Monthly Archives: December 2009
Managing a runner’s stomach
Your legs are ready after months of speedwork and long runs. Your race plan is set, your gear well-tested, your shoes broken in. You’re perfectly primed to run a great race — except for your stomach, which is roiling from … Continue reading
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December playlist: Carol of the Bells and other pump-up songs
Isn’t it funny the way playlists naturally evolve? Mine rotate about once a month through an organic process: I delete old songs one at a time when I get to the point that I just can’t listen to them one … Continue reading
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Motivation Monday: The get-outside edition
There are lots of things I tell myself when I’m not in the mood to work out: That I always feel better after a run, that even a slow, plodding run will boost my health and fitness, that if I … Continue reading
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A disappointing physical therapy session
You know physical therapy isn’t going well when, at your first session, your therapist says: “Humans aren’t built to run, you know.” I bit my tongue and refrained from spitting out a sentence that started with, “So there’s this book, … Continue reading
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Taking care of myself
My sore throat came on suddenly on Tuesday afternoon, and hurt badly enough to keep me up a while that night. The cold I thought I’d fought off last week was back with a vengeance, leaving me in a tea-chugging, … Continue reading
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Running with Back on My Feet Baltimore
One morning last spring, I woke up at 4:30 a.m., aiming to be on the road to head to Baltimore no later than 4:45 a.m. It was my first meeting with Back on My Feet Baltimore, a group that aims … Continue reading
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Kicking myself out the door
I woke up yesterday in a Mood. You know the kind of Mood I’m talking about — when you don’t feel like working, dread the day’s workout hours beforehand and question the motives behind even your most cherished beliefs and … Continue reading
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