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Category: Running

  • Weekly Recap: July 11 – July 17

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    Goals: Complete all scheduled runs Continue achilles recovery Take adequate time for rest Schedule: Monday – Rest Tuesday – 7 @ 9:50 Wednesday – 3 @ 9:17 Thursday – 7 with 18 minutes LT @ 9:08 avg, LT @ 8:06 Friday – Rest Saturday – 8 @ 9:06 Sunday – 11 @ 9:15

  • Gear Review: ROLL Recovery R8

    Gear Review: ROLL Recovery R8

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    The Problem I spent most of June on the treadmill due to what my doctor and I thought was achilles tendinitis. I wasn’t feeling particularly tight, so I had stopped foam rolling on a regular basis, and since downward dog was pulling on my achilles tendon, yoga had been scratched from the schedule too. Near…

  • Weekly Recap: July 4 – July 10

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    Goals: Complete all scheduled runs Continue achilles recovery Take adequate time for rest Schedule: Monday – Rest Tuesday – 7 @ 9:58 Wednesday – 5K @ 9:54 Thursday – 6 + strides @ 9:20 Friday – Rest Saturday – 7 @ 9:18 Sunday – 10 @ 9:26

  • rule40 and the State of the Olympics

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    If you’ve been following track and field athletes on social media lately, you’ve probably seen some of them tweeting or instagramming some bright yellow images for an organization called rule40. Some athletes are sticking post-it notes on their heads or hands, and some are wearing t-shirts emblazdoned with a yellow square that say “running shirt”…

  • Weekly Recap: June 27- July 03

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    Goals: Complete all scheduled runs Continue achilles recovery Take adequate time for rest Schedule: Monday – Rest Tuesday – 6 @ 9:53 Wednesday – 5K @ 8:36 Thursday – 4 @ 10:16 Friday – Rest Saturday – 5K Race (22:51) and 2 WU/CD Sunday – 9 @ 9:22

  • Race Report: 2016 DRC Independence Day 5K

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    Dallas Running Club Independence Day 5K 7/2/16 Goals A: Sub-23 time B: Win my age group C: PR (under 25:14) Training I didn’t do any 5K specific training. I’m still just base-building for a fall half plan, but since I’ve had injury issues, I was running inside on the treadmill and had stripped out the…

  • Monthly Recap – June 2016

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    Monthly Mileage: 114 Cumulative Yearly Mileage: 624 June June was a rough month for me in some ways. I’d had a ton of calf and achilles issues that relegated me to the treadmill all month, save for the two races where I was able to get outside. The worst part was that I didn’t know why…

  • Lessons Learned

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    I have always been a stubborn woman. That particular personality trait has manifested itself in so many facets of my life – in my politics, in my choice of college and major, in my extracurricular activities and my hobbies. I imagine I was a handful to try to raise because I could never just accept…

  • Weekly Recap: June 20- June 26

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    Goals: Complete all scheduled runs Continue achilles recovery Take adequate time for rest Schedule: Monday – Strong Lifts Tuesday – 7 miles GA Wednesday – Strong Lifts Thursday – 8 miles GA Friday – 6 miles GA Saturday – Rest Sunday – 9 miles endurance, Strong Lifts