The day I imagined Bart Yasso yelling at me on the treadmill

When I decided to use Runner's World SmartCoach Plus, part of me decided that meant Bart Yasso was my coach. I mean, in theory, he kind of is, since he's the Chief Running Officer, and it is a running training plan. After last week's runs felt far too easy to be really working toward a …

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Getting back into training and my blogaversary

As I'm sure many first time marathoners do, I had visions of grandeur of taking a few weeks off, then easily starting to run just as you had before your race. And then life happens. In this instance particular, it was cold. Polar vortex cold. Snowy (Philly is having a top 3 snowiest winter ever). …

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Wellbeing Wednesday: The Art of Refocusing and a @TrueLemon Giveaway Winner

Life has a crazy way of getting in the way of, well, life. Sometimes the only way to pull yourself back in is to refocus. I knew going into this year, it was going to be a difficult one from a work perspective that would involve me being a bit busier than I've been for …

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