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The Checkup: The 88-Calorie Carrot Cake You Can Eat for Breakfast

• These no-bake carrot cake balls are vegan and gluten-free, plus they’re healthy enough to eat for breakfast. And you don’t even need an oven! […]

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Meet Venus, This Week’s Adoptable Running Dog

UPDATE 8/06: It’s official—Venus has been adopted! From here on out, this adorable pup will be living it up with her new adopters, and her new bulldog brother, […]

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Sign This: Petition Asking Michael Nutter to Create Philly Run to Work Day

There are a lot of reasons why I love my job, and this is one of them: Last week, I got into a pretty fun […]

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Bryn Mawr Running Company to Launch Beginners’ Running Group This Fall

For all you Main Liners looking to get into running, Bryn Mawr Running Company is launching a running group geared toward beginners this fall. The […]

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The Checkup: Gasp! You’re Storing Your Produce All Wrong

• You guys, I just learned I’ve been storing my squash all wrong for years. Aghhh! Here, how to properly store just about every fruit and […]

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Want to Live Longer? Run Slowly for Less Than 10 Minutes a Day, Study Says

It doesn’t take much, in terms of exercise, to see a big pay-off for your health and longevity, according to a new study. A research […]

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End Your Run Tonight at Wokworks: Free Beer for All

Attention, everyone! Cancel your post-workout plans tonight and head to Wokworks at 20th and Chestnut. Earlier this month, they started a Wednesday night happy hour promo, […]

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New Details: Philadelphia Runner to Open New Manayunk Store

If you follow Philadelphia Runner on social media, you may have seen a tease a few weeks back for an in-the-works new location somewhere in […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Ploome’s Favorite Super-Sexy Workout Songs

Our second guest curator steps up to the bat—or, well, Spotify account—for our latest weekend workout playlist: Christina Stoltz, owner of Northern Liberties Pilates studio Ploome. […]

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5 Best Running Routes at the Jersey Shore (With Maps!)

Not everyone R&R-ing it at the beach wants to sit around all day. If you’re antsy to move—and log some serious mileage—check out these expert-approved […]

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Meet Megan, This Week’s Adoptable Running Dog

For this week’s adoptable running pup, we’ve got the lovely Pitbull mix Megan. This lady is always up for a run and, more important, is […]

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Philly to Host Country’s First Color Run Glow-in-the-Dark Night Run This Fall

The Color Run just announced that it will host the U.S.’s first nighttime Color Run in Philly on October 18th. Why our city? “Because we love Philly […]

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Your Philadelphia Marathon Training Begins … Now!

Just a friendly reminder that the 2014 Philadelphia Marathon on November 23rd is just less than 18 weeks away, so it’s time to get your […]

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Update: Where to Find Donation Boxes for Your Race Medals

Just a quick update to our post a few weeks back about the newly rekindled Medals4Mettle program in Philly, which invites runners to donate finishers’ medals […]

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MANNA Group Run to City Tap House on Thursday

Did you know the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (that’s MANNA for short) has a running club? They do—it’s called the MANNAmals (Ha!) Run Club—and […]