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Embrace Outside with Molly Hurford
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Welcome to this week's digest of all the good happenings at TheOutdoorEdit.com, where I'm writing (and podcasting) about all things fitness, nutrition, wellness, travel and adventure-related. If there's something you'd love to hear more about, or a piece that really stood out to you, I'd love to hear about it, so get in touch! Email me by responding to this, or hit me up on Twitter and Instagram @mollyjhurford.
Get reading, and then get outside!
XO,
Molly
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How to Start Mountain Biking
Mountain bike season is almost here! (And if we would stop getting snow in Ontario, I’d already be out on the trails. Sigh…) If you’re new to the mountain biking scene, or are curious about getting offroad, I have an article over on Outside ...
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How to Swim FASTER with Sheila Taormina on The Consummate Athlete Podcast
Swimming has always come pretty naturally to me—I’m not the speediest, but I can stay steady for a looooong time. I’m admittedly nervous about open-water swims (not for drowning concerns, more zombie-related nerves because I’m a weirdo) but the pool is just meditative for me. ...
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Going Low Carb—When You Have To Try It and Want to Train, How to Get Through
A friend of mine messaged me earlier this week with a conundrum: She’s an avid runner (not currently a competitive or long-distance one, just one who likes her daily workout), and her doctor wanted her to try a low-carb diet in order to test ...
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5 Easy Nutrition Tips from Vegan Runners
Man, I wish I’d had these vegan runners in my life a decade ago! OK, so over at MapMyRun, I was asked to do a post about how vegan runners fuel during, before and after their runs—and I had the best time getting to ...
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The Athlete’s Healthy Office Set-Up for At Home or At Work
Now that we’re actually living in our condo more frequently (as frequently as I’ll ever live in one spot, anyway) and I finally have it somewhat organized the way I want it, I wanted to do a post about how we’ve set up our ...
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Habits of Highly Effective Athletes: Practice Sport-Specific Technique & Skills
Welcome to another week of the Habits of Highly Effective Athletes series—this week’s might seem, at first, like a reprise of last week’s discussion of cross-training, but practicing technique and skills is a totally different type of training that I will bet you’re not doing ...
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