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Starting to run (again) and making rookie mistakes

June 7, 2018 By mind matter project

I’m still struggling with my foot a bit but I think I’ve accepted by now that letting this plantar fascia tear heal will be a long-term process.

I’m trying to…

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Winter running: adjust your expectations

December 4, 2017 By mind matter project

Once a week when I have my part-time day off from work, I take my kids to school and go for a run straight afterwards. When seeing me in…

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Think you can’t run? You can. You’re just making it too hard or too weird.

February 22, 2017 By mind matter project

I love running and I love to talk about running. Non-runners tell me over and over again how running is too hard, too unpleasant, too uncomfortable. It gives them a…

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How I run: little and fast and alternate breathing

June 28, 2015 By mind matter project

After our first park run (the little one is waiting until he’s 7 to join us.

 

My first race was a half marathon. I had started running 6 months before,…

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Running 101: Smaller steps = increased speed

September 5, 2014 By mind matter project

It’s September. The kids have gone back to school and my brain is on the wavelength of learning.  When it comes to running I’ve specifically learned a lot about…

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Long runs – What have they taught me?

March 6, 2014 By mind matter project

This is only the second time that I’m training for a marathon but with an additional year of running under my belt and a full year of Crossfit, long…

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Recovery runs – yes or no?

March 1, 2014 By mind matter project

Now that marathon training is in full swing again and my long runs have reached 30km, I am religious about recovery runs on the days after.

I used to think…

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