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Book Review: Running on Empty by Marshall Ulrich

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Coco

My favorite of the three running books my Mom gave me for Mother’s Day was Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America by Maschall Ulrich. (That’s an Amazon Affiliate links, which means that if you click … Continue reading →

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How To Do An Easy Run

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Coco

I am trying to run my long runs at a slower pace, based on information from different running pace calculators. While I don’t believe that there is a universal “right” way to train, I’ve courted injury by running my long runs … Continue reading →

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Pacing Myself

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Coco

I have been looking for some guidance on pacing my various runs, and am drawn to the suggested paces on The McMillan Running Calculator. When I plugged in my GW Parkway Classic data 10M 1:26:00 8:36 It showed me what … Continue reading →

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Race Recap: PVTC Go Fourth 8+K

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Coco

I signed up for this 8K during a #runchat Twitter party, in the afterglow of the Lawyers Have Heart 10K-turned-5K, when I realized that my next real race (not counting the very informal 5K at my conference) wasn’t until the Army Ten … Continue reading →

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Perfect July Run

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Coco

Today I ran my first long run since the Zooma Annapolis Half Marathon on June 5th. It didn’t even hit me until I was almost done that it had been so long since I’ve gone more than 5 miles. The weekend … Continue reading →

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