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Continue reading →: What I am doing this weekend – NOT: NJ Half / YES: Bronx Community College, 35th Annual Hall of Fame 10K
I was sure I’d be doing the NJ Half this weekend but it got really complicated to get on board so late. Needed to get a hotel (all booked up) or stay at my relatives or wake up at 3 am and take the train, plus someone would have to…
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Continue reading →: Running Biomechanics: NO to leaning
Some running coaches will tell you to lean. Some running methods will also tell you to lean (chi-running, POSE method, etc.) Don’t listen. They tell you that if you lean forward, your feet will catch your fall, and voila, that’s running. They explain that “running is a constant fall”. (And,…
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Continue reading →: Caption This Tuesday!
#1 Carboloading like a Champ, literally. #2 This is from a Bodyglide shoot (the video we did is here.) And, FYI, BODYGLIDE has updated their whole website, I am in a few pages so if you go look at it, let me know what you think! Have at it!
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Continue reading →: Guess who has decided to apply for citizenship?
It was really quick and painless to fill the forms, until… I got to the page where you have to list all organizations you have been a member of for the last 5 years. They were all running related. It was a long list. I still applied. I had to…
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Continue reading →: NYRR Run as One – 4 miler – Race Report
I have more background to this race than a race report really: I signed up at the last possible minute and until 2 hours before the race, I wasn’t sure if I’d race it.. Monday, I felt horrible. Horrible. Like I-hate-everyone-horrible. I had slept very little and was in a foul…
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Continue reading →: Huge PR!
In the 4 miler since… 2010!?!? Plus 3rd in my AG and… Over 70 in AG. Couldn’t be happier… Race report soon, but i guess forgetting the watch (and the music!) was fine. It felt so comfortable!! Couldn’t be happier. Life is good. Very good.
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Continue reading →: Running Biomechanics: What are your arms doing?
Arm movement is one of the most diverse variables in running form. There are not too many runners whose arm movements look alike. Unless we are talking about those people with perfect form (check out Ryan Hall in youtube if you need arm-inspiration). Arms should be parallel to the body, bent at…
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Continue reading →: My new pups: Mizuno Wave Sayonara
Cool looking right? They fit amazing. I am beyond excited. They are in a fight with the Saucony A5 right now, but these are brand new and rested so… 10 hours later: okay, just got some info (and woke up!). They are replacing the precisions -not the elixirs (elixirs will…
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Continue reading →: MY Food Pyramid (this runner’s food pyramid)
The official Food Pyramid has five groups: grains, vegetables, milk, fruit, meat & beans… MY food pyramid has three groups: sweets, meat*, and all the other stuff. Of course by meat I mean BEEF. Don’t give me that chicken/turkey/fish lean-goodforyou story! So, here are the main characters of my diet,…
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Continue reading →: Looking for a plus-size woman for video shoot, pls share!
I am looking for a plus-size woman (plus sizes are sizes 14W – 24W) for a video shoot for a sports brand, and she may be someone who walks, or goes to a gym, or maybe she jogs or runs – a woman who either uses antichafing products, or, if not,…
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Continue reading →: Running Biomechanics: Fix Your Cadence
Have you heard of the 80/20 rule? It is the perfect way to describe Cadence and it’s relation to Running Form. Fix your Cadence and most of the issues you could have with your form will be secondary! Cadence is your stride rate, and you should be doing around/over 180 steps…
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Continue reading →: You know you are a runner when… part 2
part 1 (and your comments) is here. On the runs, you usually feel like a heavy turtle. But after every run, you are wonder woman. Or Superman. You have Vaseline jars everywhere. You start ignoring every little running gadget or fad. You get really upset if called a jogger. NOT cool,…
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Continue reading →: 4 races, 4 weekends in a row
oy. I just noticed I have a crazy month coming up ahead… I know there’s serial racers out there who won’t think twice about it, and I do know you can get just fitter by racing, but there’s also the risk of overdoing I have to manage very closely, and…
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Continue reading →: one strange week
– I’ve never heard the word marathon on tv this many times before. This was obviously not what I wanted. – I wore my boston shirt/singlet/jacket on every run this week. I wasn’t the only one. – Navigating social media and tv is quite tricky. I keep switching back and…
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Continue reading →: Running Biomechanics: Be the Best Runner You Can Be
The are just two ingredients to this success recipe. Fix Your FORM- You become lighter on your feet, then have a fluid stride, and get efficient and faster: it makes it all easier. Once you’re an efficient runner, it all clicks. You can go longer and faster with less effort.…
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Continue reading →: No Fear
Don’t let the terrorists win is something I say way too often. And for any reason. But just don’t. For the first time in a while I wasn’t going to run or spectate in Boston and I was a bit upset about it. I had, quite frankly, gotten used to this tradition.…
