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Hanging Over with the Runsketeers
Flower inserted due to behavioral issue According to my records, I only had three Emerging Runner posts in all of 2018. That's pretty pathetic. This was mostly due to the fact that I didn't post on the...
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Emerging Runner - Here we go again
Wet day, dry run The Emerging Runner has re-emerged. I know I've said that before but this time it may be true. After years of almost daily posts, I slowed to a near stop at the end of 2017. I had...
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Running mileage is up, performance not so much
Rat race I think this running thing is starting to work. I knew that increasing my weekly run frequency would help my overall performance, but I didn't know where the benefits would come. Thanks to my...
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Building up the monthly miles
On the comeback trail Happy almost Memorial Day. It finally feels like summer and I've been doing my best to get out for runs early to beat the heat. I did that today and was rewarded with a cool and...
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When your pace is slow, focus on the statistics
Saw this on a car in the REI parking lot today Happy Father's Day. My goal of more frequent postings has been stymied (only six this year including today) but I'm definitely on track for running...
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The shoes I run in, ran in and revere
All hail the OG Kinvara! Unless you are a runner who follows in the barefoot steps of Abebe Bikila, chances are that you've put some time into selecting, using and eventually discarding your running...
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I wish my run training worked like the movies
Another day, another 3.64 miles There's a common trope in film, where the lead character goes all out training for a major challenge. There is usually one scene, played out in a series of quick cuts,...
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SIOR and I hit the Massapequa trail
Well Preserved this morning Happy Bastille Day! Despite meeting my distance target for June (goal was 65 miles and I actually recorded 66.84, but who's counting?), this is the first post I've written...
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When it comes to pace, some things are obvious
Dare to believe Some things are so obvious that we ignore what's right in front of us. I think I may have figured out something that could get me out of the performance stasis that I have struggled...
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The Emerging Runner origin story
Perfect weather for running in circles today I returned to running just about eleven years ago, mostly out of impatience. I didn't make any great decision to run. I just started doing it during the...
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Shifting back to miles per run
Happy September, my shirt even had a post-run smiley face Labor Day greetings. I'm glad to report that I logged 80 running miles in August. It was actually 80.46 but who's counting? And don't get me...
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Runsketeer reunion at the Massapequa Preserve
Usual suspects: Mike, TPP, ER, SIOR, KWLPhoto courtesy of woman SIOR asked to take the picture For the first time in 21 months, the "gang of five" core Runsketeers came together on Sunday to run the...
View ArticleEmerging Runner Vlog #1 - Being Cheap Pays Off
Hey Emerging Runner readers. For a change of pace, I'm vlogging instead of blogging this post which is about my recent experience getting and using a rowing machine. Running will always be my primary...
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Vlog 2: I love my Garmin, but…
Sure it is Back in August I wrote about my frustrations with running performance. At that time I thought I could improve my pace by pushing my heart rate beyond my typical 75% of Max. After seeing some...
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Solving the run-rest equation
See this post on our new siteThe three Rs, Running, Resting and Rowin' When you think about it, a lot of running involves math. The standard measure of performance (pace) is supported by explanatory...
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Pace matters, until it doesn't
Not exactly a blistering pace but I did get a blister. Most of 2019 has gone by and we will soon start another new decade. The idea that we will begin our own Roaring Twenties (roaring good or roaring...
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Running in the time of COVID
Stay off the road and no one gets hurtThese days, every conversation has something to do with COVID19, either directly (Do you have it? Do you think you have it?) or indirectly ("We'd be in a...
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A Virtual Pacer with Real Results
Today's run on the Bethpage trailLast February an ignorant orange man told the country that COVID-19 would soon disappear with the heat, "like a miracle." The only miracle is that, seven months later,...
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900 miles is easy but running fast is hard
Hoping for 80 in DecemberHello runners and the running adjacent! It's December 10th: the first night of Hanukah, the 12th day of the Advent and, most notably, national Dewey Decimal System Day. This is...
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First 2021 run at Bethpage
Sunny and lonely at BethpageIt's a new year and everyone seems pretty happy about that. There's reason to be optimistic: vaccines will get Covid under control this year and this country will...
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