Running, Sustainability & Real Life

In my blog you’ll find pieces of my journey, reflections, lessons, and insights I hope you’ll carry with you.

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Training Tips

How to Use Strides to Run Faster

Today I would like to focus on one of the nemeses (yep, I really did just use Merriam- Webster to make sure that was the plural of the word) of marathon training; strides. In college, I loved doing strides. Okay, love may be a little strong, but I used to…
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Training Tips

What Pool Running Workouts Help Runners Stay In Shape When Injured

As a wonderful addition to many pool running workout posts, I thought it would be useful to make a post on how to structure workouts when you are confined to a pool for an extended period of time. And if you can, listen to my Coming Back from Injury Podcast…
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Training Tips

Pool Running to Maintain Fitness During Injury

In my many years of training seriously as a collegiate/elite athlete I have had my fair share of injuries. Other than my most recent muscle strain, pool running has been my savior when it comes to maintaining fitness during time off running. Well, that AND my Coming Back from Injury…
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Beyond Running

27 Anti-Inflammatory Foods to Speed Recovery

Inflammation. It is definitely a word we are used to hearing on a daily basis. We all have little pains here or there that come from inflammation. Exercising beyond what your body is ready for will often result in inflammation. It is, after all, our bodies natural response to something being…
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