Op-Ed Wed… Shortcuts

by marathonmama | Sep 01, 2010 | | 4 Comments

Some opinions can be very brief. Remember these?

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Six Miles With Henry

by marathonmama | Aug 30, 2010 | | 8 Comments

Jack has a plan. It scares me.

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More Fun With Gait Analysis: Somnio Customized Running Shoes

by marathonmama | Aug 26, 2010 | | 4 Comments

Circus freak confession time: I have extra bones in my ankles.  It’s called Accessory Navicular Syndrome. I love to accessorize with cartilage, and I like to think they make me just a little bit special. How many people can say they’re extra navicular? Evidently, there are only 55 members of the People With Accessory Naviculars Are Awesome group on Facebook.

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A Run of Unrelenting Awesomeness

by marathonmama | Aug 23, 2010 | | 10 Comments

Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.

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Runner Girl Attempts Hair Doping

by marathonmama | Aug 20, 2010 | | 5 Comments

I need to confess something to my readers. I did it, and I don’t care if it’s cheating. It makes me a happier runner and it’s cut heaps of minutes from my daily routine. I weighed the pros and cons and decided to go for it because I really have nothing to lose, except an amount of money that shall remain unspoken.

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Endless Summer

by marathonmama | Aug 18, 2010 | | 2 Comments

Is it seriously still 90 degrees outside?

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Run (and also, Falmouth 2010)

by marathonmama | Aug 16, 2010 | | 2 Comments

Whether or not it would be awesome to wipe a failed romance clean off your memory is debatable. But an inexplicably really bad run? I’d definitely, 100% like to purge ‘em like they never happened. I don’t care about lessons and growth and all that junk. I want to forget my failures, thankyousir.

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Pre-Falmouth

by marathonmama | Aug 13, 2010 | | 3 Comments

I’m running Falmouth this weekend and am super excited because my list of goals is both noble and achievable:

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Men. How I Train ‘Em.

by marathonmama | Aug 11, 2010 | | 2 Comments

The women I coach call me ‘Kristina.’ The men I coach call me the ‘High Priestess.’ And there it is, the essence of my highly refined gender-specific training approach.

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Cirque du I-Wanna-Do-That

by marathonmama | Aug 09, 2010 | | 4 Comments

To hell with running, I want to join Cirque du Soleil.

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