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Modifying Your Training
I can’t believe it, the Asics LA Marathon is less than two weeks away! And I’m heading into quasi tapering with real tapering beginning this weekend. Wow, time as flown by. LA Marathon Training, weekly...
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Fit Friday
It’s Friday! So that means Fit Friday! Oftentimes we runners have our long runs planned for the weekend, especially when we are training for a race. But what do you do if you’re not training for a race...
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Fit Friday: Keeping Fit with a Busy Schedule
Hey hey, it’s Fit Friday again! And I know I haven’t posted anything since the last Fit Friday. It has been a crazy busy week: recovering from a cold, grading papers, teaching, preparing for my trip to...
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My Lackluster LA Marathon
Warning: It’s a long post. As the saying goes, even the best laid plans… the LA Marathon did not result in a Boston Qualifier or a new PR. It ended up being a hard and frustrating race. I came into...
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Fit Friday: What to Do When You Aren’t Doing Anything
Well, if you didn’t already see my post already, I ran the LA Marathon last Sunday and learned that I was over trained (look for a forthcoming post on the SFM blog soon about this). What does this mean...
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Fit Friday: Return to Running
I know, I know… lately my only posts are Fit Friday posts. Whoops! Today’s post is short because I have a busy day ahead of me… but guess what! I’m running again today! I haven’t run since the LA...
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Easter Baking
Sometimes people ask me why I run so much. And yes, I run because I like to challenge myself and see what new goals I can meet. But I also run because I really love to bake and eat delicious food. We...
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Fit Friday: Favorite Running Blogs
I have been stumped about what I wanted to write about for my fit friday post today. But then I thought, why not share some of my favorite running/fitness blogs! Of course, I have to share my friend...
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Change of Plans and Cheering On Runners
Today I cheered on my amazing running friends as they pounded the pavement at the Santa Cruz Half Marathon. I had originally planned to run this race but after LA, I decided the smart thing to do was...
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The Changing Plans Continue
The changes just keep coming in my training/running schedule. I had originally planned to run the Big Sur Marathon on April 28. This was assuming that I did well at LA and then could run Big Sur easy...
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Fit Friday: Body Combat!
So I’m dedicating today’s post to my new love/arch enemy: Body Combat. Body Combat is the from the same creators of Body Pump, which I have discussed on my blog before. Body Combat is similar to...
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Thoughts on Boston Today
The Boston Marathon. Every runner knows that it is our holy grail of races. For the past year, my running energy has been focused on qualifying so that I might be able to run in 2014. Even though I...
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Fit Friday: Run for Boston
Well, we all know that this week has been a powerful and emotional one for us runners, especially those who were in Boston on Monday. While it has been a hard week, a painful week, it has also been a...
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My Boston Strong Weekend
Wow! What a whirlwind weekend! Friday I was glued to media coverage of the manhunt and was so relieved when the second suspect was apprehended alive. This was great news as I headed into the...
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Fit Friday: Big Sur Weekend!
This weekend is Big Sur! This is one of my favorite race organizations & the marathon has a special place in my heart as it was my first marathon! This year I have decided to run the 5k instead but...
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Fun at the Big Sur 5k
I know, this has been a sorry excuse for a blogging week. But such is life. However, hopefully my race recap will make up for that. As many of you know, I decided to downgrade from the Big Sur Marathon...
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Sometimes You Fall Down
Ok, sometimes I fall down. (And not just on my blogging responsibilities!) What a week of tumbles for my running/cycling friends! This past Saturday my friend Leslie called me to tell me she’d be...
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Relay Recap
This weekend I ran my first ever relay race at the Capitola Half Marathon, part of the Surfer’s Path Marathon. I ran the inaugural Capitola Half Marathon last year so I was excited to run the relay...
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Fit Friday: Jawbone Up
Well it’s been a little while since I first told you all about my Jawbone Up. You might recall that the hubs got me the Up right before the L.A. Marathon. I wrote about it briefly in a past Fit Friday...
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Fit Fridays: Rest Days
Happy Friday! This week has been a doozy for me. My classes I teach are wrapping up and my work outs that were supposed to be easier have been tough! I had a short tempo run Tuesday followed by my...
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