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Category Archives: Tips & Tricks
New Year’s Resolutions Part II – Follow Through
Do you have trouble keeping on course with your New Year’s Resolutions? Do you end up backsliding a few weeks into the new year? Continue reading
Posted in Getting Started, The Journey, Tips & Tricks
Tagged Depression, Diet, Exercise, Getting Started, Motivation, Neuroscience, New Year's Resolutions, Psychology, The Starting Line, Video, Weight Loss, Winter
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New Year’s Resolutions – Part I – Warming To The Cold
The beginning of a new year always gets people to think about fresh starts and new beginnings. Feeling the accumulated burden of a year’s worth of not so great decisions, many people vow to take back their life in the form of New Year’s Resolutions. The majority of Americans will make a New Year’s Resolution, but only a tiny minority of them will actually follow through and honor their resolution. Continue reading
Posted in Getting Started, Plant Powered Athletes, The Journey, Tips & Tricks, Training
Tagged Cold Weather, Depression, Excuses, Exercise, Get Fit, Getting Into Action, Getting Started, Hill Running, Motivation, New Year's Resolutions, Running, Snow, Snowshoeing, Snowshoes, Trail Running, Training, Vermont, Video, Weight Loss, Winter, Woodford
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The Impossible Dream – How To Overcome Impossible Obstacles
Building my trail on Mt. Anthony is Bennington keeps yielding fruitful thoughts on trail blazing and finding meaning in life. On this glorious, rainy, Vermont Winter day, I found myself facing two very large obstacles, which inspired these thoughts on overcoming impossible obstacles on your path… Continue reading
Blazing Your Own Trail – How to Find Direction in Life
While out in the mountains creating a new trail, I realized that the process that I use to design and build trails is very similar to the method you can use to create your own path in life. So many people are lost and looking for direction… Continue reading
Posted in Getting Started, The Journey, Tips & Tricks
Tagged Direction, Finding Your Path, Mt. Athony, Purpose, Trail Blazing, Trail Running, Video
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How To Get Outside On Cold Rainy Winter Days
The weather outside is frightful, but I’m not going to sit here and feel spiteful. Instead, I’m going to follow a process that I’ve taught myself over the past few years, that helps to get me dressed, out the door and into action. It hasn’t failed yet. Perhaps you can apply these tools to the gray rainy days and challenges of your life. Continue reading
Posted in Getting Started, Running Tips, The Journey, Tips & Tricks
Tagged Anxiety, Cold, Depression, Fall, How To Dress, Inspiration, Motivation, Obstacles, Preparation, Rain, Running, Training, Weather, Wet Weather, Winter, Winter Training
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Getting Started #56 – Perfectionism
It’s been a rough day at the end of a rough week. After slowly dying for the past two years, my trusty computer finally exhaled it’s final breath. Since a great deal of what I do takes place on the computer, this put me in a panic. I know this state well, as I’ve spent good portions of my adult life dealing with overwhelm, anxiety and panic. Continue reading
Posted in Getting Started, The Journey, Tips & Tricks
Tagged Anxiety, Depression, Getting Started, Overwhelm, Panic, Perfectionism, Success, Tips, Tools, Video
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How to Eliminate ‘Runner’s Knee’ Pain
Today I want to share my success story in dealing with ‘runner’s knee’ pain. Many runners experience pain and swelling in the knee after long runs or high mileage increases. The most common cause of this pain is a condition known as patellofemoral syndrome, more commonly known as runner’s knee. This pain is caused by the knee cap rubbing on the sides of the femoral groove (at the base of the femur bone). This rubbing causes swelling and inflammation. Continue reading
Posted in Plant Powered Athletes, Running Tips, Tips & Tricks, Training
Tagged Athlete, Femur, High Mileage, Inflammation, Injuries, Injury, Knee Cap, Knee Pain, Knee Strap, Patellar Tendon Strap, Runner's Knee, Running, Swelling, Training
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USA 50k Trail Running Championships – Video
The USA 50k Trail Running Championships were held on September 22nd, 2012 at Mt. Bachelor in the Cascade Mountains of central Oregon. USA Track & Field holds USA Trail Championships at a wide variety of distances. Over the past 3 years, I have had great success in these championship races from 10k to the marathon, winning nine US Masters titles… But I’ve never done a 50k… and I was really nervous. Continue reading
Posted in Diet Tips, Nutrition, Plant Powered Athletes, Products I Recommend, Race Reports, Racing, Running Tips, The Journey, Tips & Tricks, Training
Tagged Athlete, Baby Food, Bend Oregon, Brooks Green Silence, California, Championships, Diet, Flagline 50k, Hill Running, Mountain Running, Mt. Bachelor, National Championships, Oregon, Race, Raw, Running, Running Shoes, Trail Running, Video
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Ultra Marathon Tips From the Pros
Stepping up to your first ultra (longer than 26.2 miles) can be a scary thing. So before I toed the line for my first 50k, I wanted to make sure I got some advice from accomplished ultra/trail runners on how to do is safely and quickly. Not only was this my first 50k (The Flagline 50k), but it was also the USA 50k Trail Running Championships. Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Plant Powered Athletes, Racing, Running Tips, Tips & Tricks
Tagged 50k, Altitude, Athlete, Bend Oregon, Blisters, Bob Dion, Championships, Dion Snowshoes, Flagline 50k, Mountain Running, Nancy Hobbs, National Championships, Oregon, Race, Richard Bolt, Running, Running Shoes, Shoes, Trail Running, Trail Shoes, Ultra-Marathon, Video
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The Little Death – How To Get Through Fall Without Falling
After a wonderful trip to Los Angeles I find myself back in Vermont, where I’m greeted by a brilliant display of Fall color. While the vast majority of the tourists clogging the arteries of the state see the foliage as sublime and poetic, I see it in another light… Or should I say ‘in another dark.’ Continue reading →