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Long Slow Distance Lessons

Natalie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:15:21 +0000

At the Annapolis 10-Miler this year I was behind a couple girls with t-shirts that read on the back “Trained on LSD and Speed” and as a runner I thought that was cute and a clever play on those two words. It wasn’t until days after the race that I started to really consider how [...]

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Long Slow Distance Lessons

Holy Heat and Humidity

Natalie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:10 +0000

Until this past winter I’d never really run in what I consider to be extremely cold temperatures (teens and low 20s and 30s). Most of my running has been in the spring through fall seasons in warmer temperatures and when I was in college in Charleston, SC, I had plenty of runs in hot and [...]

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Holy Heat and Humidity

A Beepless Run

Natalie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:00:13 +0000

For a while now I’ve been running with my Polar heart rate watch to better gauge the effort I exert during training runs and rides. When I first got the watch I read the manual and went through the set-up process according to the directions. In the manual it stated pretty clearly that the watch [...]

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A Beepless Run

Training Log Review: Runner’s World

Natalie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:00:19 +0000

For the last month I have been using the training log on runnersworld.com both to log my work-outs as well as to experiment with one of the many available online training log programs available to athletes. It was a few months ago that I decided I would use and review as many logs as possible [...]

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Training Log Review: Runner’s World

What Are All These Thresholds?: Lactate Threshold

Natalie — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:05:53 +0000

If you spend enough time training for anything and start to read articles, message boards, and blogs that discuss your specific exercise be it running, biking, spinning, or swimming you are bound to come across a discussion about lactate threshold. It’s likely you will see this phrase used in conjunction with topics of heart rate [...]

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What Are All These Thresholds?: Lactate Threshold

Running Rituals

Natalie — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:37:22 +0000

There was a fun article in the May 2009 issue of Runner’s World about prerun routines and it shared some tidbits and facts about the various things runners do before a jog or a race. For example, it takes the average runner 6.9 minutes to get ready for a run (according to their RW poll). [...]

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Running Rituals

Measuring Work-out Quality

Natalie — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:51:06 +0000

I’m on the second week of training for a triathlon which includes two cycling sessions per week. Until now I’ve been going to spin class and needed to start biking outside. I broke out my Gary Fisher mountain bike, checked that the tires had enough air, and headed out for the 40 minute foundation ride [...]

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Measuring Work-out Quality

Thresholds: Heart Rate Help

Natalie — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:44:01 +0000

At the suggestion of a friend of mine who is an NSPA-certified instructor, I got a Polar heart rate watch last fall to help me train better. I read the Polar user manual and it was obvious the watch does a lot more than what I am ready to do in my training (different alarms [...]

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Thresholds: Heart Rate Help

What Are All These Thresholds? Introduction

Natalie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:26:50 +0000

When I started training for my first half marathon last year I was stumped by how tired I would get after long runs. A close friend, who is now a NSPA-certified trainer (National Strength Professionals Association) recommended I get a Polar watch to monitor my heart rate while training to make sure I was not [...]

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What Are All These Thresholds? Introduction

Fresh Start

Natalie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:00:58 +0000

After taking off from exercise for one full week to let my body really rest, it felt like months since I’d done anything cardiovascular. I picked a Sunday to start back into an organized training and fitness plan and I don’t think I could have picked a better day. From my bed I could see [...]

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Fresh Start