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Week in review 8.19 to 8.25: Recovery, pie and more recovery!

Runners, it’s time for me to be honest with you- I have runner’s knee in my right knee. Basically, if I increase my mileage too quickly, run too hard, or run too many days in a row I start to feel pain...

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My new favorite recovery tool: R8 Role Recovery

  Long training runs leave most runners’ muscles swollen, stiff and sore. Massage helps simulate blood circulation throughout stiff muscles to promote recovery- and let’s be honest- it feels sooo good!...

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Warding off injury: Five key recovery techniques every runner should know

My breath is steady, my pace is naturally beginning to descend and in my mind I’ve got this run in the bag. I’m so ready to crush my next half in May!! My quads, hamstrings and calves, which felt like...

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Chicago Marathon Training Update

As many of you know I am training for the Chicago Marathon in October. I can’t believe that the race is merely 4.5 weeks away!!   Even though I run quite a bit- I still have a healthy level of fear of...

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Chicago Marathon Update: How I ran (and survived) 148 miles in two weeks!

Every marathon training plan will gradually increase throughout the 4-5 month of training to two final “peak weeks” of hard, long runs and most overall mileage. Depending on various factors your plan...

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Just keep swimming, just keep swimming….

A little background Over the past six weeks I have been working on a new pet project: learning how to swim! And it’s actually going really well!! I’m having a ton of fun being an absolutely horrible...

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The Rest Day.

  The rest day. A thorn in my side.  Why? Because I love to run!! But the rest day is a necessary evil for every athlete. Recently a reader asked me if I take rest days (not easy, recovery run days,...

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A day in the life: The Lone Runner

Hi runners!! I saw this style of blog post on Carrots N Cake and wanted to give it a try! Hope you enjoy a quick glimpse into my random day off of work.   5:35 AM - I feel a tiny tug at my covers and...

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Week in Review 2.16- 2.22: Winter training, building mental strength & 64...

There is something calming about watching the clouds cruise through the sky, feeling the cool air fill my lungs and gliding slowly through a city where everyone else seems rushed. Running outside has...

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Easter Weekend Antics: Boston Course Recon Run and Trip to New Hampshire

  Happy Easter runners!! This weekend was the first weekend in a while that ran blissfully smooth. No long run. No race. No evil pox-like sickness that strikes in the middle of the night. I’m a...

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My Post-Marathon Recovery Plan

If there is one piece of advice I could give to first time marathoners post race it would be to respect the marathon and take a break!!  Respect your body. Respect the fact that you just pushed your...

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Insight from experts: Meet my chiropractor (part 1)

The more training cycles I complete, the more I realize that how you treat your body post-run and for the rest of the day  (i.e. nutrition and recovery)  is just as important as the run itself. If I...

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Insight from experts II: Exactly how does running impact the body? (Q&A with...

Last week I introduced you to my chiropractor Dr. Brendan from Seaside Chiropractic in Norwell, MA. You can read the original post here. Brendan has been giving me weekly adjustments since last August...

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Relaxing: The temptation challenge of your thirties.

  My favorite part of this weekend was by far the french press coffee. Having the time to make it, the deep, bold flavor and simply drinking it all with out hearing “MOOOOOOM!” #relax   Believe it or...

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Half Marathon Training Update: Base building phase complete.

  It is the first week of June and I am just under 20 weeks out from my goal race: the Baystate Half Marathon where I hope to smash my half PR of 1:32 earned at Boston’s Run to Remember 2014. After...

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A closer look at how high mileage running impacts the body: A case study....

[Over the past month I have written a series of posts entitled: Insight from Experts: Running and chiropractic care. The earlier posts can be found here: Part 1 (What exactly IS chiropractic care?) and...

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Weekly training update: The art of recovery runs.

  Life is very much an ebb and flow of chaos and calmness. Some weeks of managing the run-home-work balance beam are completely effortless and smooth, whereas other weeks are hair-pulling,...

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The Other 23 Hours.

Most athletes who are injured or who have plateaued in their training repeatedly ask themselves, “Why? Why did this happen?” At the running store I come face to face with many disgruntled runners who...

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My buddy and me.

    “My Buddy, My Buddy, Wherever I go, she goes. My Buddy, My Buddy, I’ll teach her everything that I know. My Buddy and me, Like to climb up a tree. My buddy and me, We’re the best friends that could...

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Boston Marathon Training Update: On the hunt for hills! (week 3)

Happy Thursday runners! I have been wanting to get this post out for the past few days, but the running store has been bonkers with runners buying shoes, shoes and moooore shoes!!!!!  While it’s been...

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