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Preparing for the Charleston Half Marathon
The Charleston Half Marathon is the race I’ve been pointing toward since I started building a serious training base. It’s a flat, fast course on a November morning, and it represents something specific for me: the first time I’ll race a distance I’ve actually prepared for properly, rather than just showing up and surviving. Preparation…
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Building a Running Routine Around a Full-Time Job
The most common reason people give for not running consistently is time. I have a full-time job in Charlotte, a life outside of work, and a training plan that calls for four runs per week plus two strength sessions. Making that happen requires structure — not motivation, not inspiration, just a repeatable system. The system…
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How I Approach Fueling on Long Runs
Fueling is one of those things that sounds straightforward until you’re eight miles into a long run and suddenly very aware of how wrong you got it. I’ve bonked. I’ve had stomach cramps from eating too much too fast. I’ve finished runs dizzy from dehydration. Most of what I know about fueling came from making…
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Why Strength Training Made Me a Better Runner
For the first year of running seriously, I treated strength training as optional — something to do when I had extra time, which meant almost never. My reasoning was straightforward: I was training to run, so I should spend my training time running. It made sense until I started getting injured. After a nagging IT…
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What Running in Charlotte Heat Taught Me About Pacing
Charlotte summers are not forgiving. By June, you’re running in temperatures that hover around 90°F by mid-morning, with humidity that makes every mile feel like two. I came into my first full summer of training thinking I’d push through it. What I learned instead changed how I approach effort — not just in heat, but…
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How I Built My First Half Marathon Training Plan
Training for a half marathon is one of those goals that sounds manageable until you actually sit down and try to structure it. I knew I wanted to run the Charleston Half Marathon, but I had no idea how to build a plan that would get me to the start line healthy and ready to…