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Last week, I made a decision after my half marathon long run, I decided I was officially committing to the run-walk method for this marathon training cycle.
If you missed that story, here’s the short version.
I had planned to run 21.1 km continuously for as long as I could during my training run. ...
A few days ago, I had 21 kilometres on my training schedule.
Before heading out, I knew I wanted to challenge myself on this run. It was kind of like a test: I wanted to try to run as far as I could without stopping.Â
After all, my fitness has been improving. I’ve been feeling stronger, my trainin...
I’m in the middle of marathon training. Every week, I open my training plan and notice the numbers getting a little bigger.
24 km.
26 km.
29 km.
32 km.
Even after years of running consistently I still have moments where I look at those distances and think,
“How am I supposed to do that?”
Es
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Marathon training is… a lot.
A lot of runs.
A lot of repetition.
And if I’m honest, some days, I just don’t feel like it.
If you’ve ever found yourself in a cycle where running starts to feel more like a chore than something you choose, you’re not alone. This is one of the most common challenges in ...
At this week's Boston Marathon, Nike put out a line that quickly made its way across the running world:
“Runners welcome. Walkers tolerated.”
And if I’m being honest, it made me angry. Not mildly annoyed. Not “I disagree but I see the angle.”
Angry because I know exactly what that kind of messa...
For most of my running life, this would’ve been the part where I quietly panicked. Two weeks off. The holidays. Very little structure. But this time, something was different.
Over the holiday break, I ran twice. I didn’t open the weekly run plan my coach sends me. I didn’t “stay on top of it.” I at...
