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Sun Run – Out with the Asics and In with the New Balance
By Nicole Oliver Getting out and running three times a week is no small feat; however, making sure you have the right gear on your feet (and elsewhere) to accomplish that…um…feat is an important...
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Leave you EGO at the door.
Today was our third official gathering as a group of Sun-Runners in Training. Just to really test my resolve, Mother Nature decided to open the clouds and unleash the kind of rain that manages to fall...
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Mind Game
Week 3 has come to a close. Next week, week 4, is a recovery week!!! In runner’s talk that means I still have to run 3 times but not AS hard or AS far. Riiiiight. Today’s run- run three of three for...
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Creaky, Cranky, and Hiding From the Aliens
So, I am smack in the middle of Week 4, and I admit that this week has been a struggle to actually find the TIME to do the mandatory training runs. The runs themselves are not onerous–it is a recovery...
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My New Shoes.
Unfortunately, I have missed my last two scheduled group runs due to work commitments (although I did do the training runs, just solo). I may also miss this Sunday as it is my birthday weekend, well,...
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Chocolate Milk
Well, I am smack in the middle of Week 6, and while the first interval is usually a mental maze of negotiation, the balance of each run this week has been quite smooth. As I missed my group run on...
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Running a 5K vs Running (for) My Life
I had all these grandiose plans about how I was going to write a flow-y, showy, breezy, pithy ditty about how I, Nicole Oliver, ran 5 kilometres in a row on Sunday. I even have the “medal” to prove...
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Resting UP versus Running DOWN
Last we met, I was sweating about whether I would actually get my third training run of week 7 in or not. Well, although I didn’t run when I originally planned, I managed to reschedule, shift around,...
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Shoe Confusion.
Week 9 has been tough; I attempted (note the verb please) the first run of the week on Monday. However, by minute 25 of the 66 minute workout, I felt as if my feet were encased in cement blocks. Every...
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The Runner’s Nod
Week 10. Hmmmm- have to say I am feeling pretty darn proud of myself. I am back to running in my Asics, and I have run farther and longer than I have in years during this past training week. It is...
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Phlegm, Mucus, and Allergies..Oh My!
Well, I have been delinquent for the past few weeks. Not with my running, but with my blogging ABOUT my running. There really is no earth-shattering news to report, except for the fact that I am...
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I DID IT!!!
Yep, I am feeling pretty darn proud of myself right now. I am also feeling a little tender and sore in places, but nothing a good soak in the tub while sipping on a chilled, celebratory glass of Pinot...
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