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Runner’s Strip: Petition for Runners’ Rights

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There are just some things I think us runners are entitled to. Runner elitism at its finest perhaps? Regardless, I stick by our demands. Runners, take a STAND. Circulate this petition and get as many signatures we you can. Untied we CAN make a difference. —— More Runner’s Strip Cartoons! I also did a guest post at The Cookie ChRUNicles…go check it out! 🙂 —— 1) What’s another demand you’d like to add to the list? 2) Give me the det’s on YOUR priority treadmill or particular exercise equipment at the gym? The one you’re always scoping out and want to kick anyone off of if they DARE use it. 😉

Comics for Runners- Runner’s Strip: Exciting New Running Products!

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In case you’ve missed the commercials, these are just a few of some awesome running products to be released soon! (Click to enlarge image) Just some running humor for today…feel free to get caught up on previous Runner’s Strip cartoons HERE and HERE! 1) Got any hot leads for new items for runners we should all be excited for? 2) Do you have your own running invention that you think we’d all enjoy? 3) What’s a running related product that you’re currently loving?

A Comic For Runners – Runner’s Strip: Meet Your Brain

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Sunday is comic time!! All about the Runner’s Strip today… (Click image to enlarge) In case you missed our last comic, revisit Runner’s Strip: Twitter Addict. Hope you’re having a great weekend! 1) What’s the last geeky running thought to pulse through your brain? 2) How did you spend your Sunday? 3) Corny joke time…if you have one, spill it! 😉 Why did the elephant bring toilet paper to the party? …Well, he was a party pooper of course! I like this one better: Why did the runner shove some toilet paper in their sock? 😉

A Comic for Runners – Runner’s Strip: Twitter Addict

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This one goes out to all you social media update-a-holics. 😉 In case you missed our first Runner’s Strip Comic and other fun cartoons, catch up HERE! 1) Do you use Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, DailyMile or any other types of social media sites? Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest…do feel free to follow me. 😉 2) Which sites do you use the most and how often do you update? Facebook…such a time sucker! But I’m not one who updates every hour and goes crazy. 3) Do you find it hard to fall asleep the night before a big race or workout? Nerves and excitement have a way of doing that to everyone, and I once heard that it’s the night before the night prior to your big race that really matters how much sleep you get…if you can make sense of that. Pretty much count on being a little antsy pre-race night so be extra diligent in the snooze department two nights out. 😉

A Quick Comic for Runners- Runner’s Strip: Marathon Dad

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Happy Sunday to all! What does Sunday mean? Well, if you answered chocolate chip pancakes and comics then at least I can deliver on one. I’m introducing my own quick little comic strip, Runner’s Strip, here for you guys that I hope you enjoy. (Click Image for closer view) If you’d like to check out a few other running related cartoons of posts past, feel free to revisit our Running Super Heros: The Kankled Avenger, The Cranky Hamstring, PreMONTaine, and Texas Girl, and Happy runnings peeps, and here’s to devouring all the food in the house! 🙂 1) Do you often find you’ve got a belly that’s a beast and refuses to be satisfied? After which kinds of workouts do you tend to feel the hungriest after? My stomach usually works on a bit of a lag time, right after hard workouts I’m not hungry but then later in the day it kicks in. 2) What’s your favorite pick for refuel? Depends…I make sure to get in my ‘healified’ quota and then allow the treats to follow. 🙂 3) Food braggage…let’s hear it folks…tales of tables past. Your Runner vs. Food accomplishment so to speak. I’m not entirely ashamed to admit I have eaten whole pizzas, a couple boxes of Pop-Tarts, and an Entemann’s coffee cake on various occasions…not all at once, different times. Not that I recommend it as nutritionally sound…

5 Ways Runners Can Use Trail Running to Get Faster

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Trail running makes you strong. It can also make you faster. “But wait,” you think, “I look down at my watch Garmin afterwards and the times are slower!” Ahhh…it all comes back to effort, My Dears, effort. Hills take a LOAD more effort running up than running on the flats. #lessonfromcommonsense Haha. Force those legs of yours to put in the extra effort needed to get up those inclines thought and you’ll build power. Now a lesson in running mathematics: Power = Strength = Speed Blast up those hills and the second you take it to the track or flats, you’ll be thinking how much ‘easier’ it feels. This summer, take it to the trails (the right way) and you’ll come out stronger, faster, and ready to kick butt. It’s not just about ‘base building’ it’s about ‘power building’. 5 Ways to Do Your Power Building Trail Running RIGHT 1) Get Efficient: You’re not doing hills right if you’re hunched over like Quasimodo. Hills make it even more important you hold proper form. Check out my post on form HERE and when taking it to the hills remember: * Stand Up TALL: Keep that torso straight! * Don’t Lean: Don’t lean too far into the hill, keep your center of gravity above your hips; your hips will naturally be SLIGHTLY leaning into the hill, but you should think in your mind about standing up straight because quite honestly you’ll probably ‘feel’ like you’re leaning WAY back behind you but in reality are where you need to be. Focus on staying upright. * Shorten Stride: Keep the same effort running up the hill but shorten your stride. Focus on the faster turn-over and power up that hill! 2) Eyes Ahead: Keep your eyes focused on the top of the hill, you Continue Reading →

Runner’s Strip: Running Insurance

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I think I’m in love with my new penguin. First he schools us on ice cream, now he speaks to another runner’s truth. What nugget of wisdom with Mr. Penguin be dropping on us next time? ——- More running CARTOONS AND LAUGHS Posts on GI Issues for Runners HERE and HERE ——- 1) What nugget of truth do you think our penguin will be quipping about next time?

Runner’s Strip: Jeans shopping

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For every runner athlete who’s gone shopping for jeans and wound up wanting to punch someone in the face. I can’t take sole credit for this one. The AWESOME quip that gave me the inspiration for this cartoon came from Sally Bergesen, founder of Oiselle, a kickbutt running apparel company. Yesterday a few of us were tweeting on the frustrations of trying to find jeans that FIT when you’re an athlete, muscle-clad, kickbutt female. Usually you wind up with some problems: * The jeans WOULD fit in the waist but you can’t get them above your quads. Literally.can’t.raise.them. * Go up to a size that doesn’t cause your quads to hulk-out but the waist is super saggy. We have six packs, not kegs. * There’s also an issue with the cut of the butt. I’m not sure if it’s just me, but for whatever reason any size that fits my legs causes this funky pooch in the back; I think it’s because the waist/butt/quad ratio is off and you wind up with extra denim at the waist, so when you sit it’s like a sideways tepee. I’ve not worn jeans for years…now, to be totally fair I work from home and literally live in running clothes. Like, live in them. #SweatsandtheCity AAAAND, I will also argue that running clothes can be quite fashionable, I mean just take a gander at my awesome shirts: and we ALL love Oiselle who are keeping us clothed from our rundies out to our hoodies. But that’s not the point. Runnerchicks DESERVER to be able to go to the store and find a pair of jeans that fit without winding up a mess of frustration and wanting to punch someone in the face. Wise up, World. We are runners, we are women, we are STRONG…we Continue Reading →

Runner’s Strip Cartoon Movie Shorts: Hill Repeats

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Because we’ve ALL had those prickly bush fantasies in the middle of a workout or race. “I’ll bet hucking myself into that tangle of nettles will be a LOT less painful than what I’m doing now.” It may not always be a prickly bush, but the mind certainly has a crazy way of looking for any excuse to get you to stop running. Fighting those ‘excuses’ and telling yourself to IGNORE that whiney voice inside your head is something ALL runners deal with. Constantly. We know that complainer, that voice telling us that we can’t, will always be there. We start every race and workout aware that the time will come when the pain sets in, but we ALSO tell ourselves that we CAN push much further past what that whiney, compliany, snot-nosed little voice tells us. Run mentally tough…abstain from hucking yourself into that prickly bush. Well, at least until you’ve gotten through all the repeats, then, well, do what you will. 😉 ——— Be a GAMER: How to be confident going into workouts and races Master Your Nerves: How to use pre-race nerves to your advantage More posts on mental toughness HERE More Runner’s Strip Cartoon Movie Shorts HERE ———- 1) What was your last ‘prickly bush fantasy’? A bush. 2) What are some other funny thoughts/fantasies you’ve had during workouts or races? 3) What has become the best way for you to stay mentally tough during workouts and races? What’s your most-used tool?

Runner’s Strip Cartoon Movie Shorts: “Cold Weather Running”

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I love running, but what I DON’T love is running in the cold. Truthfully, I don’t harbor ANY fantasies for a white Christmas (or any day for that matter) for the sheer fact that running outside in the snow, in the cold, in the windy, etc. is not cool. Winter is pretty in a snow globe when when you’re a runner actually out there in that flurry…it aint pretty. When winter comes around, I layer up, and then do all I can to manage the nose situation… I present my latest Runner’s Strip Cartoon Movie Short: “Cold Weather Running” I hope you’re packing tissues or hands are as fleet as your runner feet! 😉 ——– Winter Weather Running tips HERE! More Runner’s Strip Cartoons HERE! ——– 1) Would you rather run in the cold or the heat? 2) How do you stay warm and safe during winter? 3) Do you enjoy your white winters if you live in a state that typically gets them?