Fall Racing Season, Strength, & Trail Running

Running Life: A Fitness Protection Production

Coach MK livestreams question and answer sessions each week on the Fitness Protection Program Facebook Page, and The Fitness Protection Program YouTube Channel simultaneously. Join us! They are a lot of fun, super informative, and anyone may ask follow-up questions during the live broadcast!

This week, Coach MK talks about the fall race season, strength, and trail running.

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• Char Gore says “October is my month! I just finished nearly one year of cancer treatment. Chemo, radiation, and surgery are all behind me now. The last few weeks of treatment were horrible. I was weak and sick. But I am 2 weeks out from that and stronger every day. I hope to slowly start strength and walking and then running. I think of October as my new birth month!”

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• JJ Jensen participated in the virtual London Marathon

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• Alicia Budd has been cleared by her doctor to run again!

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• Trisha Thorme’s broken toe has finally healed and she is ready to run again

• Sara Seeburg signed up for a challenge to run 87 miles by Election Day in honor of RBG.

• Corina Hall Terry has finally reached the point where running for 2 hours does not wipe her out.

• Emily Sorenson did her first-ever virtual trail race. She also realized she has been the most consistent with her running that she ever been when not training for something specific.

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• Maybe I missed this somewhere, but why the mixture of 150 BPM and 140 BPM heart rate caps in ReBuild? e.g., Avocado Toast is