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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
Excerpts:
Extreme Fear—and Stoke—About Going Off the Grid for a Day or Two
Guys. I’m about to head off on what will be roughly 60 hours offline on a backpacking trip. I’m freaking out a little. And at the same time, I am so incredibly excited. The last time I was offline for a day was a ...
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Race Day Nerves, Prep and Timing on the Consummate Athlete Podcast
Last week’s Consummate Athlete Podcast episode was a tough one for me to record—because we were talking all about race day jitters and prep as I was getting ready for my first road race in over seven years! I headed to Killington, Vermont, for ...
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Running at Night: What You Need to Know
Confession: I am not really a night runner. In fact, I’ve realized this about myself recently when we were asked to go on an 8PM run. Of course, I’ll also argue that I’m not a 5AM runner, despite my best intentions. I’m more of ...
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Yoga Teacher Training = Done! What I Learned About Me, About Teaching & What’s Next
This weekend, I finished my 200 hour yoga teacher training at YogaSpace in Toronto. It’s been a long couple of months, and a ton of work between full weekends in the training plus all the homework, reading and classes. And it’s been awesome. It ...
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Let’s Talk All About Sleep Hygiene!
Let’s talk about sleep… and making it a lot better. This has been a big one for me over the years, as we’ve worked on dialing in our sleep hygiene and making the best of every sleep situation, whether we’re crammed in the van, ...
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Sport Nutrition, Altitude, Heat Training and Women-Specific Adaptations with Stacy Sims on the Consummate Athlete Podcast
You guys know how much I admire nutrition and fitness expert Stacy Sims. She’s been CRUSHING it in research around women-in-sport-specific issues, from hydration to hormone health and everything in between. Her recent book ROAR was one of the most comprehensive guides to being ...
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How To Work Out With Your Partner (Without Resorting to Curse Words.)
Peter and I are obviously a pretty active couple… But guess how often we train together? During Ironman training last summer, we maxed at 4 times a week, but most of those were in the pool doing our own workouts just at the same ...
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Everything to Know About Bike Shorts (But You Were Too Afraid to Ask)
I re-realized recently that there are still plenty of new and even some veteran cyclists who just don’t get bike shorts. Maybe you started in triathlon where you don’t wear a full chamois to race (or know WTF a chamois is). That was me. ...
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Over-Training and the Realities Surrounding Adrenal Fatigue with John Badessa on The Consummate Athlete Podcast
If you didn’t catch this week’s Consummate Athlete Podcast episode, go back and give it a listen if you’re an athlete who’s ever wondered if he or she is slipping into overtraining. AHEM. I really enjoyed this talk with John because it showcased one ...
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The Weird Stressor That Is…. Great Weather
OK, things are going to get a little deep here. But hey, I haven’t posted in a few days, and I’m feeling chatty. Here in Collingwood, Ontario, the birds are chirping (ugh, at 5:30AM), the sun is shining and the snow has finally all ...
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