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Hot Weather Running

Natalie — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:50:47 +0000

With the recent and persistent heat waves on the eastern half of North America it seems only natural to not only commiserate about the heat with other runners but also to write about it. I’ve written about running in heat and humidity before and as I thought about this post I went back to read [...]

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Hot Weather Running

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

The Treadmill Ten

Natalie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:17:40 +0000

I’m not a huge fan of running on treadmills. It’s also not something I’m good at which makes me like it even less. But when it’s 45 degrees outside and there is a steady, heavy, cold rain, I have to admit I’d rather run on the treadmill than in that weather. The trouble is that [...]

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The Treadmill Ten

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

Race Pace vs. Training Pace

Natalie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:00:54 +0000

There are a number of training drills that call for running at 5K pace or a 10K pace. Some drills just tell you to run at your goal race pace. Though I’ve gotten into incorporating more tempo runs and speedwork into my training I still haven’t quite figured out the paces I should be shooting [...]

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Race Pace vs. Training Pace

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

Breaking Consistency

Natalie — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:00:16 +0000

I have been running 9-minute miles for as long as I can remember. Every now and then there is a little variation with my slower time hovering around 9:12 which I usually see on runs of 10 miles or longer and my lower end averages 8:54 on my shorter runs. And for as long as [...]

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Breaking Consistency

It’s Tempo Time

Natalie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:00:27 +0000

There are any number of ways to label a run and of course, you don’t have to label a run just to go running. However, in training, it’s very helpful to understand what the labels mean in order to get the most out of each work-out and maximize your performance. When I first started running [...]

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It’s Tempo Time