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Friday Q&A: Am I ready for an Ultra?

I’ve done 8 marathons over the last six years.  I never finishing feeling super great but I haven’t totally bonked yet.  I’d like to try an ultra but I am not sure if I am ready. Do I need to change my training for trying an Ultra? -Ryan in Houston
First of all, congrats on the marathons.  […]

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Brilliant! Moving Treadmill!

Some days you wake up and don’t have anything funny waiting in your inbox and some days you do. Lucky for you (and me) today was one of the later. I’ve gone on record saying I can’t stand running on treadmills, it goes against everything that I like about running. Being outside, […]

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Viva La Segway!

Yesterday our team took a Segway tour around Austin.  It was pretty nerdy, dorky, fun. We met at the Holiday Inn at Lady Bird Town Lake.  We had about 15-20 minutes of instructions on how not to kill each other and than spent about 3 hours going around to some interesting places in downtown Austin.  […]

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Friday Q&A: Negative Splits

I hear a lot about negative splits in marathons, but I’ve never been able to do them. What is the best way to PR in a marathon, negative or positive splits?- Marcie in Hartford
Marcie that is a great question and one where I disagree with a lot of experts.  I think negative splits are […]

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Vindication - Stretching Is Bad For You

I knew it! See, I always knew there was a reason that I didn’t stretch, and it didn’t have anything to do with me being lazy and really hating to stretch. It’s because it isn’t good for you! Woooooooo.
The New York Times has an article showing how bad stretching is. Yay.
WHEN DUANE […]

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