Monthly Archives: April 2009
Post-race report: Earth Day 5K
For a review of today’s Silver Spring Earth Day 5K, I’m going to refer everyone to my DC Running Examiner page. For those interested in knowing how their favorite middle-of-the-packer finished, read on … Let me start by saying that … Continue reading
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New route for a spring run
On Wednesday, I wrote about the Alaska route favored by our Pacers Silver Spring fun run group when the weather is roughest. Today, I’m happy to introduce the one we do when the weather is nicest, the 4.5-mile Sligo/Ritchie Loop. … Continue reading
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Race preview: Earth Day 5K in Silver Spring
Earth Day is almost here, and with it, its mandate to do something fun, enriching and crunchy-granola outdoors. Thanks for the Silver Spring Earth Day 5K, sponsored by Pacers Silver Spring, I’m covered on all counts. The inaugural race starts … Continue reading
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Introducing the new DC Running Examiner
Exciting news: I’ve been named the DC Running Examiner! This means several time a week, I’ll post articles of interest to DC-area runners on my Examiner page. You’ll recognize some of the content from this blog, such as favorite running … Continue reading
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Looking for a good masseuse
When I first started training for half-marathons in Gainesville, Fla., I happened to live a few blocks from a friend of a friend who was a massage therapist. Every few weeks, she’d magically knead out the kinks and strains that … Continue reading
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How (and why) to cross-train
You may have noticed that, for a running blog, a lot of my posts are about doing things other than running. Ever since a torn hip labrum in October 2007 sidelined me for several months, I’ve been the queen of … Continue reading
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A fix for Garmin lust
Long runs are tough. They’re even tougher when you’re not exactly sure how long you’ve run. Tools like mapmyrun.com are nice, but the distance measurements aren’t always dead-on. With a three- or five-miler, a tenth of a mile deviation per … Continue reading
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The art of sucking (and mixing) it up
I’ve got about two months until the 1-mile Bay Bridge Challenge, an open-water swim in the Chesapeake Bay I signed up for back in January as a way to force myself to cross-train. I did the swim last year, too, … Continue reading
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Guess who’s a runner?
Motivation of the day: If Peter R. Orszag finds time to train for a marathon, what’s your excuse? That’s right — the guy who’s in charge of the federal budget is a runner, and finds time to train for marathons … Continue reading
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Protein power
How do we as runners feel about protein recovery shakes? A couple years ago, I took to preparing a tasty protein shake after hard lifting workouts, and I now do the same thing after a long, hard run. This was … Continue reading
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