Ramblings of a Running-Obsessed Undergrad
Kate McDowell
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Posts by Kate McDowell
Honored by Haiku!
Wow, what a week! Things on DailyMile are really heating up. The weekly challenges (created by RunTalkRadio’s Thomas N have been amazing so far – I look forward to them so much, and they’re always creative and fun. One of the best things about them is that they create [...]
Running again!
J February, 2010 - 11:44 am
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Woohoo! I’m running again! One morning I woke up and the pain was … different. Not *totally* gone, but very slight and different. Hardly noticeable. So I have been doing short runs (1-2 miles) with lots of walking in between. So far things feel good – fingers crossed! Hopefully the healing will go well and [...]
Team DailyMile
J February, 2010 - 11:40 pm
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Wow. What an honor! I can’t believe it – I’m part of team DailyMile.
For those of you who don’t know what DailyMile is, go to www.dailymile.com RIGHT NOW and sign up! Go on! I’ll wait!
Okay now that you’re back, DailyMile is a website for runners. Let me rephrase that. DailyMile is THE website for runners. [...]
Strong like Bull!
J January, 2010 - 11:47 pm
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Leg’s still bugging me, but I’ve been keeping up with my 2010 Resolution to do strength training 3x a week for 20 minutes a day – and let me tell ya, it’s been working! I definitely feel stronger than I did in 2009, and I am starting to see the difference as well. T-Rex runner [...]
Comments4Cans – Thanks everyone!
J January, 2010 - 3:50 pm
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Hi everyone!
A while back I started a Comments4Cans drive, where for every 5 comments on my site I would donate a can to the Charlottesville Emergency Food Bank. And you guys came through and posted 34 comments! That’s 7 cans of food to feed the hungry in Albemarle County.
(Excuse my toes there at the bottom.)
I [...]
New Year’s Resolution
J January, 2010 - 10:28 am
Tags: 2010, resolution
Posted in running | 2 comments
I know I already have a bunch of 2010 goals, but to me a resolution is different – unlike a goal(ie PRing in the 10k), a resolution is something constant that you have to work at each and every day, consistently, throughout the year. This year, my resolution will be to consistently strength train – [...]
Injury Update
J January, 2010 - 10:14 am
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My injury is doing better! The past few weeks I’ve been going to Physical Therapy, doing strengthening and stretching exercises, and… well… not running. :\ But the past few days things have been looking up, and I did 2 miles on the treadmill on Saturday and today I’ll head back to the gym to try [...]
“Muscle Strain” or “My Dad is Awesome”
J December, 2009 - 6:30 pm
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Well, a trip to the ER landed me with crutches and instructions to lay off of running for a week (!!! A WEEK !!!) and to take massive amounts of ibuprofen. I’ve made considerable improvements since yesterday (I can put weight on it a bit and I can walk with one crutch instead of needing [...]
OUCH
J December, 2009 - 12:49 pm
Tags: injury, marathon training, national marathon 2010
Posted in running | 5 comments
This morning I headed out for my 2nd 14-miler. I had been having some pain in my inner thigh for a day or two, but it seemed to have subsided. I planned out a 4 mile loop to give things a try – after 4 miles things seemed fine. No pain. So I headed down [...]
Running off the Stress – Finals Fall 09
It’s that time of year again – finals. Classes start to wind down, there’s talk of some sort of test in the near future, finally you sit through that last lecture… and then there’s what my roommate and I have taken to calling the “Gilmore Girls” period, where it’s really too early to start studying [...]
