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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