Running in heels may make you stylish (or insane) but they won’t make you faster. Two weeks ago found me feeling sorry for myself on Twitter, complaining about my slow-for-me mile time. When I asked for tips to run a faster mile I got a ton of good information. (And also a throw-down – Reader …
Comic credit: Beartato (click to enlarge) “Don’t you do that!” Gym Buddy Krista commanded me this morning. “I saw your face when you read that number and don’t you do that!” I have a terrible poker face. (Not that I ever play poker; I don’t even know the rules. Which is probably why I incorrectly …
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This would NOT be a good time to walk. And no, this pic is not a hoax – this happened just one state over from me. Shortcuts get a bad rap, especially when it comes to health. I can’t count how many times I’ve heard someone say, “You’re only cheating yourself” while lecturing tediously about …
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Pre-race, post-potty – the high point of my day. The End: Shaking, incoherent, sobbing, vomiting and laying under all my blankets still in my sweat-soaked racing clothes: This was how my kids found mommy yesterday. The Beginning: “Sure, give me some of your pills!” Famous. Last. Words. That pretty much sums it up. But if …
The caption says “Not good enough for Beijing.” Well there go my dreams of ever being a champion head lifter. I’m nervous. Not nervous in a betrayed-by-my-bowels kind of way. Yet. (Which speaking of being betrayed by one’s nethers, ESPN had the most fascinating article on explosive pooping while racing. Seriously, you must read it. …
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It’s not your BMI. It’s not your cholesterol. It’s also not your resting heart rate, your back squat max, your weight, your body fat percentage, your BMR, your RMR, your AT or even your SDTG. (Okay, I made that last one up; some of the alphabet was feeling left out.) It’s definitely not your shoe …
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Gorgeous sunny morning. Nice cool – but not cold – temps. Crisp clean air. Beautiful scenery. And to top it all off, an awesome new playlist on my MP3 player. Indeed, all the makings of a magnificent long run. Which it was (my pace time surprised me so much that I rechecked it on 3 …
Bloody rampages can really get the blood pumping – in more ways than one. The hottest new fitness trend coming out of Japan (where else do all slightly demented yet meteoric trends come from these days?) is Samurai Training. The aerobics class, which is open to both genders but is almost exclusively dominated by women …
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People run funny. It’s true. If you’ve ever set up camp next to a track and watched the funny mammals go round and round then you’ll know that you don’t need retinal scanning to uniquely identify someone – you just have to watch their running gait. (Although I hear it’s hard to make dead bodies …
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If this is how you hydrate, then I think we found the problem… Seeing as you all did such a great job with Laura’s question last week regarding buying cardio equipment for a home gym, I thought I’d throw a bit tougher question your way this week. (Yeah, yeah, you can take the teacher out …
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