‘Tis the season for bundled up runs. I love winter running, so it usually isn’t a big deal to get out there, but those transitional times before I can acclimate… woof. When I’m dragging my feet, here’s how I get myself out the door…
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From Fair Weather to Foam Roller
When it comes to foam rolling, I’ve been pretty fair weather. Using it when I need it—or, in other words, when problems start to crop up. As part of a month-long challenge run by Anna Weber, I foam rolled (almost) every day for a month. Here’s what I learned…
Virtual Race Training
Training for a virtual race has not been quite the same. I actually can almost forget I’m training…
While I’m getting all hippie on you…
I recently wrote about exploring new run habits (hello, post-run mini-meditation). While I’m getting all hippie on you, here’s a run recovery idea for you: Forest Bathing (the Japanese version AND a foot soak)…
New Run Habit: Mini-Meditation
If only I could retain all the things I have learned! Sometimes we need reminders. A masters running roundtable gave me the nudge I needed to have a spontaneous act of meditation, and a new run recovery habit.
Social Distance Running
Running isn’t cancelled, thank goodness. Things have changed, for sure, but not all of it bad. It’s kind of easy to focus on what I miss, but I’m trying to also honor what is keeping me going…
A Journey in Recovery Runs
Coaches swear by them. Books extol their merits. The people who are into their recovery runs seem to be really, really into them. They talk about going a sexy pace and loving it. I, however, have not been one of those people. It took some serious exploration to find a way to make recovery runs work for me.
Ultra Recovery
My tried and true marathon recovery tricks translated pretty well to recovering from my first ultra: lots of eating and walking, basically! Though it certainly required much more patience…
Testing, Testing: Fuel for the Trail
How much food can I put back during a 31 mile run? A whole heck of a lot it turns out. At least I’ve got the fueling part of ultra running dialed in!
Onward, Accountability
Over a catch-up lunch, my former boss posed a question: Do I have a running accountability partner? What keeps me going? It is a fair question. What it brought up for me kind of surprised me.