Lauren Fleshman
VeloPress
Bend, OR, United States
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Believe Training Journal (Bright Teal Edition)
Get motivated to become the runner you were meant to be with the new Believe Training Journal (Bright Teal Edition) by pro runners Lauren Fleshman and Roisin McGettigan-Dumas. → Read More
Fast Mama
Last year was my first Mother’s Day. Jude was almost one. In the lead-up, when anyone asked about my plans, I shrugged it off. I could not have cared less about Mother’s Day. I was simply trying to survive, and I didn’t feel like I was doing a particularly good job of it. Celebrating motherhood during that craziness felt as absurd as celebrating Valentine’s Day in the middle of a divorce. → Read More
Why You Should Listen to Your Running Coach
Despite the apparent eternal youth of certain 40-something elites, like Bernard Lagat and Deena Kastor, most of us pro runners tap out in our early to mid-30s to join the ranks of the enthusiastically recreational. I am currently 33, which is like 74 in pro runner years. → Read More
Finding Fun Can Reshape Your Running Outlook
July 20, 2014, 4:15 a.m. I pop up like a catapult, and turn off the alarm on my iPhone with ninja-like speed and accuracy. I slip out of bed and put on my racing uniform, leaving husband Jesse deep asleep. I bypass use of the bathroom, where we've stored Jude in his Pack 'n Play. I quietly shut the front door of our retrograde "suite" and walk into the cold, too-early morning air. → Read More
USATF Needs a Do-Over
You may have noticed that our sport has been in the news a lot lately. → Read More
The Awesome Project
After a pro runner takes it easy for a postbaby year, she must decide whether to return to badassery. → Read More
In Case You Thought I Was Normal
I’m scared. I didn’t realize it until last Tuesday, but yep, terrified. Deep down. Fear hums like a fan in the background imperceptibly. All the time. → Read More
Do I Look Like a Man?
Female athletes come in all shapes and sizes and our definition of femininity has to catch up. → Read More
Running Buddies are the Best Motivators
A strong, fit friend pulls you through what you can't do alone. → Read More
10 Reasons the 5K is Freaking Awesome
You can train and still have a life, race hard and walk normally the next day, and get really fit really fast. → Read More
10 Reasons the 5K is Freaking Awesome
You can train and still have a life, race hard and walk normally the next day, and get really fit really fast. → Read More
10 Reasons the 5K is Freaking Awesome
My one carry-on and six personal items are stashed in the overhead compartment. The seat pouch in front of me is crammed with the tools necessary to get us through a 13-hour flight back from Australia to Oregon: bottle, rice puffs, squeezy food packs, diapers, Picky Bars, rubber-boat teething ring, torn-up copy of Brown Bear. My legs feel as battered as pier pilings after a storm, but my arms… → Read More
10 Reasons the 5K is Freaking Awesome
You can train and still have a life, race hard and walk normally the next day, and get really fit really fast. → Read More
How to Injure Yourself Like a Pro
With a little stubbornness and stupidity, you can injure yourself the way elites do. → Read More
Let's Keep It Real About Our Bodies
A few months ago, I posted a blog that went viral. It didn’t go “McKayla’s Not Impressed” viral, but close to a million people read it in over 200 countries (apparently I’m a big deal in Iceland and Turkey). The blog was one of my shortest blogs ever, and all I did was tell the truth about my body. And yet people called me a hero. → Read More
I Run Like a Girl
We may never run faster than the men, but so what? → Read More