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It’s taper time. Taper essentially means I go a little crazy in my head. Crazy from not running the way I want to be running. Crazy from worrying that any little twinge I feel will turn into something more. This time I’ve been extra crazy because I have a sinus infection. Friday I went to [...]
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And the winner is…… You have two weeks to claim your prize before a back up winner is chosen. Didn’t win? Shirts are still available here —- http://www.mile-posts.com/shop-i-run-this-body All five of us in the Mile Posts household are snowed in. [It doesn't take much for them to panic and close everything] We are packing orders [...]
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I’ve been a bit MIA from blogging and talking about my running because I’ve been working through hundreds of emails and orders for I Run This Body shirts. They have started to ship! Because of the overwhelming number of orders they have been shipping out daily. If yours has not arrived – don’t worry! I want to [...]
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If you are interested in purchasing an I Run This Body shirt and missed them last time around or want to order more, now is the time! I have limited quanties in all of the colors. All information can be found on the SHOP page of Mile Posts. http://www.mile-posts.com/shop-i-run-this-body When the shirts are gone, they [...]
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Two weekends ago I was supposed to run 20 miles on Saturday and race a 5K Sunday. The run didn’t happen on Saturday. I didn’t run when I first woke up and I kept putting it off. Then I came up with a million and one reasons why it was everyone’s fault but my own as to [...]
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I decided to join a gym after 6 months of talking about it. Joining a gym is an easy thing to do. Walk in, sign up, pay the money and you have a membership. It wasn’t easy for me. Who the heck knows why, but it wasn’t. Why on earth didn’t I do this sooner? [...]
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B & A Marathon is not so far off. I’m back up to speed with the long runs but not with mileage or speed work. I’m not too concerned with mileage this training cycle, because frankly I just don’t feel like running 70+ miles a week right now. When it warms up maybe this will [...]
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Looking for some music to add to your workout play list. Check out Run Hundred’s February List. Zedd & Foxes – Clarity – 129 BPM Ke$ha – C’mon – 125 BPM Bridgit Mendler – Ready or Not – 94 BPM Martin Solveig & Dev – We Came to Smash – In a Black Tuxedo – 132 BPM [...]
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Saturday morning I felt chilly in my bed. It must be REALLY cold outside. Eric typically heads to Starbucks alone for his coffee before I start my long run. It’s a 15 minute calm before the storm of watching three kids. This Saturday the littles all wanted to go with him and I didn’t want to [...]
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Choppy post. Writing thoughts as they come. Training is back in full effect. I say training because I think there is a difference between running and working out to be healthy and the things you do and do not do while *training* for a marathon or other big race. Last post was last Wednesday. Sometimes [...]
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The first step to any marathon training program is figuring out the long run situation. I write down the date of the race and work backwards. 10 – 12 - one week out 16 – two weeks out 20 – 24 – three weeks out I know the week before my longest long run I like [...]
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I know in order to recover properly and keep doing this marathon thing year after year I have to rest. I enjoy rest and I hate rest. After a marathon I usually take a week off from running or working out. I’m typically in pretty good shape physically post marathon so sliding into my jeans [...]
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One of the things I think about when I take time off from writing here….is that I have more time to actually RUN and do the things I talk about, rather than just talk about them. I think at the beginning of every month and certainly every year it is good to analyze your priorities. [...]
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It’s been a little bit since I’ve blogged. I’ve been writing a lot just not on here. Life has been a bit hectic to say the very least. There are a lot of things I want to talk about here but now is not the time. Maybe the time will come, maybe it won’t. As [...]
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After I wrote my running goals post for 2013 I really started to analyze my goals and why they were what they were. I think introspection on multiple levels is what I REALLY need in 2013. Here are my thoughts. random. raw. Other than my 10 mile time my goals remained the same for 2013 as they [...]
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The new year gives us all a chance for a fresh start. The reality is that you can start fresh any day you choose, but something about the new year and everyone around you setting goals helps to collectively motivate. The words I write on this blog publicly are most often for my benefit. I [...]
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As we enter the New Year many of our thoughts turn to what we want to resolve to do in 2013. I don’t much care for resolutions anymore. Years ago I got tired of listing – loose ten pounds as one of the things I resolved to do that year and then realizing at the end of the year I [...]
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It seems that everywhere you turn these days there is a gift guide for what everyone thinks you should be buying for Christmas. Some of these guides are helpful, some are annoying. I’m pretty sure that no one in my family would be leaping for joy if they got a huge box of 5 hour [...]
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Name: Jenelle Glover Age: 30 Location: Corning, NY Blog: http://www.miletwentyeight.com Occupation: Speech Pathologist Years Running: 20 years, I started running in 7th grade on the cross-country team. Why did you start running? When I was younger, I figured out pretty quick that I wasn’t the best at sports like soccer, softball, etc. I decided to try running [...]
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Name: Victoria TenBroeck Age: 29 Location: Savannah, GA Blog: www.victoriaruns.com Twitter: Victoria_Runs Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/VTBruns Occupation: Sales Years Running: Like for sure running…. 2 years. Dabbled with it 5 years ago but that ended when I threw my princess crown on the ground at a Disney race. Why did you start running: The RnR Savannah was coming to town for its Inaugural [...]
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I don’t often share emails I get from readers. This one really touched me and I thought it might do the same to you. I’m sharing this with Rachel’s permission in hopes that this will help her fundraising efforts. Thank you for taking the time to read this! We are capable of amazing things……congrats Rachel….. Dorothy [...]
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I get mind blocks. My mom once went a year with out cleaning her car because she had a block about it. I get it. I get those type of mind blocks and no matter how hard it is to overcome them sometimes I can’t. I get mini blocks about writing race recaps. I don’t [...]
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I’m always on the search for food that tastes good, doesn’t hurt my stomach and actually works as quick fuel pre-run or post-run. I do not eat 100 percent gluten free, but have felt better since limiting the amount of gluten I eat. I started doing this because of stomach issues and have found that [...]
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I wasn’t sure last night when I went to bed whether I would be racing today or attempting to run long. Rock N Roll Vegas Marathon had been a last minute decision, one that I hadn’t made when I decided to sign up for Potomac River Running’s Run With Santa 5K. I love racing. I [...]
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I can’t believe it’s race morning and I’m sitting around hanging out. I could get used to this night race thing. No running around stressed the night before. No 3:30 am wake up calls to get up and drive to the race. I had a really yummy in my tummy breakfast [how do you not [...]
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I’ve been a little out of sorts lately. Okay a lot out of sorts. Stress + lack of running + post marathon blues = very unhappy Dorothy. So when the opportunity arose to run YET another MARATHON how could I say no?!?! I’ve never been to VEGAS and what better way to see a city [...]
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The winner of the Yurbuds Inspire For Women Headphones Winner is…. Jaime Please email me at irunthisbody at gmail dot com to claim your prize!!! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Week!!
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It’s been three weeks since Marathon #21. A LOT has happened since then – including the wonderfully painful Marathon #22. I don’t want to forget #21 mostly because I was happy, really happy. So here I sit, a in a state of self induced force, writing my own words down so years from now #21 doesn’t mesh together [...]
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Runner, dreamer, marathoner x24, mommy of 3, Women's Running Magazine cover model, published writer, Saucony contributing blogger, running coach, and lover of all things running. I Run This Body. Read More
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