Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you had a marvelous week – I know I did, despite the fact that it feels more like it should be Wednesday instead of Friday. Today I am giving away “As Good as Gold” by Kathryn Bertine and I am so excited to share it with you! The winner is NR!… Read More…
Archives for October 2012
Day In the Life
I am nosy sometimes. I love when people do blog posts showing what they do in an average, simple day because so often we use blogging and social media to show the very best of ourselves and not the quiet, simple moments that make up most of the time in between. So I thought I… Read More…
Weekend Recap: Graduation
In trying to make sense of this milestone in my life, I turn to a recent post by my dear friend and inspiration, Lindsey. Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to… Read More…
A Giveaway: Pave It Forward
Not too long ago, Pavement Runner decided that he had too many books. He bought a new one that was so great that he needed to share it and thus, the Pave It Forward Giveaway was formed. The premise is simple: win the book, read the book, review the book, and give it away to another… Read More…
Running Heros
When I was in high school, I took my first tentative steps towards the world of running. Little did I know, I was in some of the very best hands. I was a little uncertain when I tried out for cross country. I had waited until my final year to even consider it because of… Read More…
An Ode to Writing and Running
This morning, I went into the office early. I had a cup of tea and sat down to write my new column in the quiet of the office. (It’s due today). Slowly, the office became populated and was buzzing with noise and activity. My boss even came in to say a few things to me,… Read More…
Dynamic Warm Ups
Apparently you guys have shin splints. I understand your pain. This week, I have a wretched knee injury which came from too much trail running and too little stretching; a small little nudge from my knee went very quickly from “It’s nothing” to “OMGIamdying” pain in short order. My bad. So I have been proofing the… Read More…
Shin Splints
I received an email with a question on what causes shin splints and how to treat them. Shin splints are pain in the leg below the knee and above the ankle. It often happens late in the training season for athletes due to overtraining and to new runners who are starting out after a period… Read More…
