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30 Jul 2018

Training Tips

30 Jul 2018

Running With a Baby: Postpartum Running Advice

It has been an honor to be considered someone a lot of new mothers look to for advice about life with a baby. That truly warms my heart to know that my opinion is important to you. It is yet another reason I am so happy I spoke out about…

16 Jul 2018

Training Tips

16 Jul 2018

Get Out to the Running Trails

When I was an elite runner, where I ran was really important. On important workout days I would travel up to 90 minutes to get a long run in along a flat path in Cincinnati. On long run days, I would drive 20 minutes to start my run at the…

25 Jun 2018

Training Tips

25 Jun 2018

Do You Need a Rest Day?

When you love running, and especially when you have a big goal in mind, you want to be committed to that goal. In fact, you don’t just want to be committed, you are, and its hard to even take it off your mind sometimes. Your days are based around it.…

18 Jun 2018

Training Tips

18 Jun 2018

When Coming Back from an Injury Seems Like Forever Away…But Suddenly Seems too Soon

Coping with injury is never easy for runners. We really love what we do. When you have a running injury, once you figure out a rough plan of how long you will need off, the anxiety from being unable to run quickly begins to build. Which is exactly why I…

21 May 2018

Training Tips

21 May 2018

Racing Back to Back: More Races Does NOT Mean More Chances to Succeed

I am probably going to make a lot of people angry with that title, but it is something I hear some variation of over and over again. Especially in newer runners, runners who are falling for all the typical runner mistakes, and it ends up breaking their heart, often breaking…

30 Apr 2018

Training Tips

30 Apr 2018

Returning to Running After Injury: When Injuries Just Keep On Coming

When we get injured, we tend to go through phases, phases that I would typically go through every time. But this time, I am trying to make it different. First is denial, we pretend there is nothing there. We are afraid to even admit to ourselves that something doesn’t feel quite…

18 Dec 2017

Training Tips

18 Dec 2017

What is #NoWatchMe?

You may have heard me throwing that phrase around, maybe you are a Running for Real Superstar on Facebook and see people talking about it in the community (if you aren’t a member yet, why not?! Come join us!) and you are completely confused. You might be thinking: I could…

11 Dec 2017

Training Tips

11 Dec 2017

How to Plan Goals That Set You Up For Success and Happiness

You with the “BIG GOAL” you want to accomplish. You with the “I really wanna make this year count” goal. You with the “This HAS to be the year I do XYZ” goal. You with the “I train so hard, this had better be the year it pays off” goal.…

04 Dec 2017

Beyond Running

04 Dec 2017

You Are Only Human

We hear it over and over, we think, yeah yeah, I know. But then soon enough, we overstretch ourselves again, and like a child who can’t stop getting into trouble, we bow our heads and take the “told you so’s”. How did I not see I was going too far?…

06 Nov 2017

Mental Training, Training Tips

06 Nov 2017

How to Use a Journal to Feel Better in Hard Times: Journalling Saved Me (Many Times!)

I post on Facebook. Runners have strava. We all have Microsoft word (or something similar). Why would I need to journal? This might seem like a post that doesn’t make sense to you. Maybe you have heard me talk about journaling before, and thought, “yeah, yeah, suuuurrreee I’ll give that…