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	<title>Run, Karla, Run! &#187; Essays</title>
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		<title>Why do you run? Why do any of us run?</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/07/26/why-do-you-run-why-do-any-of-us-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best of]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[camaraderie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how many Americans run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I love running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metabolism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reasons to run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Run Karla Run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[runner's high]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running goals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are as many reasons to run as there are runners. Karla Bruning shares her top 10 reasons for running. What are yours?]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Lost Motivation: A Runner&#8217;s Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/06/23/finding-lost-motivation-a-runners-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/06/23/finding-lost-motivation-a-runners-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask The Running Nerd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[losing your phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[losing your wallet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivating to run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finding the motivation to run isn't always easy, especially when it's run off without you.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Over A Bad Run</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/05/05/getting-over-a-bad-run/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/05/05/getting-over-a-bad-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting over bad run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training in heat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bad runs happen to good runners. But they don’t have to get you down. Another great run is just around the corner.]]></description>
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		<title>Central Park: A Runner&#8217;s Love Affair</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/04/15/central-park-a-runners-love-affair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/04/15/central-park-a-runners-love-affair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favorite runs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has a favorite place to run. For Karla Bruning, it doesn’t get better than NYC’s Central Park. What’s your favorite?]]></description>
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		<title>Running With the Fast Crowd</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/04/01/running-with-the-fast-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/04/01/running-with-the-fast-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running buddy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running teams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running with fast runners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[track workout]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Training with other runners, especially fast ones, provides camaraderie and much needed encouragement, but also motivation to work harder than you might otherwise.]]></description>
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		<title>On Vacation, Forget Sightseeing—Try Sightrunning</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/01/26/on-vacation-forget-sightseeing%e2%80%94try-sightrunning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/01/26/on-vacation-forget-sightseeing%e2%80%94try-sightrunning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Run Karla Run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running out-of-town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vacation running]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My feet splashed unfettered as my breath heaved in rhythm to the sound of the rolling surf. Children played cricket using boogie boards in place of wickets buried in the sand. A dog trailed its owner, tail wagging. A few swimmers splashed and screamed.
And I ran. No iPod, no shoes, no watch. Just me and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Running Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/01/22/new-years-running-resolutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2010/01/22/new-years-running-resolutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year Resolutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Run Karla Run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running resolutions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a New Year. Time to make some resolutions. So why not make running resolutions too? ]]></description>
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		<title>Girls on the Run</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2009/12/18/girls-on-the-run/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2009/12/18/girls-on-the-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Girls on the Run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Running Buddies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a part of the running community is important. Encouraging the next generation of runners is priceless.]]></description>
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		<title>Keflezighi&#8217;s Win: An American Marathon Renaissance?</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2009/11/15/keflezighi%e2%80%99s-win%3a-an-american-marathon-renaissance%3f-%7c-washington-times-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2009/11/15/keflezighi%e2%80%99s-win%3a-an-american-marathon-renaissance%3f-%7c-washington-times-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American marathoner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kara Goucher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meb Keflezighi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NYC Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Hall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=78</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Will Meb Keflezighi’s win at the New York City Marathon usher in a renaissance of great American marathoners?]]></description>
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		<title>The Chicago Marathon: A Run Down Memory Lane</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2009/10/19/the-chicago-marathon-a-run-down-memory-lane/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2009/10/19/the-chicago-marathon-a-run-down-memory-lane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karla Bruning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memory lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Run Karla Run]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.runkarlarun.com/?p=12</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was dark. It was brisk. It was electric. I shivered in the  29-degree air, my teeth chattering as the sun rose over Chicago’s Grant  Park. This was it. My stomach rolled over, nervous and uncertain. I  stood in the starting corral, packed in with nearly 35,000 other runners  huddling like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chicago Marathon: Homecoming</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2009/10/18/hello-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2009/10/18/hello-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karla Bruning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Run Karla Run]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago, I’m coming home. On October 11th, I’m running the Bank of  America Chicago Marathon. It’s my third marathon, but it might be my most significant. October  11th will mark the 6th anniversary of my father’s death.
I was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. My family lives in the  city proper [...]]]></description>
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