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Happy Birthday Strength Running! Let’s Party

Posted April 18, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Today is Strength Running’s first birthday! The past year has flown by and it’s been a wild ride. Thank you to all of my readers who have supported the growth of this website. I wouldn’t be able to put …

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Fitz’s Training Journal: March, 2011

Posted April 14, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Every month on Strength Running I provide an overview of my training, key workouts, and any races that I run. If you want to see what my training looks like on a daily basis, you can follow me on …

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Five Running Tips for Beginners – Strength, Recovery, and More

Posted April 11, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

New runners often struggle with training because they have so many questions about day to day training. Resources like Runner’s World and Active provide large forums for runners to get feedback but I’ve found some of the suggestions there …

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Five Lessons Learned from Running the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler

Posted April 7, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

On Sunday, April 3rd I raced the 2011 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler in Washington, DC. My net time was 54:52 and I placed 46th out of 6,972 men. If you were to count women, I was 49th out of …

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How to Use a Heart Rate Monitor: A Definitive Guide

Posted April 4, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Last week I received an important question from Chris Lipp, who blogs at Waddling Tuxedo:

I know you have mentioned heart rate monitors in passing during several entries, but have you ever considered a post on the importance/unimportance of

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Barefoot Running – A Review

Posted March 30, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

The good folks at barefoot-running.us sent me a copy of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Barefoot Running by Dr. Craig Richards and Thomas Hollowell to review here on Strength Running and I must say… I am pleasantly surprised. I’m …

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7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Running

Posted March 28, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Hindsight is 20/20. As I look back on nearly 13 years of competitive racing, I want to change a lot of my past training. I made a lot of mistakes – small decisions that resulted in an injury, a …

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Endurasoak Mineral Salt Baths – Soak Your Pain Away?

Posted March 24, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

It was a Saturday afternoon and I was on the verge of dozing off in the bathtub. I was testing Oasis Recovery System’s Endurasoak product, which claims to help you recover from hard workouts. That’s just what I needed; …

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Why the Strength Running PR Guide Won’t Be Available for Everyone (And How You Can Get a Copy)

Posted March 21, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Over the last six weeks, I’ve worked closely with my newsletter readers to create the Strength Running PR Guide. I asked them to send me their running questions and I got an overwhelming response. What was supposed to be …

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Race Report: St. Patrick’s Day 8k (Plus, the Next Guide!)

Posted March 16, 2011
BY Jason Fitzgerald

On Sunday, March 13 I ran the St. Patrick’s Day 8k in Washington, DC. This was a tune-up for my main goal this spring: the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler on April 3rd. I had a few objectives for this …

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