This past weekend, I volunteered at the New Balance Girls On The Run 5K on the Esplanade. Although I am not a coach for GOTR, I was invited to help out after my little gig with The Life Well Laughed Project. Read about my experience here. I would love to be a coach [...]
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Just got back from a 35 minute interval workout: 5 min – Warm Up 0.25 mi – Fast 0.25 mi – Steady Repeat until .25 from home 0.25 mi – Cool down Repeat until home! This is one of my favorite workouts. If you don’t have a GPS or iPhone or Treadmill, run fast for [...]
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I posted on Twitter how difficult my run was this afternoon and got a ton of feedback from followers telling me they thought it was just them! They were relieved to hear I had a similar experience. On the east coast, we are experiencing a pretty drastic rise in temps and mugginess. It seems as [...]
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Wake Up For A Fitness Challenge! “Well, hello Spring!” While is Australia, I re-discovered how much I loved working out in the morning. When I returned home, I realized how much I hated working out while it was still dark out and freezing. Now that warm weather (before 9 am) has arrived, I’ve decided [...]
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Were you inspired to run a marathon yesterday? I know I was. I watched the last .2 miles of the Boston Marathon yesterday in awe of the determination and endurance of the 27,000 runners who ran. Every year I say, I’m going to run next year. I then go out for an easy long jog [...]
I currently have an iPod touch, iPod nano and iPhone. Excessive? Maybe. But each has a special functionality in my opinion. The iPod is for my excessive use of apps without using all my phone’s juice and listening to Pandora while I work. The iPod nano for long runs in hot weather (that arm band [...]
Link: 4 Workouts to Make the Most of Your Treadmill Time I HATE the treadmill. I didn’t use to, but ever since I found running in the cold to be amazingly therapeutic, I realized I cannot stand to run more than 15 minutes on the thing. I only use the treadmill when I am doing [...]
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Today I decided to do cardio on the dreadmill treadmill. This workout lasted technically 30 minutes not including warm up and cool down. This is a great weight loss workout. If you are new to running, lower the speed on the hard intervals to a pace that is challenging by the end of the 20-seconds. [...]
