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RUNNING LIFE

MK Fleming is a run coach who understands we are never really talking about running. Here in the blog, she talks about where diet culture and running intersect and the pressures we face as parents, professionals, runners, and overachievers as we run through life, together.

Pat Head Summitt

On Thursday night  got a call from a friend in Knoxville telling me that my childhood idol had entered hospice care.  Yesterday she...

Sleep is Food, Don't Starve.

Sleep is Food. It is Also Part of Training.

Standards of Performance (The Boston Marathon Post)

Bumping this to the top.  You can find the history of BQ standards here:  http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/participant-informatio...

"Is it Worth it?" Boston Marathon Straight Talk.

I had three different iterations of the conversation I outlined in this post yesterday.  In each, the person said something that provokes...

#CoachThinks: Recovery

What Does That Recovery Figure Tell You?

Print this: I BELIEVE IN YOU.

You aren't paying my mortgage. You aren't paying me enough to tell you what you want to hear. SO TRUST THAT I MEAN THIS:  I BELIEVE IN YOU.

Week 2: 800s. T-26

https://flow.polar.com/training/analysis/514517183 Workout: 6x800m with 3 minute rest This week, I had the correct display on my watch....

Introducing: Big Momma

My great-grandmother was larger than life.  That isn't a euphamism, we called her Big Momma because she was gigantic and hard to move....

Brainy Muscles and Feeling Paces

https://flow.polar.com/training/analysis/507870125 Ask any current or former professional running coach what the trick to developing...

Do Muscles Have Memory?

When my first pregnancy became obvious, a Nike teammate congratulated me and told me not to worry about 'bouncing back' since muscles...

Brainy Muscles and Early Morning Runs

https://flow.polar.com/training/analysis/507870125 Ask any current or former professional running coach what the trick to developing...

Motherf*ucking Burpees up a Motherf*ucking HILL!

This is for everyone who came out tonight!  WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   If you wanna do a "recovery" run in Wash...

How to Blow a Tempo Run (and Recover)

https://flow.polar.com/training/analysis/500605205 I was SO excited on Sunday night.  SO. EXCITED.  I haven't done proper tempo work in...

Fast-Recovery Workouts

This is the workout I had intended the Life Time Colfax Marathon Training group to try tonight; I am not suggesting you do this just read...

Sacrifice vs Inconvenience

Talent Doubles Your Workload; It Doesn't Reduce It.

Racing by Effort

Coach MK Breaks Down Effort Levels and how Training is Different from Racing.

Taking Control of Your Run

Coach MK introduces the concept of Flow and helps her runners achieve it.

Race Day, Reading Tea Leaves

Coach MK discusses expectations during a rough training cycle.

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