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Here’s to hoping the pug makes it big time
There’s a short — and more importantly, FUN! — race happening in Bangor tonight
The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances
After I wrote my last post, my husband Tony IMs me and says: 11:15:46 AM Tony Reaves: One note on your Pattie Runs post 11:15:53 AM Pattie Reaves: ? 11:15:58 AM Tony Reaves: Normals don’t admire runners, we resent them 11:16:42 AM Pattie Reaves: You’re not very nice. 11:16:50 AM Tony Reaves: I don’t mean it […]
The People Who Watch Marathons
The People Who Watch Marathons. Oh my god, this. This article on Jezebel. It sums it up perfectly. The spectators — people who show up and cheer with noisemakers and high fives and encouraging cheers and magic-markered tagboard signs that read “YOU ALL ARE CRAZY! KEEP RUNNING!”— are the people who matter most to […]
CrossFit: Getting you ready for A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G
CrossFit: Getting you ready for A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G My co-worker Amber (center, in mango) took on the daunting task of having your fitness routine examined by the masses in our Sunday bPlus section. Amber has also been a friend and mentor when it comes to triathlon training, too, so I was excited to hear her take on […]
Run this amazing day.
1. I love how summer training so quickly turned to winter training. It just … makes sense. I got up and went to work today and so easily slipped into last year’s winter routine, it’s like the whole summer didn’t even happen. In the winter, I usually sleep in. I regret this, but the days […]
Another post on “how running helps you succeed at everything in life”
Today’s Skillcrush — that’s an email newsletter targeted toward women about mastering technology — was so good I had to share it here: Yesterday, we read a great post on Hacker News called “Move your feet.” In it, a developer named Matt Swanson detailed how he had set himself two goals for the year: to learn how to write […]
Training smart through the hot season pays off when temperatures cool down
It’s well proven that to stand a chance of racing well in the heat, you have to train in the heat. But sauna suffer-fests have another benefit: They prepare you to run faster in cooler weather, too. In 2010, researchers had competitive cyclists spend 10 workouts pedaling at a low intensity in a 104° F […]