Run Revolution

***ATTN NAOMI OSBORN*** You are the winner of the Yaktrax Run Giveaway. You have until TOMORROW to contact me to claim your amazing prize! If I don’t hear from you, I am going to have to select a new winner.  I have good news pertaining to my hamstring injury: I have had FOUR pain-free runs [...]

You’re tired. You’re working late. You slept horribly. You just don’t want to. Now that summer is over, and the days are lazier, it is much easier to talk ourselves out of running, myself included. How do I find motivation to get out and sweat every day even when I would rather stay in and [...]

And…I’ve crossed another one off my marathon bucket list: San Francisco Nike Women’s (half) Marathon. I would say the race was a success, but we’ll save the personal details for after the race details. The expotique (a womens fancy word for expo): We flew into San Francisco Saturday morning, which left us until 6PM to [...]

Training for a marathon is a job in itself! What happens when you add a full time job, eating, personal appointments, a certain venture named Run Revolution, maid of honor duties for sister’s upcoming wedding, self care, and sleep to the mix? A day that is booked down to the minute, which makes it almost [...]

It’s official. I just got off the phone with Rock and Roll Seattle headquarters and have changed my half marathon entry to a full marathon. My body, only three weeks since it ran Boston, is not fully recovered, and I have mixed feelings about this. Do I know what I am doing? Not really, but [...]

It’s been less than two weeks since I ran the Boston Marathon, and I am officially back in training. Here’s how recovery has been: Monday, April 16-Ran the marathon, finished, took a bath, drank champagne, ate, drank some more champagne, passed out Tuesday-SORE quads (lots of downhill in marathon), sore big toenail on right foot, [...]

One week to go until THE marathon (do I even need to say which one anymore). I am totally tapering. All of my long runs are done. I feel rested. I have no weird pains (just normal marathon training wear and tear). I feel really good for someone who has been training since September. My [...]

I just had my two year anniversary of practicing Bikram Yoga. I was sent a reminder email, and upon reading that email, I was reminded of how far I have come over the past two years. The training programs here may seem daunting at first, especially if you’ve been sedentary: 12 weeks (plus 5 weeks [...]

Today marks the beginning of week 9 of marathon training. Time to kick it up a degree. When I ran the Rock and Roll San Diego marathon last June, I quit drinking the last three months of my training. I am doing the same thing again. Starting today, I will be a non-drinker until after [...]

Just like embarking on any new adventure, I had some apprehension about starting Run Revolution. The apprehension isn’t due to lack of passion or lack of love for what I do: write and run. It’s my perfectionist nature, and a desire for everything to be in order, and perfect for you, the reader. There are so [...]

Hello, my name is JulieG, and I am the creator of Run Revolution. Welcome! As recently as the end of 2009, this was my life: Unemployed My exercise consisted of walking my dog Addicted to Nicorette gum (after quitting smoking a year prior) Regularly drank a bottle of wine/night Addicted to Ambien Partied more than [...]

By incorporating yoga into my training, I have completely changed the way I look at running. I have learned how to take care of my body by rewarding it for letting me run so many miles. I follow a holistic approach, and do not advocate a quick fix. My philosophy is, “sweat every day.” Running [...]