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Goals are important How do goals work together to create positive change? What are good goals? How big should they be? How many should you have? What parts of your life should you set goals for? … As you may know by now, if you are keeping score, I wrote 3 goals down this past …
Running Identity Today I present to you another in a series of posts I’m doing in response to frequently asked questions by runners. Today’s question is very common on the running forums. It takes many forms. In its simplest for it is “How do I get motivated for my run?” From there it evolves into …
Frequently Asked Questions Part 2 Race day Advice Shin Splints Motivation Heart rate Speed work for old people Frequently asked question I have a half-marathon race (my FIRST!!) coming up in September. I have been working through a training plan over the last month and have worked myself up to 8 miles so far. A …
Nutrition Rant This is entirely prejudicial. And also, satirical. Apparently you can get away with saying anything if you preface it with “This is satire.” Losing weight is hard. Eating to be healthy is hard. It just goes against everything we as animals crave. It is unnatural. I’ve been working since May to cut weight. …
Runner FAQ – Part 1 The questions never change! As an acute observer of human nature, i.e. ‘stalker’, I have been answering questions in Facebook running groups. Why not? At first I didn’t want to because the questions were all so basic and repetitive that I couldn’t take them seriously. But then I thought, “What …
