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Treadmills are strange.

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I don’t know what it is, but there is something about the way I run on a treadmill vs. the way I run outdoors that is very very different.  I am leaning towards it being my stride, but its going to take a few more runs to make a real determination.
I did 5.5 miles today [...]

Upper Respiratory Tract Infection… Ouch.

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Last monday was a particular frigid day, a nice 20 degrees at 5 AM.  That didn’t stop me from going out at doing 4 miles at a 7:13 pace.
Immediately after returning home, I noticed my throat was a bit irritated.  I wanted to do a few more miles, down the gym, on the treadmill that [...]

Barefoot for speed.

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Still amazed by my speedy beach runs last week, I decided to see if I could accomplish the same thing running barefoot on the streets.
I started off my run and quickly realized that I do, in fact, go much faster when I am barefoot.  With my feet feeling fine, I continued at a 6.5 minutes/mile [...]