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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
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Why You Should Sweat the Small Stuff: Small Tweaks Benefit New Runners More Than Elites
I really love a good makeover montage: You know, where in 3 minutes, a person is transformed? But of course, I also know that that is not a thing that happens in the real world. The more I talk to pro athletes at the ...
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Cyclocross 101, Warmups, Skills and Getting over a Crash on The Consummate Athlete Podcast
As you all know, I am cyclocross obsessed. I raced it, I wrote the book on it, I managed one of the top teams in the world, I’ve coached it, I LOVE it. So naturally, we talked about it on last week’s Consummate Athlete ...
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Your Cyclocross Capsule Wardrobe: What You Need to Race
It is CYCLOCROSS SEASON, which means all everyone is talking about is what they’re going to wear (and ride) on race day. It’s a topic very near and dear to my heart because I am a total weenie in cold and wet conditions, which ...
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Running With a Chronic Illness—Do-Able, But Here’s the Deal
Over on MapMyRun, I got to talk about a topic incredibly near and dear to my heart—running while dealing with a chronic illness. I’ve been relatively lucky with my health: I don’t have a major chronic illness by any means, but I do have ...
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Thinking About Mental Toughness and Resilience When Coming to Terms with Failing
It’s really easy to think about having mental toughness and being resilient when everything is going well. But what I learned last week after failing in my FKT attempt of the La Cloche trail due to a severe error in navigation is that being ...
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Sonya Looney’s Plant-Based Nutrition Tips for Athletes
As you all know, endurance mountain biker Sonya Looney is one of my favorite amazing humans—I love her badass attitude towards tackling some of the world’s hardest MTB stage races, her entrepreneurial drive, her rad podcast, The Sonya Looney Show (where she’s had me ...
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Coaching, Altitude and Power:Weight with Dean Golich on The Consummate Athlete Podcast
Today is a ‘best of the podcast’ episode with badass coach Dean Golich, who’s worked with Olympians like Katerina Nash and MANY others. We are re-posting this oldie-but-goodie (with some audio enhancements and no ads) because honestly, Dean is one of the smartest coaches ...
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Why Carbs Are Good… And How to Use Them to Your Athletic Advantage
Hi, I’m here to give my weekly PSA on why carbohydrates are very important for athletes. I’ve said it a billion times on the Consummate Athlete Podcast and wrote about it in Fuel Your Ride, but any diet that suggests that as an athlete, ...
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Not Every Run is a Win—What I Learned from My La Cloche Run… This Time
My big goal for the season—the FKT on the 78-kilometer La Cloche Silhoutte Trail in Killarney Provincial Park—has come and gone, and no, I didn’t get it. In fact, we didn’t actually get around the full loop. So, with that in mind, I wanted ...
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Come Ride Gravel Bikes in Girona, Spain, in March 2020 with Me + SmartAthlete Coaching!
I’m SUPER excited to be going back to one of my favorite places in the world to ride, Girona, Spain—and we want you to come with us! My husband, longtime cycling coach with SmartAthlete, Peter and I have put together a week-long women’s training ...
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