Alexandra Sizemore Photography

Category: Running

  • Tracksmith Twilight Tank and Long Sleeve Review

    Tracksmith Twilight Tank and Long Sleeve Review

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    Texas weather is difficult. It gets really hot, but whether it gets cold is up in the air. Last year, we had the mildest winter I can remember. This year, I got to experience running in 18º and strong winds. While I’m not particularly experienced with cold weather, the refrain I’ve always heard is that…

  • Running Easy

    Running Easy

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    For the last seven weeks or so, my Strava has been blank. I’ve still been running, but all the activities are set to private. I’m trying to run truly easy, and to subvert my ego, I’m making sure that nobody can see it.

  • Sometimes I Do Ill-Advised Things and it Turns Out Okay.

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    This isn’t a race recap, because no one wants to read about four miles of chatting with my only real life running buddy in the race and then nine miles of “woo buddy I’m in trouble.” I did run the DRC Half on Sunday, though, and while I won’t say it went well, it did…

  • The Line Between Building and Destroying Fitness

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    Does anyone ever look at their training logs and go “aw yeah, I’m really training pretty stupidly right now, I’m gonna keep destroying my fitness until I get a stress fracture!” I really don’t think so. If we knew we were making training mistakes, I’d think most of us would immediately stop and reformulate. But…

  • The Value in Kipchoge’s Positive Mindset

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    I was a little late to watching the joint Nike/National Geographic Breaking2 documentary. It had been out for a couple of days by the time I had managed to watch it, but waiting made me even more excited to watch it. So many of my running friends had said how inspirational it was, so I…

  • I had a bad race: Hypnotic Donut Dash “5K”

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    Bad races happen. You set your goal too high, or you’re just not as fit as you thought you were, or there were things that were out of your control that caused you to do badly. I’ve been lucky. I’ve had nothing but successful races, due in large part to only having started running in…

  • Conducting Pre-Mortems to Identify Training Pitfalls

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    I was reading over my Peak Performance newsletter this morning. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t expecting on getting much out of it. I don’t really do New Years Resolutions. I just set goals. I’m not concerned with suddenly stopping training because I got too busy. But I’m really glad I decided to read it,…

  • Does injury have to drive you crazy?

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    I ran three times last week for a total of 17 miles. I’m losing my mind with this injury. There is nothing that can prepare a runner for being forced to take time off for injury. When you’re training hard for a goal, you become a master at doing whatever it takes to get a…

  • No, Really, Don’t Run Through Pain.

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    All of the advice about injury is to stop running when you begin to feel pain. And almost always, runners struggle with doing that, despite the fact that we know it’s the smartest thing to do. I ignored the pain this time. And now I’m sidelined for a week or more by IT band syndrome.…

  • Dallas Running Club Half Marathon Recap

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    Race information What? 2016 DRC Half When? 11/6/16 How far? 13.1 miles Website? http://drchalf.com Strava Goals Goal Description Completed? A 1:40 Maaaaaaybe B 1:43 Maaaaaaybe C Sub-1:45 Maaaaaaybe Training After April’s HM, I decided to take the Pfitzinger plunge for the 2016 Dallas Running Club Half Marathon. Uncle Pete, as he’s fondly known to his disciples, has such a…