primarily because I don’t own a monitor. Since I’m new and starting out, I’m really trying to learn to listen to my body instead of measuring and gauging every little thing. (I’m prone to that and I measure as much as I…
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Fitness Fridays: Starting a Running Routine From Scratch
Most of the people who have joined Team Dress for Success for the Honda LA Marathon are starting from scratch. I completely give them props for doing this! Because 26.2 miles can be daunting (especially for the girl who is leading the team who has never actually ran that distance before…) I’ve decided to start…
Amara in Training 