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Weather Or Not: Riding & Running in the Rain

Natalie — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:00:08 +0000

Weekends are perhaps one of the most integral parts of training. Saturday and Sunday are designated for long bike rides, long runs, and brick sessions. They are the pivotal point in any training week and are where time and mileage really add up. Up until week 9 of training I seem to have lucked out [...]

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Weather Or Not: Riding & Running in the Rain

Cooper River Bridge Run 2010: A 10K PR & Much More

Natalie — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:00:30 +0000

I’m losing count of how many times I’ve posted how the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston is one of my favorite races and this year’s race was confirmation of that sentiment. There are a lot of reasons this year’s 10K race was awesome. The ‘tradition’ has been that every year my husband and I [...]

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Cooper River Bridge Run 2010: A 10K PR & Much More

Setting & Adjusting the Race Pace Goal

Natalie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:06 +0000

When I first started doing running races, I raced to participate, to experience the race, and that was about it. Let me first say that there is absolutely nothing wrong in racing with that mindset. My perception of racing started to change as I learned more about running, form, training techniques and drills, and my [...]

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Setting & Adjusting the Race Pace Goal

Seashore Striders’ St. Patrick’s Day 5K

Natalie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:00:43 +0000

March 13th was the third annual St. Patrick’s Day 5K run and walk put on by the Seashore Striders in Denton, MD. The race is an event centered around the community and supports the Caroline Human Services Council which provides programs for children and youth in Caroline County. I was signed up for the 5k [...]

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Seashore Striders’ St. Patrick’s Day 5K

The Four Mile Focus

Natalie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:42 +0000

This winter my running mileage tapered off and as I got back into building my base I landed on and stuck with four mile routes and routines for a couple weeks. Three just wasn’t enough and for some reason I didn’t have the time or the motivation to get much beyond four. I know that [...]

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The Four Mile Focus

Winter Work-out Rollercoaster

Natalie — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:51:09 +0000

It’s been a couple months since I last wrote and despite my neglect of my blog, I haven’t entirely neglected my winter work-out plan…although it hasn’t exactly gone according to schedule. In November I ran the Richmond Marathon with a PR and had high hopes of maintaining my running base while re-building my swim and [...]

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Winter Work-out Rollercoaster

Richmond Marathon Recap

Natalie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:18:44 +0000

I was recently at my first T3 event, the happy hours organized by the Annapolis Triathlon Club of which I am now a member, and I was talking to a new friend who asked me how long the buzz lasted from a marathon. He was convinced that triathlons leave a longer lasting buzz with athletes [...]

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Richmond Marathon Recap

Pre-Race Jitters

Natalie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:42:53 +0000

I’m pretty sure I speak for the majority of runners when I say we are not elite runners. When I sign-up for a race it is not because I expect to win it. Never do I think I will leave a race with the cash prize nor do I expect to set any records. In [...]

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Pre-Race Jitters

Running in the Dark: Brighten Up

Natalie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:50:52 +0000

When I first started running, I was not serious enough nor did I run far enough to think that I would ever be running before the sun came up or after it went down. As I started to run more and added longer runs (6 miles) to my schedule I continued to run only during [...]

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Running in the Dark: Brighten Up

5K Races: Fun, Quick, & Good Practice

Natalie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:27:39 +0000

I believe one of the first 5K races I ever did was freshman or sophomore year at college. It was probably the farthest I’d ever run and I’m positive I didn’t train. After that first 5K I continued to run, added longer distances to my work-outs, and found myself signing up for 10Ks, 10-milers, and [...]

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5K Races: Fun, Quick, & Good Practice