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Sprints Are Great, I Swear!

June 22nd, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (7 Comments)

I try to be a model parent. I eat my vegetables.  I brush my teeth.  I make a genuine effort to not swear in front of my children – or so I liked to believe. As it turns out, Maxine and I had a very revealing conversation at bedtime the other night while discussing homonyms. … Read more →

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Don’t Dread the Tread

February 12th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (10 Comments)

If wearing your Vibrams on the treadmill at the gym doesn’t get you any looks, taking a picture of yourself wearing your Vibrams on the treadmill at gym should totally take care of that. I actually don’t know if anyone gave me the stink eye on this particular day while donning my favorite pink toe … Read more →

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Barefoot Running Meets Mainstream Media: Baby, I Like It

November 24th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Short or Sweet - (3 Comments)

I ran out to get a couple of last-minute Thanksgiving groceries last night because it meant: 1.) I was able beat the day-before-Thanksgiving grocery store madness today 2.) I could leave the children at home, which is always reason to celebrate – pre-holiday shopping or not When I go to the grocery store without children … Read more →

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So Happy Together

July 10th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Morning Craziness - (15 Comments)

Barely 24 hours after publishing my review on Born to Run and remarking on the theory that the more expensive your running shoe, the more likely you are to incur an injury – a theory I think is right on the money no less – I ran out and spent $80 on running “shoes”. Vibram … Read more →

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Born to Read This Book

July 8th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Good Reads - (8 Comments)

This week I finished reading a book that has earned itself the well-deserved honor as my new favorite: Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Born to Run is one of those books that has left me feeling sad that it’s over. It’s also one of those books that is going to prevent me from picking … Read more →

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Pushing Up Pansies

June 29th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Morning Craziness - (10 Comments)

Well, it’s that time of year. The time when I start hemming and hawing about what I’m going to train for this summer: the half marathon or the full marathon. Last year I considered running the full marathon again but then bailed mid summer. I instead opted for the half with the excuse that I’d … Read more →

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Foot Notes

June 17th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (11 Comments)

At the end of last year I saw this hippie barefoot runner dude in the November issue of Runner’s World in their “What it Takes…” column. Zak and I had a conversation then about the fact that you don’t see a whole lot of barefoot running articles or barefoot runners in running magazines. Of course … Read more →

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Barefoot Adventures

June 10th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (6 Comments)

I’m not a professional barefoot runner (simply because no one has offered to pay me. yet.) but I got to thinking that I am sort of experienced at this barefoot running business. I ran barefoot on the beach in Florida once for about a mile. And I regularly run the recycling out to the curb … Read more →

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All the Right Moves

June 5th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Motivation - (13 Comments)

Once upon a time in 2004, a small creature was cut out of my uterus.  Said creature then proceeded to wreak havoc on our lives in a variety of ways.  Exactly two years, six months and one week later another creature was sliced and diced out of me, eagerly adding to the chaos that we … Read more →

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