We had such a great week here at Salty Running that Salty the Snail just started spontaneously Party Rocking! Mint kicked us off with The Realistic Guide to Running Your First Marathon. Whether it’s your first time or you know someone who’s considering a marathon, you need to know what you’re in for, and this is the guide that will cut right to the chase. Cilantro had some time during more » Read more
Comment of the Week 6.2.2013
It’s that time again, Salties, time for that highest Salty honor in the Salty community, Now it’s true, we did not have a Comment of the Week last week, but we just needed a little time to work ahead. We couldn’t forget to honor our readers! YOU make us a community every time you share your ideas, so keep those great comments coming! So who was the lucky winner last more » Read more
Race Report: The Brooklyn Half 2013
The night before I pored over the numbers, trying to figure out what the right strategy was, given how hard I had to push to meet my planned speedwork goals. I fell short on nearly every workout; I couldn’t hit the 1000 meter times, I had some kind of trouble on my tempos every time, I struggled getting in enough mile repeats, had injury scares… I put in the mileage, more » Read more
Weekly Roundup 5.26.13
Well I had a great week, that’s for sure! Coming down off an amazing PR last weekend, of course I had a great week! That race report is coming soon, but in the meantime check out what the other Salties brought you this week! Cilantro recently posted about her high-mileage training strategy and how she used marathons to train for her goal race. Did it work? Check out her Windermere more » Read more
Weekly Roundup 5.19.13
First things first: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SALTY! Our fearless leader turned “29″ again yesterday, and we hope she had the best day ever! Second, woohoo! We had a heck of a racing weekend! More on that later, of course, in the race reports. Third, we had TONS of incredible comments from you gals this week on all of our posts. YOU make us a community, and we love hearing from you, more » Read more
Comment of the Week 5.19.13
It’s that time again, Salty Runners, time to bestow upon one lucky member of our community the highest achievement in commentary: This week we had a ton of great comments, and it was really really hard to choose! Ultimately the competition came down to three fantastic Salty Readers, but once the final votes were cast, one stood out among them. Man oh man, did it ever. Who’s the big winner? more » Read more
Running is for Rich People
It’s all relative. Some of us are willing to do more than others to get faster. Huh. Willing. If you’ve read my sister’s post about recognizing what you’re willing to do to maximize your training, you know that it’s all relative: super fast runners Shalane and Kara earned their success at Boston this year because they were willing to make sacrifices necessary to pursue running as a career. Runners like more » Read more
Comment of the Week 5.11.13
Holy wow, what a great week! We’ve been focusing on quality over quantity here lately, and it’s really showing in your fantastic comments. It’s getting harder and harder each week to choose a winner of that highest honor… This week, you may notice that we’ve split the roundup into its own post, the way we did it way back when. Why’s that? Well, I just wanted our Comment of the more » Read more
The Weekly Roundup, 5.11.13
Man oh man, I love a good roundup, and I rather like to do it all on its own, the way we used to. “But where’s the Comment of the Week!?” you shout at your computer screen, wondering what demon has overtaken Cinnamon’s typing fingers, “How do I find out who this week’s lucky winner is!?” It’s easy. It’s in the next post. You can click this link. But first, more » Read more
Comment of the Week 5.3.2013
We close another fantastic Salty week by bestowing on one lucky Salty Reader that highest of honors: As always, read on after the jump to find out who won this week’s award! But first, the roundup: Chipotle kicked us off by choosing a pair of shoes: Shoe Love Triangle No More Salty is so close to getting back to training she can almost taste it in Her Postpartum Running Update more » Read more