kristin armstrong Archives - Run The Long Road Coaching

10/23/11
14 miles / 2:03 / 8:47 avg pace

If you follow Kristin Armstrong’s blog, Mile Markers, you are familiar with what she calls the Reset Run. The purpose of this run is to clear your head, recharge, and refresh. This is exactly what I needed after last week. It was an ugh, ick, and meh kind of week. I contemplated running a 5K today but my gut was screaming for a Reset Run. Fourteen miles of pavement pounding on a gorgeous Fall morning did the trick. I feel refreshed, things are in perspective, and I’m determined to make this week much better.

In the afternoon I hit up lululemon for some Fall/Winter running necessities. I’m always leery of running tights. My legs are short and muscular and I think they look like stuffed sausages in tights! I tried on every running crop they had and decided on the Priiti Crop. They were by far the most flattering and comfortable. I also got the Run: Swiftly Tech Long Sleeve (love!) and another Cool Racerback tank (I wear these every week; can’t have enough!). All together now…

I used to be Nike obsessed and now I’m slowly converting to lululemon obsessed. I don’t mind spending the money (the R&D discount is sweet) because I spend hours each week in running clothes and I want them to last, look good, and not get funkified after a sweaty run.

Tell me about your weekend run. Long, short, Reset Run, race, or no race…I want to hear it all!

Today is a rest day and I’m soaking up every single minute of it!

If you’re not familiar with who Kristin Armstrong is she’s Lance Armstrong’s ex-wife. She occasionally writes articles for Runner’s World but also has a blog called Mile Markers (for RW). I think I stumbled upon her blog after I read It’s Not About The Bike, the Lance Armstrong book. This book will always have a spot on my top 10 list. He is amazing and I’m a huge fan, in spite of all the allegations going on right now. It’s nice to know that some people really are capable of doing extraordinary things.

OK, back to Kristin. So I read Lance’s book and found her blog on RW. I wasn’t a fan at first. She was mushy and a little too you-go-girl for me. But there was something about her writing that kept bringing me back. She has a great way of stringing words together. That sounds so simplistic but it’s the best way to describe her writing. She’s not too shabby a runner either: 2 BQs and an ultra under her belt. Over time, I became a regular reader and found myself looking forward to her next post.

Her book is a collection of her blog posts, broken out into topics: friendship, endurance, freedom, fear, burdens, etc. If you’re a regular reader of Kristin’s blog, you won’t find any new posts in her book. However, I did enjoy re-reading some of my favorites and actually marked a few so I can read them again later. You also won’t find any advice on training…this is more of a Chicken Soup for Runners type of book.

All in all, I give it 3 stars out of 5.

Guess who got a haircut yesterday?

perfect sunday: 14 miles and lululemon

Book Review: Kristin Armstrong's Mile Markers