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		<title>2012 Running Goals: Can&#8217;t Win the Race? Win the Goal</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2012/01/26/2012-running-goals-cant-win-the-race-win-the-goal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Runners tend to be goal-oriented people. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule, but so many of us have a few dreams hitched to our running shoes. It’s the nature of the sport; when there are hundreds to thousands of us in any given race, the vast majority of us aren’t in it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Recap: Disney&#8217;s Wine &amp; Dine Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/10/17/race-recap-disneys-wine-dine-half-marathon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet 8,268 finishers. 13.1 miles. Three theme parks. And one magical race. This self-proclaimed Disney girl—my dog’s name is Cinderella after all—finally did it. I ran my first runDisney race. Disney’s Wine &#38; Dine Half Marathon on Oct. 1 did not disappoint. It was everything the little girl in me hoped it would be. Leading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running Theater: &#8216;Endure: A Run Woman Show&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/10/06/running-theater-endure-a-run-woman-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Endure: A Run Woman Show" asks, “What if the race of your life is your life?” Then you better wear your running shoes to this immersive theater piece.]]></description>
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		<title>YMCA Fit For All 5K Targets Childhood Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/09/20/ymca-fit-for-all-5k-targets-childhood-obesity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The West Side YMCA is sponsoring the Fit For All 5K on Oct. 1 to fund free obesity prevention programs for kids in New York City.]]></description>
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		<title>Training at Night for Disney&#8217;s Wine &amp; Dine Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/09/02/training-at-night-for-disneys-wine-dine-half-marathon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Training at night for half marathon can be magical, especially when it's a Disney nighttime half marathon, like the Wine &#038; Dine Half Marathon on Oct. 1. ]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Wine &amp; Dine Run Makes My Tumbly Rumbly</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/08/15/disney-wine-dine-run-makes-my-tumbly-rumbly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/08/15/disney-wine-dine-run-makes-my-tumbly-rumbly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Ask Miles of Runner&#8217;s World recently posed an age old question: Is it better to run a lot but eat poorly, or eat healthy and not exercise at all? Dr. Bill Roberts, RW&#8217;s &#8220;Ask the Sports Doc&#8221; blogger, answered: &#8220;I would think that heavy exercise will compensate better for a poor diet than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing Better Is One Thing, Doing Better Is Another</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/08/08/knowing-better-is-one-thing-doing-better-is-another/</link>
		<comments>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/08/08/knowing-better-is-one-thing-doing-better-is-another/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was…well, you get the idea. Such was my own tale of two races. We all have ups and downs when it comes to running. One minute we are trudging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine &amp; Dine Half Marathon Invokes Disney Memories</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/08/01/wine-dine-half-marathon-invokes-disney-memories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I’m a Disney girl; always have been. I wore my Cinderella and Snow White books ragged as a little girl. The first words I remember being able to recognize when reading were “fairy godmother,” and my rubber seven dwarf dolls were among my favorite toys. I saw the movies in the theater as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do we still need women-only races?</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/06/29/do-we-still-need-women-only-races/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proliferation of women-only races has caused some grumbles in the running community. But women, and men, still need single-gender racing. ]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Women At NYRR&#8217;s New York Mini 10K</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/06/10/celebrating-women-at-nyrrs-new-york-mini-10k/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet On June 3, 1972, 78 women entered the world’s first ladies-only road race. On June 9, 2007, I ran the race as my very first 10K, along with 3,521 other women. Only four years later, the race has reached capacity around 5,000 runners—all of them pavement-pounding women. Tomorrow is the 40th running of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mourning Sammy Wanjiru, “The Greatest” Marathoner?</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/05/16/mourning-sammy-wanjiru-%e2%80%9cthe-greatest%e2%80%9d-marathoner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 23:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sammy Wanjiru's death is a devastating loss to the sport of running. He might have been the greatest marathoner in history. ]]></description>
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		<title>I Am Runner, Hear Me Roar: How to Feel Hard-Core</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/05/06/i-am-runner-hear-me-roar-how-to-feel-hard-core/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 16:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet As a runner, it’s perfectly normal for your athletic self-esteem to fluctuate. My compass bounces between, “I’m a pathetic, sorry excuse for a runner” (insert wah-wah sound) and “I am runner. Hear me roar!” Most often, I hover near the realm of “Eh, not bad for a 30-something with arthritis in one knee and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falling In Love With Running&#8230;All Over Again</title>
		<link>http://www.runkarlarun.com/2011/04/06/falling-in-love-with-running-all-over-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After three months off due to arthritis, Karla Bruning self-imposes a rude awakening to rediscover her love for running.]]></description>
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		<title>Meditations on a Race in Mendoza, Argentina</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Hola from Argentina! I&#8217;m down south hiding out the last dregs of winter and dreaming about spring in NYC. But last night, I stumbled upon a local road race in Mendoza. Maybe 100 runners, largely clad in orange shirts, raced by me along a beautiful street shaded by stately poplar trees. Men outnumbered women four or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Marathon: I Sang, I Ran, I Conquered</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karla Bruning shares her experience running—and singing—the 2010 ING New York City Marathon on Nov. 7.]]></description>
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