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
Those Stinkin’ Stubborn Side Stitches
Ever since my half marathon at Capital City in the beginning of May, I’ve been experiencing some nagging side stitches on most of my training runs. What. a. pain. in. the. butt. (Well, actually, the abdominal area). Back in high school, I struggled with side stitches often and it seriously affected my racing. I tried going to specialists and was told many possible causes – spasms, gas, and diaphragm irritation- but 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
Mint’s Training Log – 5.5.13
I am a little late to the training log this week as I have been traveling and very busy with work. Sometimes training (and blogging about training) has to take the back burner and now is one of those times. I am currently in Dallas on a business trip. A scheduling conference I had with the court was cancelled, so I found some unexpected time to update the Salties and more » Read more
Getting Faster Is Simple. It’s Not Easy.
This post was originally published on April 5, 2012. Now that my first race post-baby #3 is in the books and I’m staring down the barrel at months of training to get back to PR shape, I need this one! Sometimes when I can’t sleep after one of the kids wakes me up I like to turn on the tube. For some reason I prefer infomercials for shake-weights, freaky belts, more » Read more
Comment of the Week 4.20.13
Reader, that greatest achievement in any runner’s week… As always, follow the jump to find out who this week’s lucky winner is! But first, the roundup: We kicked off on Monday morning with Clove’s Training and Fertility Treatment Log: Week 4, Cycle Two, which highlights the carbohydrate-laden answer to the question, what happens when PMS and fertility treatments collide with a marathon taper? We all know what happened next. It more » Read more
Comment of the Week 4.13.13
It’s been a week of injury ups and downs here at Salty Running; most notably, Espresso had to opt out of the Boston Marathon because of an injury (so sorry!), I had a little scare with my knee locking up and Vanilla is on thin ice with her foot. But even though she’s still in cross-training mode, Pepper is on the recovery upswing, and Cilantro seems to be recovering as more » Read more
LSD Explained: Long Runs for Beginners
As many of us (me included) start a new training cycle for Spring races, it means that it’s time for some LSD! No no, not that kind…duh. I’m talking about those “long runs” you hear all the hardcore running nerds talk about, which is also referred to as “Long Slow Distance,” abbreviated as LSD. Personally, long runs are my favorite parts of the training cycle. In my jam-packed life, my more » Read more
Licorice’s Training Log – 4.7.13
Y’all, I ran this week. It was only once, and it was kind of awful and painful (as one would expect given my recent slackitude), but I got out and ran. As a bonus, the weather was absolutely beautiful. Well, it was beautiful until the last 10 minutes, when the clouds rolled in and the temperature dropped 10 degrees and it started pouring. It was also a group run, which more » Read more