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Pilates for Runners: Interview with Lynda Lippin

Natalie — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:44:08 +0000

Twitter has been, and continues to be, an amazing resource for me in both my personal and professional endeavors. On a daily basis I connect with new people on twitter who are informative, inspiring, entertaining, and motivational, and who share their passions, resources, ideas, challenges, and solutions with their followers. In the health, running, and [...]

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Pilates for Runners: Interview with Lynda Lippin

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 [...]

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Thresholds: Heart Rate Help

Crossing the Bridge

Natalie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:13:44 +0000

The Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, South Carolina, is by far one of my most favorite events. It’s not just the 10K run that I love, but every aspect of an event that the city embraces and that becomes a complete experience for anyone participating, watching, or just living in Charleston. I’m a College [...]

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Crossing the Bridge

Little Victories

Natalie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:21:38 +0000

By now you are probably tired of reading about issues surrounding my IT band and I don’t blame you! I’m tired of dealing with it but the whole journey of feeling the most frustrating pain ever, dealing with it, treating it, and now finally feeling as though I’m going to get through it is hard [...]

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Little Victories

Finding The Knots

Natalie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:28:53 +0000

There are several names that came to mind for this post: “That’s the Spot!” “Ouch!” “Digging Deep,” “Seven,” and plenty of others, some of which sounded totally inappropriate and others that could be misleading. So as not to leave you wondering what all these possible post names relate to, they are tied to the deep [...]

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Finding The Knots

Building a Strength Routine: Legs

Natalie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:06:39 +0000

I am happy to say that I have been sticking with the strength routines that I put together just a week ago. It helps that I have a lot of exercises to choose from so I can vary the routines for the various muscle groups which will hopefully keep me from getting bored. Though I [...]

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Building a Strength Routine: Legs

And I Would Walk…

Natalie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:14:25 +0000

Sing it with me! I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more! And tonight I could have. A girlfriend invited me to join her for an after work power walk leaving from the greenest building in Annapolis (Chesapeake Bay Foundation) and doing a 3-mile loop along the waterfront flanked by gorgeous houses. My [...]

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And I Would Walk…

First Marathon: What Went Wrong

Natalie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:00:17 +0000

One of the things I have enjoyed most about having run a marathon is how much I learned along the way. I am very aware that I have barely scratched the surface of most topics related to running and training and I find it encouraging that there is always something new to learn about the [...]

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First Marathon: What Went Wrong

First Time Reflections

Natalie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:10:43 +0000

This morning as I was walking down the stairs sideways, slowly, holding on to the railing, and feeling each step in my knees and ankles I smiled knowing that for all this pain I would not change having just run my first marathon less than 24 hours ago. There are still so many thoughts and emotions [...]

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First Time Reflections

Marathon Week

Natalie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:11:14 +0000

There is officially one week until my first marathon. Last week had a bit of a monkey wrench tossed in because of pain I started to experience in my IT band. I (almost) immediately switched to cross-training and extra stretching and will continue that this week. After an easy 3 miles on the treadmill today [...]

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Marathon Week