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Your Happy Pace, LLC
Founded 2018
RRCA certified run coach
Mindfulness-based run coaching for all abilities
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On the anniversary of my first half marathon 18 years ago, I returned to the course to finish my 77th half, back injury be damned. I always say they haven't all been pretty, but this one was extra sweet after being down for the count only weeks ago.

I listened to my body -- and my running coach @runcoachchels -- and kept my pace where it needed to be to finish with a smile. On to the other 23 to get to 100.

#100halfmarathons #yourmotherwearsrunningshoes
#mohawkhudsonhalfmarathon #yesyoucan

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Join me for jy 11th retreat in Fort Lauderdale Florida January 8-11th.

Sign up here: https://nutrition-4-op.com/peace-in-paradise

#theresadelorenzonutrition #nutritionforoptimalperformance #retreatlife #retreatsforwomen #mediadietitian

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Runners are weird people. We willingly wake up early wrapped in plastic bags before the sun is up to run miles and miles of streets in a town we’ve never been to, just for the fun of it all. We eat candy that’s melted in our sweaty pockets, down mustard packets mid route, and carefully schedule hair washing days. We eat with reckless abandon and carb up with friends with alcohol free beer, in bed by 8. Just for the fun of it all.

Runners are dedicated people, but sometimes, the fun of it all can get lost. The Strava game becomes consuming, we run fast on our easy days to hit numbers that ultimately do not define us, and pinch at all the wonderful, soft skin cushioning our thighs and bellies. We sometimes push to get runs in when everything in us is screaming burn out.

My running relationship has changed profoundly since my days battling a vicious eating disorder that truly was one of the worst experiences of my entire life. My coach has gently gotten me to this place, here today, where I willingly decided to defer my marathon scheduled for this fall in favor of a half, because my heart is just not in a marathon this year. A marathon is a huge undertaking. It requires time, tenacity, eating a LOT, early mornings and sacrifice. There is just no sense in doing one when it requires that much time, and you’re just not into it right now. And not being into it right now, or ever again, is okay. I’ll run a beautiful fun local half and have all my time back, because running a marathon when your mental space says “I’m done” does not sound like a good marathon at all. Take care of yourself, friends, especially my runner friends!

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As the year comes to an end we will all be bombarded with posts about resolutions, highlights from the past year, diet culture BS, and many other messages that can cause discomfort to many people, and put pressure on us to “do better” in the upcoming year. I am here to tell you that you did your best this year, even if that looked different every day. I am proud of you, and next year I will be too!

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Happy and Merry Everything! Thank you ALL for your support this past year as I added mindful movement to my therapy practice! I hope everyone has a wonderful end to 2023, and that you will find some time for mindfulness during the hustle and bustle of the holidays 💗

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MMOTD: Ask yourself, “What does my body need right now?” (Hint: it will change throughout the day, and that’s ok!)

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This morning I wrote an email to my coach and I told her I didn’t want to do another time trial. Every time I thought about doing one, I could feel every physical part of my body rebelling against it. I just didn’t want to. Truthfully, after I did my solo marathon, all I’ve wanted to do is run because I enjoy running. The thought of doing a time trial to see if my paces have changed even by a few seconds gives me a lot of anxiety.

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Having a strong and healthy relationship with my body and exercise is a lot of what made this decision easy for me. Sacrificing my mental health at the expense of going for gold right now is just not what I’m into. And you know what? That’s okay!

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I encourage you to read @how_to_eat_rd post about how motivations change. Life changes and what is a priority changes and that’s so fun and exciting! I did not feel guilty or ashamed to tell my coach I wasn’t interested in time trials. I asked to keep speed play in my training because it’s fun to occasionally go fast but I didn’t want to pressure of hitting certain paces on my mind right now. I would love to race this year if I can but I am just looking to have fun.

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How have you stood up for yourself and your health? How have your motivations changed? Tell me!! #edrecovery #runhappy

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I think this picture just about sums up my marathon experience this weekend. 😂

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I did the dang thing. It was a pretty quick but the right decision for me to stay home and run the marathon virtually on Saturday. It was 75 degrees and way warmer than anything I’ve been running in so that was a SURPRISE. I was very dehydrated and if you look closely you can see the salt caked onto my leggings that basically turned them grey by the end. I drank way too much water during my stops and wanted to puke but that’s life baby.

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Will I run another marathon again? Yes. Will I run one by myself again? Probably not, lol. It was truly a challenge though. This was something I could have easily just backed down from or decide to stop but I wanted to do this for me to show myself that my body does not dictate my accomplishments! I was truly in a recovered body and still managed to run a 4hr 30min marathon and I’m pretty dang okay with that. Thank you to my parents, Brian, Jenna, Jenn, Taylor, Michelle, Nicole, Heather and Kelsey for being absolute amazing support team.

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I also found out Joe Biden won the election thanks to absolutely incredible turnout from mostly BIPOC communities at mile 20 and wow was that something. I was on Beacon Street when it happened and the entire city erupted. I know the cheering wasn’t for me but it kind of felt like it and I was happy to join in. We did it friends! Feeling much less tired two days later but still a little sore so one week off is scheduled now. Resting is training! #marathoner #timesthree

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Hello from several days ago at Acadia National Park - so nice, I hiked it twice. This time we camped by the sound and it rained practically every day, was forty degrees at night - and I loved it. Pictured here was our one perfectly sunny fall day nestled in the Bowl between Gorham Mt and The Beehive.

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I did something I’ve never done before while training - completely altered my training schedule. I moved runs around and made adjustments thanks to my coach @0nebadmotherrunner and actually took some time off without having to stick to a schedule. What a huge thing this was for me.

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During the darkest days of my eating disorder I was a slave to my training schedule. Nothing came before it - not school, not relationships, not even work. If I needed to be late to brunch because I wasn’t finished running long, so be it. If I couldn’t go somewhere for a weekend because I was too afraid of eating out three times a day for two days of my life, it was a no. I planned out eating schedules and running routes while I was supposed to be analyzing data at work and it showed. I got a talking to and was told my performance was suffering.

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I knew it, I didn’t need to be told, but I ignored it. My ED brain had its hooks in me. Not this time. I told Chels I was taking some time off and she said “tell me what you want your week to look like,” and it was amazing. For once I didn’t want it to look like crunching everything in, just wanted to do the runs I could. I enjoyed every moment camping and hiking and ate camp staples like chili, s’mores, chips, trail mix, sandwiches and potatoes. I slept like a baby in the 40 degree nights because I have FAT (yes, fat) on my body. I had tons of energy and I left with a fully belly and a full heart.

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Do not let your ED rob you of these experiences. You will not remember the meals you skipped but you will remember the things you missed out on. You are worth it. #edrecovery #optoutside

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Last week, my coach sent her weekly email with my schedule. She gave me the workouts, but mentioned that if I was feeling tired, to let her know, and we’ll take it back a bit, we had time. In the past, I would have ignored any notion to “cut back” and blasted full steam ahead. But to be perfectly honest, between working full time (going into the lab, not working from home), masters degree, trying to make time to be a good friend/girlfriend/sister/daughter, life, and training for a marathon, I’m tired! I’m feeling like I can get through workouts once I start, but you know what? I wouldn’t hate a little break. A cut back week. Not a full stop, just some patience.

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So I told her! I asked what we could do to progress with training but asked for more cutback weeks. I was nervous - what would she think of me? She didn’t come back judgmental, or with a “no,” or with a statement of disappointment. She just said, “yup! Thanks for telling me, let’s rearrange this schedule.”

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Instant relief! I felt instant relief. I get messages asking me what it was like or what was the process of reaching out and finding a dietician, a therapist, to help me when I realized I needed it. It was a lot like that: a lot of mental agony, pulling up my bootstraps, asking for what I need, followed by relief. The act of asking can sometimes be a lot more terrifying than the aftermath. Being vulnerable is hard. Living with a mental illness is harder.

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Do not let your anxiety about being vulnerable about your needs keep you from getting support. You deserve it. And you absolutely deserve a cutback week if you need one. Be patient, be persistent, be consistent. Enjoy this photo of me at the summit of Monadnock, sucking down water like my life depended on it! 😬 #edrecovery #runnersofinstagram #hikenh

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I have been really slowly working through the Intuitive Eating workbook by @evelyntribole - really, really slowly. It’s one thing to be ready to understand the principles of IE but another thing to be ready for them. .

I wouldn’t label myself as an intuitive eater completely. There are still so many times where I am mentally calculating how much I’m eating and thinking back on how much I’ve done that day. I can run a big 15 mile long run and be barely hungry (it’s not unknown for exercise to suppress hunger cues) but the next day when I take an easy walk I’m starving every two hours. I sometimes still don’t trust myself to think that that’s a real feeling. Confronting those feelings is about trusting myself to go one way or another - when I’m hungry and ignore it, thinking it’s fake, it can very quickly turn into a eat ALL the things moment. Conversely, if I’m not hungry but my old routine habits convince me a time on the clock means it’s food time, I can eat something that doesn’t make me feel good. .

Learning to trust your body after an eating disorder is so dang complicated. It’s not a one shot back to “normal” but for me it’s still an active choice. A reminder that eating disorders are mental illnesses and that’s tough water to tread in. I am still working through these things and if you’re still out there thinking you should be 100% but sometimes it’s not there, I see you and it’s totally okay. .

Picture unrelated, but I love my coach @0nebadmotherrunner and she has helped me trust the process of things a lot. #runhappy #edrecovery

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F*ck Covid Virtual 10k this morning. My coach @runcoachchels had a great idea to put together a free virtual run for all her athletes since all of our races have been canceled. Honoring LT. Dave Swart for this one! Thank you Swart family for hanging outside your house at an early hour to watch me run by! #effcovidwithcoachchels

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