How to Ruin Your Running Progress with Too Much Racing

Can you ruin your running progress with too much racing? In a word, yes. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With smart planning (yes, you need

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My DNF Made Me a Better Runner, Coach, and Mom

There’s no other way to say it: a DNF sucks. (But I highly recommend it.) It’s like being dumped by your high school boyfriend and getting a college

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Race Report: 2017 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon

I am finally a three-hour marathoner.  Not a sub-three-hour marathoner, but a three-almost-on-the-nose marathoner. I imagine I now know how Eliud Kipchoge felt when he didn’t quite break

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Getting Through Marathon Taper Without Tantrums

Taper week can do some crazy things to runners.  Some people feel nervous and anxious about the big day.  Without as much running scheduled to ease the mind,

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