Hard work & consistency pay off over time. Stay the course & progress will happen. 💪🏼Thank you @cmule518 for proving this is true! ・・・ Wore a 2:40 pace band with a goal of running a sub 2:45 half- 2:40 being ambitious. Finished in 2:37 (almost 13 min faster than last year). WHUUUUUT. @racepacejess you are magical. #stillaslowpoke #butafasterslowpoke #airbnbbkhalf #nyrr … [Read more...] about What to Do After You Cross the Finish Line of a Half Marathon
Archives for May 2016
How To Run a Negative Split in Your Next Race
When I first started racing, I went out too fast. Because I didn’t know how to pace myself, I blew up and had to take walk breaks during 5Ks. I was trained for the distance, but I went out at a pace I couldn’t sustain for the race. As I got into longer distance racing, I still had no idea how to pace myself and often ended up running the last half of the race much slower than I ran the first … [Read more...] about How To Run a Negative Split in Your Next Race
Find Out Why a Tune-up Race Needs to Be On Your Training Plan
Scheduling a tune-up race 6-8 weeks before your goal race is the best way to rehearse everything you’re going to do on the big day. It is also useful to pinpoint what areas that are your strong points and what areas you still need to work on during the remainder of the training period. Here’s how to make the most of your tune-up race: Before the Race Eat what you plan on eating eat the … [Read more...] about Find Out Why a Tune-up Race Needs to Be On Your Training Plan
Find Your Perfect Fit: The Best Run Shorts for Warm Weather Runs
Ladies, are you as excited as I am about warm-weather running but struggle to find the perfect outfit bottom to wear for your runs? Let's be honest, it's super challenging to find the perfect pair of shorts to wear! The wrong pair of shorts can ruin an otherwise perfectly good run. Running tights make things so much easier and tend to fit so much better than shorts do, but it just gets too … [Read more...] about Find Your Perfect Fit: The Best Run Shorts for Warm Weather Runs
Here Are a Few Reasons Why You May Have Had a Bad Run
Bad runs happen way more often than we would like for them to. It’s a frustrating part of a runner’s life. We learn to take the good with the bad. While we vow to move onward and upward every time we have a bad run, we still sometimes beat ourselves up over it. Thoughts such as, “I’m just not cut out to be a runner”, “I’m not a ‘real’ runner” or “Maybe I should take up knitting instead” can … [Read more...] about Here Are a Few Reasons Why You May Have Had a Bad Run