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5 Things I Have Learned After a Month of Heart Monitor Training
For a month now, I have been running with a heart monitor and running in an aerobic zone also referred to as zone 2.  If you are interested in learning more about my reasons, you can read this post.  Although I knew it would require me to slow down, I have really been struggling with the snail’s…
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My Heart Rate Monitor Experiment…The Beginning
As the summer heat of Phoenix envelopes us, running and other outdoor athletic endeavors become quite a challenge. Perceived exertion gets harder when dry heat sucks out all our moisture, then humidity kicks in with the monsoons and we struggle to breathe and cool down. We dehydrate quickly, melt a lot and slow down more than any of us…
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Is Antelope Canyon 50 Miler Meant to Be?
Read my “Upcoming Races” page and you will see that I am debating between running the Antelope Canyon 50 Mile Ultra in February and the Monument Valley 50 Mile Ultra in March. Â Both offer a sacred experience on Navajo lands and views of some of the most spectacular landscape features in the west. Â Either…
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Do What You Can't
One hot fall day in the mountains of Kentucky’s Natural Bridge State Park almost 15 years ago, my husband and I set out for a long hike. We had prepared the day before for the 9 mile hike by filling water bottles and freezing them. We knew that it was going to be hot and…