Recent running posts
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An exploration of burnout, personal growth, and how lessons from the Golden State Warriors dynasty relate to long-term goals in life.
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How might we apply athletic training principles to train our productivity, do our best work, and reduce burnout?
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2019/2020 Important Dates and Qualifying Standards for the Abbott World Marathon Majors: How to get into the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, and Tokyo Marathons
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Chatted with my friend Amanda for the weekly Back on My Feet San Francisco live chat about how I got into running, Back on My Feet, and Running Happy!
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In the last few weeks, Ricky and I have worked on a few different experiments that I'd love your thoughts/feedback on!
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Similar to running, others may not be able to tell the difference between founders doing it for the wrong reasons vs. the right reasons. But it'll matter during the lowest valleys. I think those that are doing it for the right reasons will tend to make it through the dip more often.
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If I were to tell my 2013 self that one day I’d not only qualify for Boston, but improve on that first marathon by AN HOUR and average 6:10 minutes/mile, I would have assumed that in the future, we all became enhanced cyborgs or that they perfected body transplants. As coach Roche says, DREAM BIG!
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I blinked twice at my watch in disbelief: 07:18:03, 04... I was still stuck waiting in the port-a-potty line with all of my gear and my assigned starting Corral at the Chicago Marathon was closing in a minute and 56 seconds.
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If progress ever feels slow or miles ever feel mundane, just think back to where you were a year ago, two years ago, three years ago. We always underestimate what we can do in the long run with daily consistency.
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I've had the Skyline 50k circled on my calendar as one of my important goal races for the year. This race has a special place in my heart because it was my first 50K last year and I remember running (and struggling) in Redwood Regional Park during high school cross country. And I've now had the pleasure of running in three races put on by Adam and Scena Performance and I'm a huge fan!
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The beauty, or barbarous brutality of the Double Dipsea, is that you're never quite in control. You can never quite zone out or you'll trip over a root, stumble on one of the bad stairs, or literally run into one of the other 700 runners along the narrow single track.
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Planning to run quite a few races in 2019 including the Boston Marathon, Chicago Marathon, and New York Marathon. Hopefully I'll see you at some of them!
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Des Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years in 2018. But what you may not know is that in 2011, she came in second in heartbreaking fashion, getting passed by Kenya's Caroline Kilel with 200 meters to go and losing by TWO seconds. We could all learn a lot from Des' attitude about the race, towards training, towards life and on overcoming failure. In her words, "Failure is an action, not an identity."
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Every runner has dealt with tight hamstrings after a hard workout or after increasing weekly mileage. Here are 5 things that have worked well for me over the years.
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2018/2019 Important Dates and Qualifying Standards for the Abbott World Marathon Majors: How to get into the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, and Tokyo Marathons
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I was fortunate enough to run in the 2018 Boston Marathon. Between it being my first time running Boston and the rare mix of 38-degree freezing rain, and strong headwinds, it's a race that I'll never forget. I hope this race report helps someone running Boston or another bad-weather marathon in the future.
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Dreaming of qualifying for the Boston Marathon? I first heard the phrase "Boston qualify" on the night before I ran my first marathon a little less than five years ago. Here's how Boston went from being a faraway dream to a goal for me.
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Once you do something that much, people usually like to say “X is your life”. That’s partially true— it takes up a lot of your life, but more importantly, you start to see lots of analogies for life in it. Running has given me both more meaning in life as well as more time to reflect upon it. Here are 17 ruminations from those runs.
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