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1 Kara Goucher: Heartbroken but Happy and Ready For 2012
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2 When You're a Pro, What Does Time Off Mean?
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3 Mommy Marathoner Wins NYC Marathon Again!
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4 Boston Marathon: Kosgei Wins, Goucher Takes Third
Fitness
5 Exercising Outside? Don't Forget the Sunscreen
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6 Speak Up: What's Your Workout Mantra?
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7 Running in the Family Way: Pregnant Marathoners Unite
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8 Words That Move You . . .
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9 Congrats to Boston Marathon Winners!
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10 Fit For June: Must Haves
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11 Training Advice From Marathoner Kara Goucher
We are excited to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Becky O'Neill Sage Steele, SportsCenter anchor, is preparing to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon at Walt Disney World on Feb. 26 and is hoping to fall in love with running in the process. Follow Sage’s journey on espnW.com. With less than two days until Steele's first half marathon, elite distance runner Read more
June is here — can you smell Summer in the air? We can, which is why our must haves this month are sure to inspire you to get up, get out, and go! Whether it's biking, running, or hanging 10, here's what we're using to stay safe and active in the sun this year. Read more
The course of the Boston Marathon is full of ups and downs (literally and figuratively) — they don't call the long climb around the 20-mile mark "Heartbreak Hill" for nothing. Today's race was fast (read: record breaking fast) and with a few exciting upsets to boot. Crossing the finish first in the women's race was Caroline Kilel (age 30) of Kenya with a time of 2:22:36. Fast on her heels was Read more
In honor of the the seventh annual Nike Women's Marathon, which hits the streets of San Francisco this Sunday, Oct. 17., I bring you this advice from a Nike-sponsored marathoner. "Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running." — Kara Goucher Read more
Two elite runners were absent from recent marthons. We knew Kara Goucher was skipping the Boston Marathon in hopes of getting pregnant (but hadn't heard word before that big race) and then mommy marathoner Paula Radcliffe skipped her hometown marathon after announcing she was pregnant with her second child. We have since learned that these two Nike-sponsored athletes have been training Read more
Runner Kara Goucher made her marathon debut a year ago in the Big Apple, but she's skipping the New York Marathon this year. At the Nike Running Summit, she explained she wasn't planning on racing again until Boston because she's doing some planning of a different nature — family planning. When you're an elite runner, skipping an event doesn't go unnoticed, making it difficult to keep it a Read more
It is often said that running is 90 percent mental, but I wouldn't limit that ratio to running. For me, a large part on any workout is mental. I could always just hop off the elliptical and head toward the sauna, so I have a lot of convincing to do. Having a workout mantra is a great way to keep your mind on task while exercising, and if a phrase is too long you can always try a word. Marathoner Read more
While the weather might not seem balmy, the warmer temps of Spring do allow most of us to work out in the great outdoors. Damaging sun rays accompany the warming sunshine, so I am here to remind you to not skip the sunscreen. Even when it is cloudy (in SF we can just say foggy), damaging rays make it to the earth's surface and your skin. When preparing to exercise outside, you should put a Read more
I had the pleasure of speaking with marathoner Kara Goucher, 30, yesterday, and she is one sweet runner. Kara placed third in the Boston Marathon on Monday, coming in just nine seconds behind the winner. Her frustration was visible as she crossed the finish line. When I asked her which part of her body hurt most the day after the marathon, Kara said, "Honestly, still my heart just hurts the Read more
It was a dramatic finish for the women running the Boston Marathon today, and the official results are in. Crossing the finish line first was Kenyan runner Salina Kosgei, with a time of 2:32:16. Congratulations to the champ! Just one second behind Kosgei was Dire Tune of Ethiopia, who collapsed soon after finishing the race and had to be carried out on a stretcher. I sincerely hope she is OK; Read more
