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Welcome to this month'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:
Some New Year’s Resolutions Goal-Setting, Advice and Mistakes for Athletes Heading into 2019
Obviously, I am New Year’s Resolution-obsessed. That comes from my excessive joy from list-making, a love affair with self-improvement books that dates back to being 7 years old, and the intense desire to always have a new project/plan/goal on the horizon. I already talked ...
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The One Thing: Athletic Bookworm Review + Highlights
This month’s Athletic Bookworms was similar to November’s choice, The Motivation Manifesto: Not 100% athlete oriented, but a lot of lessons that we can take from it with our training (and, of course, in our everyday lives). This one was The ONE Thing: The ...
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Diet Resolutions You Should Skip This New Year’s
Over the years, I’ve made a lot of terrible food-based resolutions. I’ve made the ‘I’ll lose 5 pounds’ one probably 15 times, and done it exactly zero. I’ve done Dry January, which led to binging on chocolate because ‘I’m not drinking so I have ...
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My 2019 One-Word Resolution: BRAVE
In the same vein as the One Thing book that the Athletic Bookworms read in December, my one-word resolution has been one that I’ve been thinking about since we were in Costa Rica a few weeks ago. Specifically, I thought about it as we ...
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What Exactly Is the FTP Test, and Can It Really Improve Your Performance?
Over on Bicycling, I wrote about WTF FTP actually means… and why it’s important as a cyclist. Basically, the Functional Threshold Power test is a 20-minute sustainable effort, but there’s a lot more to it than that, from how to do the test right ...
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Planning a Vacation in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica on a Budget (Sort Of)
Our recent trip to Costa Rica, to a small beach town called Santa Teresa, was absolutely awesome. Would 110% do again, and we honestly might next year. Because we had such a great time, though, I had the idea to write this piece about ...
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The REI Clearance Gear I’m Putting in My Cart (for 50% Off!) Today
REI is having a huge Boxing Day sale with 50% off a lot of awesome stuff, and I’ll be honest, I did some shopping today. I won’t belabor this point because I know everyone is busy today, so real quick, here’s what went into ...
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How to: Boost Your Cold Weather Running Motivation
I know, it’s freaking cold outside where most of you are. When you can’t get away from the cold, that means sinking in and accepting that it’s the treadmill or the great outdoors… and I know which one I will pick every. single. time. ...
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Urban Running, Community & Therapy with Jessie Zapo on The Consummate Athlete Podcast
You know what you get on a call with someone you’ve never met and you’re not sure how it’s going to go… and then you immediately feel like you’re just chatting with a new best friend? That’s basically how I felt when I interviewed ...
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How Elite Runners Stay Healthy Over the Holidays (It’s Simple, Promise.)
You all know how much I love a) healthy holidays and b) New Year’s Resolutions stories. So naturally, when MapMyRun asked me to write about how elite runners manage to stay on track during the holidays, my heart sang. It’s always been a huge ...
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