Today is National Running Day and while the most obvious way to celebrate this day would be to step outside for a run, we suspect that, like us, most of you were planning to do that anyway! We at Salty Running are celebrating by sharing our running goals with each other. Goals not only give us something concrete to work toward, they keep us accountable with our running and foster more » Read more
How to Salvage a Marathon Training Plan (I Hope)
Say somewhere during the heaviest part of the training cycle, you missed runs for marathon training. Maybe things got busy, maybe you got sick, maybe there was an injury threat…no matter what the cause, is there a way to recover from missing workouts? I think so. I hope so, or I have totally screwed up my Boston-qualifying marathon goal. When I decided on a race and created my training plan, more » Read more
Performance Anxiety or Time to Readjust that High-Reaching Goal?
I’ve been talking a big game and I’m starting to regret it. So I’ve been training my ass off for the Brooklyn Half Marathon, running more mileage than I ever have for a half and doing it while I was working, which, since my job is physically draining, is pretty damn impressive. And now, as I’m starting to peak, my work schedule has eased off just in time and things more » Read more
Running the Tangents: Why Your GPS Thinks Every Race Course is Long
It’s happened at least once to everyone who trains with a GPS watch. You spend months refining your pace to the exact second per mile. You run a virtual race almost every week against your GPS to drill that exact pace into your body. You line up for the race primed to run an exact PR, and then your GPS signals that you’ve completed the race in your exact goal more » Read more
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Race Warm-Ups
Ever have a sucky race? Of course, we all have. Maybe afterwards you analyzed your log to see if something didn’t go right in training. Maybe you pinpointed something you ate or didn’t eat as the culprit. Maybe you chalked it up to Evil P. Maybe you shrugged your shoulders and concluded you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed. What if it was none of those more » Read more
A Toil Worth the Trouble? Racing Back-to-Back Half Marathons
Double double toil and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble. No, no, this post isn’t going to get all Shakespearean on you. We’re talking about doubling up, here. And no, we’re not duplicating Coriander’s recent post about incorporating doubles into your training, either. Rather, today, we’ll discuss doing back-to-back half-marathon races. Specifically, is it possible to race back-to-back half marathons and if so, how should we go about our training more » Read more
Moving On From a Personal Worst
I ran 1:40:54 at the New Orleans Half Marathon last month. My chip time was 1:40:54, and I recorded that time in my log. That time is recorded in the race results for the entire world to see. It was not my best half, and it was far from my goal of 1:30. In fact, it was the worst half marathon I ever finished. It was my Personal Worst, or more » Read more
Overnight Relays, Leg 1: Getting Started
It’s that time of year when runners everywhere think about how to fill their race calendars for the upcoming year. Are you are intrigued by this whole overnight relay thing, but not sure where or how to start? Between the two of us, Licorice and I have run a total of five overnight relays… that’s almost 1,000 miles for our collective teams. So follow along as we help you get your feet more » Read more
Why YOU Need a Running Resume
Here at Salty Running, we are a Spice Rack of multi-taskers. And just like our readers, we each play many roles in our daily lives. Chances are, all of us have written and revised our professional resumes at one time or another. But do you have a resume for any other areas of your life? Specifically, do you have a running resume? Related PostsLessons From My Surprise 10k PR Caitlin more » Read more
Why Race If You’re Not in Peak Shape?
This past weekend, I got up early on Sunday morning and went through my normal pre-race routine: small breakfast, attach chip and bib, drag husband out of bed, head to the starting line. I stood around with my husband until just before the start, when I gave him my jacket and then headed into the start corral to huddle against the chill with the other runners. I gave this 3 more » Read more