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streaking, tree run, etiquette {weekly recap}
After working what seemed like 35827 days straight, I’m finally on vacation for one whole week(!!). Besides the (irrational) guilt I’m feeling for being away from my patients and colleagues who have to...
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nutella cookies, broken streak, snow {holidays}
I like the holidays, but they can be stressful too, eh? Besides running and my new-found love of the show Scandal, one of my favorite ways to de-stress is to spend some time in the kitchen. Before I...
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game meat, nutrition, venison chili recipe
One thing my sister and I were greeted with when visiting family in Buffalo, NY this year was a giant freezer full of venison. Our dad is a big hunter, and he managed to “get” two deer this fall, which...
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weekly recap, spring marathon options {what to do}
I haven’t done a running recap in a few weeks – there hasn’t been much to say other than I’ve been running a lot and for the most part, it has been fine. Actually more like good or even great. I have a...
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coconut oil thoughts {nutrition}
My sister is a great cook and has an interest in food, nutrition and healthy lifestyle such things, and she asks me for nutrition advice pretty often. I am always happy to help her and any other family...
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Joe K 10K Race Recap
As it, turns out I still suck at 10Ks. Ok, maybe I’m being a little hard on myself, or maybe my expectations were too high, or maybe, I cared too much about the time on the finish clock. Actually, all...
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running, changes, nutrition services {weekly recap}
Last week brought a lot of running, some changes and other pretty good happenings. After almost two years (!!), I left my Sunday job at the running store (i.e., Jack Rabbit). In addition to my...
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Fred Lebow Manhattan Half Race Recap
I had been dreading this race basically since I signed up last November – peer pressure from some of my co-workers who were running – because 2+ loops of Central Park is never that fun. Especially if...
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cold weather hydration {nutrition]
The other day I was doing a phone interview about fueling during winter running, and one of the things I emphasized is the importance of hydration on cold days.* When it’s freezing outside, we may not...
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workouts lately {marathon training}
Training is going. Even though it has been harder to get out the door in the past two weeks than it has in a long time – kind of like groundhog day with these snowstorms, sub-zero temps, black ice –...
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some misconceptions {nutrition}
There’s a lot of nutrition information out there – the internet, books, even word of mouth – and one of the most challenging things about my job is separating the myths from the facts for my patients....
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(late) weekly training recap, ice mishaps
Even though the park is still filled with snow, NYC got a taste of spring last weekend and it was glorious running weather. After a mishap on some ice on Wednesday, I’m just glad I was able to run at...
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national nutrition month, training recap
Even though it doesn’t feel like March, it is and that means it’s also National Nutrition Month. This, and really any excuse to talk more about nutrition than usual (if that’s even possible), warms my...
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NJ marathon training catch-up
Busy! That’s how the last couple of weeks have been. Lots of working and lots of running, which has left me just a little too exhausted to do much else, even though I’m trying. I keep reminding myself...
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change of plans
Looking back, I guess it was bound to happen, but I’ve gone almost a year without an injury and have been feeling pretty good this training cycle. It all changed pretty fast after some tightness on my...
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injury updates, sugar musings
On the injury front – the knee is improving! Slowly but surely, the pain is starting to go away. I think the combination of PT exercises (most of which I found online) and weights to strengthen the...
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Boston.
Shit, you guys. Every year (with the exception of last year when I wasn’t able to be there, probably for the best), I say that Marathon weekend and Monday is the best couple of days in Boston or...
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skinny is out
I was reading the May issue of Running Times on my bus up to Boston last weekend, and even though there were a TON of great articles, one particularly jumped out at me. It was called “Why Are These...
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back to running, quinoa bowls
One of the good things about an injury is that it forces you to take a step back and look at why it happened (I did that). Another thing it does is make you miss running! I think I did a pretty good...
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Japan Day 4M Race Recap
NYRR had two races this weekend – the Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday and the Japan Day 4 miler on Sunday. I knew I wanted to do one as kind of a test of fitness and to see how the knee held up, but I...
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