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RUNNING LIFE

MK Fleming is a run coach who understands we are never really talking about running. Here in the blog, she talks about where diet culture and running intersect and the pressures we face as parents, professionals, runners, and overachievers as we run through life, together.

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Writer: coachmk
coachmk
Jun 29, 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...

 
 
 
Writer: coachmk
coachmk
Apr 12, 20161 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.

 
 
 
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coachmk
Apr 11, 20164 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....

 
 
 
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coachmk
Apr 11, 20162 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....

 
 
 
Writer: coachmk
coachmk
Apr 8, 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...

 
 
 
Writer: coachmk
coachmk
Apr 8, 20162 min read

Do Muscles Have Memory?

When my first pregnancy became obvious, a Nike teammate congratulated me and told me not to worry about 'bouncing back' since muscles...

 
 
 
Writer: coachmk
coachmk
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...

 
 
 
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coachmk
Apr 5, 20163 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...

 
 
 
Writer: coachmk
coachmk
Mar 30, 20162 min read

Fast-Recovery Workouts

This is the workout I had intended the Life Time Colfax Marathon Training group to try tonight; I am not suggesting you do this just read...

 
 
 
Writer: coachmk
coachmk
Mar 25, 20162 min read

Racing by Effort

Coach MK Breaks Down Effort Levels and how Training is Different from Racing.

 
 
 
Writer: coachmk
coachmk
Mar 21, 20164 min read

Taking Control of Your Run

Coach MK introduces the concept of Flow and helps her runners achieve it.

 
 
 
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