Amanda Brooks's Blog, page 163
May 31, 2020
Plant Based Recipes: Mixing Up Your Meals with Anti-inflammatory Foods to Improve Recovery
In the previous post we talked about all the ways to handle transitioning to a plant based diet, the planning and the questions you’ll certainly get! If you’re still dipping your toe in the plant [...]
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May 30, 2020
18 Things I Wish I’d Known Before My First Half Marathon
If we knew all the obstacles we’d face, it’s unlikely we’d ever start. Which is why in some respects, I’m glad I didn’t know that it was crazy to go from “I can’t run a [...]
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May 27, 2020
What to Eat the Night Before a Long Run
Marathon training brings with it a whole host of new questions. How do we run so far without getting bored? How do we prevent chafing? How do we carry food on long runs? Do we [...]
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May 26, 2020
How to Get Back in to Running After Years?
At some point you felt reasonably fit…maybe even dare we say it, very fit. Then life happened you took an extended break and now you’re scratching your head wondering how to get back to running? [...]
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May 24, 2020
Exercising with Knee Pain? What You Can Still Do
If you’re a runner, surely someone in your world has commented about how bad the sport is for the knees. While knee injuries are common among runners, running isn’t inherently bad for your knees. Case [...]
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May 22, 2020
How Often Should I Run?
Whether you’re just starting out or trying to figure out how to maintain fitness between races, the inevitable question arises about how many days a week to run, to strength train and what’s best. As [...]
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May 20, 2020
Why Do I Run Slower on A Treadmill?
Those who have been around these parts for awhile, know that I love treadmill running. It’s a fantastic tool for so many reasons and since I’ve talked ad nauseam about the benefits of treadmill running [...]
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May 19, 2020
8 Things Upping My Running Game Lately
In the early days of blogging (hello 2007), I used to do more personal posts, sharing my training logs and took part in weekly themes like Friday Favorites. I never really got in to What [...]
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May 17, 2020
Is Pilates Good for Runners?
With almost 20 years of running under my fuel belt, its really easy to skip over the important FOUNDATIONAL components of training. Or more accurately its easy to do until were injured then we start [...]
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May 13, 2020
Running Cadence: What Is It and How to Improve?
Running cadence is the measurement of the number of steps per minute (spm) taken during a run and is one of a number of metrics runners use to measure performance. Which is a really technical [...]
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