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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

Hump Day Hill Work-Outs

Natalie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:13:44 +0000

Wednesdays, hump days, are hill work-outs. I wonder if that’s why Bart Yasso put hills on Wednesdays, to help us get over the proverbial hump. Or, at least that’s the work-out on the fall marathon training schedule he put together that myself and probably hundreds of other runners are following. I will definitely be coming [...]

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Hump Day Hill Work-Outs

All in Moderation

Natalie — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:05:53 +0000

This long Memorial weekend was a reminder to me of a phrase I have let slip from my vocabulary–all in moderation. I went into the three day weekend with a long list of things that I wanted to do: garden, bike, go boating, hike, kayak, play beach volleyball, lay by the pool, cook-out, read, play [...]

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All in Moderation

Thinking While Doing

Natalie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:09:44 +0000

The past couple weeks I have gotten into spinning and strength training in lieu of my regular morning runs while my IT band gets back to normal. I am definitely enjoying the change in routine and appreciate the challenges of these new work-outs. I’m testing out the Runner’s World training log this month and one [...]

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Thinking While Doing

Slow it Down

Natalie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:18:59 +0000

Lately it feels like life has been moving full speed ahead; this is definitely true for me and many of my friends and people I come in contact with on a regular basis. We cram as much as possible into each day, we start early, end late, we say “yes” to everything, and end up [...]

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Slow it Down