Category: Geek Girl Runner
Running related posts and content, including ten episodes of my geekgirlrunner.com podcast
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This is the time of year when I start thinking dangerous thoughts about the upcoming race season. I’m someone who always needs a goal and a training plan to stay motivated, and lately I’ve been thinking about… the big one. The marathon. Could I really do it? It would certainly be something to work for.…
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Sri Chinmoy 7KThis morning was Race 6 in the Sri Chinmoy Sydney Series 2009. I hadn’t done any of the other races, but Miss Fee did a few of them. She couldn’t run this one so she gave her spot to me. There was a half-marathon, a 7km, and a 4km, and I/Fee was booked…
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I haven’t done one of these in a while, huh? I’m happy to report that I’m back into a regular running schedule. I’ve been running three times a week following the Couch to 5K plan to rebuild my fitness level. I’m also using this as a way to transition into forefoot running. I’ve just finished…
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“Wiggling Their Toes at the Shoe Giants.” An article about the current interest in barefoot running…
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If you’re interested in running shoes and why the Newtons I bought are different from others, check out this video about their design technology and shoe philosophy.
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Trying out the NewtonsI still feel like crap, but dammit, I wanted to try out my new shoes yesterday. So I headed out to the Domain for a very, very easy run. You’re meant to ease into forefoot running because it uses different muscles than a traditional heel strike. I did three intervals of 5…
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Last week started so well and then fell apart. Tuesday I had a fantastic 5km run in the Domain at lunchtime. Afterwards though, I developed a little bit of a cough. I figured it was just from pushing myself a little harder than normal, but it didn’t go away. Wednesday I did a workout at…
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Huge congratulations to Beau on running his first half-marathon! Fantastic accomplishment. His race report has given me some much needed inspiration in these last five weeks leading up to the Blackmore’s…
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After two weekends with races, I had a much-needed recovery week. This week: 20km (12.5mi)Last week: 24.9km (15.5mi) My lower back is still killing me when I run though. I think I need to go to the physio again.