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Category: Running Tips & Advice
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How to choose your first 5k
10 Tips for New Runners I love info-graphics because they’re a quick and easy way to pick up a few facts. By design they are brief and do not cover all of the details. In the next few posts, I will expand on a few of the items in the info graphic below. HOW TO CHOOSE A RACE Price,…
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Cold Weather Running
Cold Weather Running is here! It may not be Winter yet, but it sure feels like it. I managed to run 23.86 miles last week which brought my total miles run for 2014 to 927.18 miles. Garmin says the temperature Tuesday night was 28°, the wind was 16mph, so the “real feel” was 17°. Maybe…
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Winter gear
Winter Gear In January I updated some of my winter gear. I bought some Vermont Made “Darn Tough” wool running socks. I also bought Saucony running mittens with wind blocking fabric. The Saucony mittens have been great. Quite often my hands end up sweating after a few miles instead of freezing. I’ll take it. The…
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Base miles
Base miles are what we run between races I don’t have any marathons or half marathons on my schedule. But it’s always a good idea to have a long run in your base miles routine. “Long Run” means different things to different people. If you are a new runner then four or five miles may be…
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My First 5K November
My First 5K in November is: 3rd Annual Taking Strides for Our Cause 5K for the Saugus YMCA. The race is Saturday, November 8th at 9AM at the DCR’s Breakheart Reservation in Saugus. Anyone who has run through Breakheart knows about the killer hills. I think there are 5 of them, but there seems to…
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Marathon gear check
I finally set up a YouTube account for Omni Running today. My first video is a review of all of the stuff I’m taking to Baystate tomorrow. Used my cell phone, so the quality isn’t great, but take a look if you want to see all of the stuff I’m hauling to Baystate. …