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What Do You Really Need to Run Long Distances?

I got an email the other day from a reader asking for advice about running her first half-marathon. She said she’d been running a 5K every month since December 2011 and wanted to know if I thought she could be ready to run her first half, the Miami ING (which, looks awesome!), by January 2013, […]

June 30th 2012 Posted under Food. Tagged: running by Theodora Blanchfield. 24 Comments

The Calm Before the Marathon Training Storm

Starting July 9, I will be training my heart out for the Marine Corps Marathon. I have an aggressive time goal (4 hours or bust), and it’s going to take a lot both mentally and physically out of me for the next four months, although it will be so worth it. I ran three halfs […]

June 25th 2012 Posted under Fitness by Theodora Blanchfield. 27 Comments

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Hi! I'm Theodora. I started this blog to talk about weight loss, but now I talk about mental health, grief, fitness and how diet culture is BS. I'm real fun at parties.


Recent Posts

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Favorite Posts

Chicago Marathon 2010!
NYC Marathon 2011!
Marine Corps Marathon!
It's Okay to Ask for Help.
My Running Story
How I Started to Love Yoga

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