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Participation Ribbons, Upgraded
Each season, the final email I would send to my Life Time runners with their training logs would be the one below. It's funny to look...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Oct 9, 20165 min read
#OlympicProblems and upcoming events
NOTE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We meet at BOULDER RUN COMPANY DTC at 6pm. IF YOU ARE LATE, YOU ARE LEFT. DON'T SUCK. RSVP here:...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Aug 7, 20162 min read
Pat Head Summitt
On Thursday night got a call from a friend in Knoxville telling me that my childhood idol had entered hospice care. Yesterday she...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Jun 29, 20162 min read
Sleep is Food, Don't Starve.
Sleep is Food. It is Also Part of Training.
Mary-Katherine Fleming
May 12, 20165 min read
General Marathon Racing Guidelines
Coach MK's Recommended Approach to Marathon Racing
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 20, 20164 min read
Standards of Performance (The Boston Marathon Post)
Bumping this to the top. You can find the history of BQ standards here: http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/participant-informatio...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 17, 20163 min read
"Is it Worth it?" Boston Marathon Straight Talk.
I had three different iterations of the conversation I outlined in this post yesterday. In each, the person said something that provokes...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 12, 20164 min read
#CoachThinks: Recovery
What Does That Recovery Figure Tell You?
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 12, 20165 min read
Print this: I BELIEVE IN YOU.
You aren't paying my mortgage. You aren't paying me enough to tell you what you want to hear. SO TRUST THAT I MEAN THIS: I BELIEVE IN YOU.
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 12, 20161 min read
Week 2: 800s. T-26
https://flow.polar.com/training/analysis/514517183 Workout: 6x800m with 3 minute rest This week, I had the correct display on my watch....
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 11, 20164 min read
Introducing: Big Momma
My great-grandmother was larger than life. That isn't a euphamism, we called her Big Momma because she was gigantic and hard to move....
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 11, 20162 min read
Brainy Muscles and Feeling Paces
https://flow.polar.com/training/analysis/507870125 Ask any current or former professional running coach what the trick to developing...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 8, 20162 min read
Brainy Muscles and Early Morning Runs
https://flow.polar.com/training/analysis/507870125 Ask any current or former professional running coach what the trick to developing...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 8, 20162 min read
Motherf*ucking Burpees up a Motherf*ucking HILL!
This is for everyone who came out tonight! WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you wanna do a "recovery" run in Wash...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 6, 20161 min read
"Furthermore, women are not physiologically able."
You have NO IDEA what you are capable of. Neither does anyone else.
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 6, 20162 min read
How to Blow a Tempo Run (and Recover)
https://flow.polar.com/training/analysis/500605205 I was SO excited on Sunday night. SO. EXCITED. I haven't done proper tempo work in...
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Apr 5, 20163 min read
Sacrifice vs Inconvenience
Talent Doubles Your Workload; It Doesn't Reduce It.
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Mar 27, 20165 min read
Racing by Effort
Coach MK Breaks Down Effort Levels and how Training is Different from Racing.
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Mar 25, 20162 min read
Taking Control of Your Run
Coach MK introduces the concept of Flow and helps her runners achieve it.
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Mar 21, 20164 min read
Race Day, Reading Tea Leaves
Coach MK discusses expectations during a rough training cycle.
Mary-Katherine Fleming
Mar 12, 20163 min read
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