Category: Fitness

The Week in Workouts no. 3

I haven’t been very diligent about recording my workouts here on the blog, mostly because I’ve been concentrating on my base fitness instead of actively training for something specific.   I’ve just been running for fun  (i.e., playing with my fancy new Garmin watch) and working on my core and leg strength. (It’s all detailed over …

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The Week in Workouts no. 2

I’m working my way back into regular runs, but am starting with low mileage and gradually increasing back to my base fitness.  I hope that this, along with religious stretching and strength training, foam rolling, and icing will keep my body injury free.  In any case, I had a lovely week of running.  I don’t …

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The Week in Workouts

Since I made my (slow) return to running this week after a self-imposed break, I thought I’d share how things are going so far.  Plus, I haven’t exactly been sitting on my ass during this “break” — I’ve been working hard on my core and leg strength, and am still at it. While I have …

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Run Less, Run Faster

It is sadly ironic that as I write this post, I am sitting at home with a ridiculously miserable cold and am about as far from being able to run as I can get.  But that hasn’t stopped me from dreaming, planning and scheming about my next races! The basic concept As someone who seems …

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