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Fuel Your Recovery- Supplements

The Little Things
I did not intend to make this a whole post of its own, but it did not really match with any of the other topics, so here it is. I just wanted to make a shorter post about my thoughts on supplements. I am not a big fan of them overall, as I believe you…
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Fuel Your Recovery- Massage and Compression

The Little Things
Today I would like to talk about some of the forms of therapy I use to keep my muscles as happy……well,  as happy as they can be for someone running 80-90 miles a week! Massage/Foam Rolling Most Mondays I have a one hour massage with Karen Keys to work on specific muscles that are tight, as…
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Elite Runner Tina Muir shares the aspects of recovery that keep her body strong during marathon training, and how you can apply them to your training to make sure you are race ready for your next marathon.

Fuel Your Recovery- Fuel and Sleep

The Little Things
I am well into this segment of training, and that means recovery is so critical. If I am going to make it to the start (and finish) line healthy, I need to make recovery a priority, probably even more of a priority than the hard workouts themselves. After all, it is better to go into…
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Elite runner Tina Muir shares a "day in the life of" post about life as a working elite runner, and how she juggles her time.

Day in the Life of a Working Elite Runner

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Today, I would like to actually share a day in the life of post, and I am going to do it as part of a What I Ate Wednesday (thanks Jenn) post, as obviously being a former elite runner who covered 70-90 miles a week means that you consume a lot of food! I decided…
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Back to the Beginning; Form Change Update

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Firstly, let me just say this has been an incredibly slow process I learned from the UVA Speed Clinic as things are actually starting to move in the right direction! But I learned a lot and you can see the difference in my strides below and In my races now. Here was how my experience went.…
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Elite runner Tina Muir shares her experience with the UVA SPEED clinic to fix inefficiencies as a marathoner.

UVA SPEED Clinic

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As you know, I have had quite a few setbacks this year. As the rest of my life seemed to slot into place, my running appeared to be moving in the wrong direction. In the build up to Chicago, I felt weak, and had injuries to restrict my training even more. As you saw, I…
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This hip opening yoga sequence for runners has really helped me feel better on runs! I do it 4-5 times a week!

Hip Opening Yoga Stretches for Runners

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There are those times you have to go back to square one, when it comes to injuries, because the intensity of marathon training really doesn’t allow injuries any time to properly heal, and the race itself can make things even worse. Some of my recovery products have been graciously provided to me by my sponsors,…
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