Hey, you've got a race coming up!  This statement should not have just sent you into nervous stomach distress.  Chill.  A race is a fancy name for a run.  That's it.  It's an exciting, joyful, new experience, empowering run.  Can you be a runner without running any races?  Well sure.  But you'd be missing out, in my opinion.

Racing is a really really exciting part of running and I can attest to the fact that you are never the same after your first race.  And you don't have to be a seasoned an...
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I'm figuring that it was only about 6 weeks ago that you chose your current running path.  You may have heard about RUNaway Moms and said "That's It!" or, more probably, you hemmed and hawed about your newest potential running goal and took a few days or weeks to decide.  Well, I'm here to tell you that completing that first goal is always the hardest, and now, as your 3 mile goal is approaching, it is time for a reevaluation of your particular running path.

Running is a great sport because th...
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Pace.  If someone hasn't asked you already, then be ready for the question . . . "What's your pace?"  Well meaning fellow runners will ask you this because they think you are fun and cool and are trying to find out if you can run together.  They'll ask it as a question and hesitate hoping that you are not too fast for them because they want to join you.  Jackass runners will ask you this for the sole purpose of getting to tell you how fast they run.  They'll ask it as a pointed stateme...
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Running isn't a sport that's chock full of continuous injuries.  It's really not.  So what's the deal with all of the talk and all of the articles in running magazines and on running websites concerning injuries?  It's true - a lot of chatter seems to center around runners and their aches and pains.  But here's the deal with running and the injuries associated with this sport . . . 1.)  Running is a high impact sport.  Our muscles and joints and tissue and bones all need to adjust to ...
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