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If you could have good health from a pill, would you still exercise?
Lately I’ve gone out of my way to avoid articles and posts I feel are deliberately trolling the internet, mainly because my button that allows me to give a fuck about such things has been pressed with...
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I’m running an ultramarathon and it’s all Cheryl Strayed’s fault
The Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. Last autumn, I finally joined the rest of the literate free world and read Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, and of...
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A survey about domestic violence and fitness + some personal observations
Hey all, sorry for my long silence on the blog. I try not to go more than a week without updating the blog but things have been more than a tad hectic lately. The Keys ultra preps are going along...
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#LikeAGirl: What young girls teach me about the woman I want to be
This past Sunday, I did as I often do, which is get up at an obscenely early hour and drive to the site of a race. Except this time I wasn’t competing; I was volunteering. But even if I had wanted...
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Q&A with Lacy Davis, health coach, blogger & vegan fitness enthusiast
I first met Lacy Davis several months ago, when we began messaging each other about our grand plans to put on a feminist fitness conference. Those plans never panned out – although I still hold out...
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My husband is more to me than a living jar-opener
If you’ve been on the internet at all in the past week, you’ve probably already seen the Women Against Feminism tumblr going around, or at the very least read about it. I didn’t think too much of it...
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Throwback Thursday: My first 5K in 2007
Tomorrow is my 35th birthday, and as it’s a bit of a milestone – no longer able to make those “35 under 35″ lists, definitely no longer a wunderkind – I’ve been doing a lot of the kind of thinking that...
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On confidence
After I wrote my last post, a lot of you left really sweet, amazing comments that not only gave me all kinds of feels, but also made me think a little more expansively about what I write about in this...
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A coach is not a therapist
Last week, Brian became licensed as a mental health counselor in the state of Florida. It took several years for him to reach this point, including the completion of a master’s degree and several...
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A coach is not a therapist
Last week, Brian became licensed as a mental health counselor in the state of Florida. It took several years for him to reach this point, including the completion of a master’s degree and several...
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Learning to be comfortable with being uncomfortable
Over the past few years I’ve gotten considerably faster as a runner, cutting my PRs by about a third at all of the major distances from the mile to the marathon. I’m still not super fast, but I guess...
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To find out
A few years back, when the Rock ‘n’ Roll series still came to St. Petersburg, I had the opportunity to hear Frank Shorter speak at the expo. (For those who are unaware, Frank Shorter is the last...
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Time for rest, recovery and reflection
The other day Brian reminded me that Daylight Saving Time is this weekend, and that it would be getting dark earlier. I said, “Good, I need to hibernate for a while.” My body’s actually been telling...
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Boston Marathon, here I come!
If you follow many runners on social media, you’ve probably noticed a lot of them posting photos like this lately. I was no exception. I literally did the excited baby dance when Brian sent me a...
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A coach is not a therapist
Last week, Brian became licensed as a mental health counselor in the state of Florida. It took several years for him to reach this point, including the completion of a master’s degree and several...
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I am a bystander who will not stand by
A couple of months ago, something happened that I probably should have written about for the blog. But for whatever reason, I didn’t write about it here. Instead, I posted about it on my personal FB...
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The one thing that’s made all the difference
Editor’s note: I am not going to lie, it feels really weird to write about this stuff when President Cheeto Benito is swiftly turning our country into North Korea, but I am opting to move ahead with...
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I picked the right month to start meditating
On January 1, a particularly gross hangover inspired me to resolve that I was going to cut back on my drinking. On January 2, I realized this was going to pose some problems for me, as trying to relax...
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