Jill Will Run

If you came to read this thinking that “Strip Running” equates to “Strip Poker” or something like that… no, things are still fairly family-friendly. At least, on this blog. The run this morning, probably wasn’t so much. This morning the mentors, coaches and some of the Team Challenge alumni gathered on the “Brooklyn Bridge” at [...]

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I have come to realize that I kind of like carrying stuff on my arm while I run. I bought a small pouch to hold my iPhone on my upper arm and found that it worked really well for me. However, the pouch was kind of flimsy and I was concerned after a long run [...]

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I’ve asked the owner of my local Fleet Feet store if he could get me a pair of Vibram Five Fingers. He has contacted them about getting in touch with a rep to start selling the shoes, but so far they have not been very responsive. I guess that’s understandable… the shoes are HOT right [...]

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This past weekend my husband and I took a spur-of-the-moment trip to Mammoth Lakes, CA. We literally got online on Wednesday, booked a condo and checked in the very next day. It was glorious to spend a few days away, truly relaxing. We got to hike to beautiful places like this:

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What Exercise Science Doesn’t Know About Women For some reason I am always surprised when I read about studies where conventional wisdom is disproved after doing studies on women. Not that I’m surprised that women yield different results from men, just that there are still scientists who do so many studies purely on men and [...]

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We met as a team outside the hotel’s lobby at 5 AM. There was a lot of banana munching going on, as well as people trying to figure out how these timing chips worked! I helped a couple people attach their chips. This gal was the recipient of a little teasing while I attached her [...]

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