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Taking the Long Road: Staying Focused on the Big Goals
Think big! Don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees. I will toe the line this weekend in my seventh marathon, and here’s hoping that seven is a lucky number that day! For this is the day that I go...
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Who Are You? The Importance of Self-Image to Running Success
Shorts + listening to Pesto on the Diz Runs podcast! Picture yourself running. What are you wearing? Where are you in relation to others? Are you happy? Are you struggling? Are you who you want to be?...
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Goal-Setting Alternatives to Time- and Mileage-focused Objectives
With my marathon goal time, the Runner’s Ally app gives me goal paces and equivalent race times for other distances. On Tuesday, Lemongrass discussed SMART goal making, and this got me thinking about...
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Tiered Goal Setting for Workout Success
Mmm, tiers. Think of each layer of your goals like this cake: you need a base of basic, broad goals, then some more focused goals on top of those, and only then you can top it off with goals that are...
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Go Big or Go Home
And don’t even THINK about going home! They say, “Go big or go home.” Four days out from my goal marathon – the one I hope to go from a solid mid-packer to a sub-three marathoner, the one for which I...
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Readers’ Roundtable: Revising Running Goals
When have you revised a running goal? Happy birthday, Salty! And welcome to the Masters’ League! While my dear sister was off having a wonderful 40th birthday weekend I started answering some Salty...
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Fake It Until You Make It
Together, we’ve taken a big leap: we’ve resolved to dream big and to stop being embarrassed about it. Yeah! But that is just a first step to realizing our big goals. Ladies (and you 2 gentlemen...
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TED for Runners: Should You Announce Your Goals on Social Media?
Ideas worth spreading … among runners! Today I’m bringing you our second installment of TED for Runners. Last time Salty shared a TED talk that helped us reframe prerace anxiety. This time I’m sharing...
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Readers’ Roundtable: Is Humility Minimizing Your Accomplishments?
Florence Joyner unabashedly celebrates her win at the 100m final at Seoul in 1988. Credit: Steve Powell, Getty Images via Zemanta This week among the Salty bloggers, Sage shared an article about Amber...
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Run a Sub-3 Hour Marathon in Just 13 Short Hours a Week!
Lauren Kleppin, who famously worked long hours at a bar while she trained for her first Olympic trials qualifier. Image via wikipedia, So you want to get faster, maybe break three hours in a marathon...
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It’s More than A Goal Time: What Exactly is a Sub-3:00 Marathon?
It’s more than a bunch of numbers! So many times I hear runners talk about their goal time for a marathon. Having an end goal for your race is awesome! Something I realized though, is that we talk...
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A Matter of Time
We all want to be this gal, smiling at the finish. But even she has had to wait four extra years before she reached her goal. We all know of someone who worked her tail off to qualify for the 2016...
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Cathy Utzschneider: Running Wisdom from a Coach and Competitor
Every once in a while, you meet someone in life who changes your approach to the world. This happened for me on my 40th birthday when I called Cathy Utzschneider and asked if she would coach me....
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Is A Coach Worth It?
For a relatively inexpensive report, we all know how quickly we can blow our budget purchasing everything people tell us we “need” or “must have” if we are truly going to be a runner. There is a...
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Running Goals & Positive Manifestation
Can one will her way from a boring job, stagnated running, and general malaise to European bliss? Approximately one year ago I decided I needed a major change. I was feeling very dissatisfied with many...
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Mindful Goal Setting for Runners
Maybe if we didn’t try so hard, things might be easier. If you are well-studied in the art of mindfulness, you may find the title of this post misleading. And you would be correct. Mindfulness has no...
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The Mind of the Anxious Runner when Choosing a Fall Race
It’s time, again, to choose your fall goal race. Ok, unless your a super-procrastinator like I am, you’ve probably already picked your fall goal race. Why does fall race season bring out the worst in...
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Readers Roundtable: What’s Your Big Dream Running Goal?
I’m a dreamer. When I’m bored, I like to sketch out my running goals. I always have immediate short term goals for my current training cycle, but those are just stepping stones to reaching the big...
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North: Showing Up in Strongsville
“Hey, it’s a salty! … Hey, Cinnamon!” I heard Vidhi’s voice singsong as I wove through the masses of parents and young siblings and packs of high school kids warming up. I turned the corner around a...
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An American Runner in Paris
Am I still Bergamot if I don’t run a race this year? Am I still … a runner? Dun, dun, dun!!!! Cue the horror music. I asked myself these questions, sitting on the couch in sweatpants at 3:00 p.m. Oh,...
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