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Down-to-Earth Tips to Embrace Running -- at Your Own Pace After losing her mother to cancer, Danica Newon reignited her relationship with running and rediscovered how running provided balance in all areas of her life. Now a high school track coach, Newon shows why running is worth every mile in Running For Women. Runners lose weight, boost energy, get leaner, develop discipline, and cultivate healthy relationships. Newon knows that running for beginners can be intimidating. Running For Women will help you ditch the excuses and commit to a healthy running practice, at any age, any level. This info-packed runner's resource features useful lifestyle tips, targeted running schedules, and valuable injury prevention strategies to get you started. Stay prepped at every step, with: Expert stories and valuable tips from master marathoners Running gear and gadget must-haves for a smooth run Fuel-friendly recipes that cover pre-run to post-run Tips for running while pregnant and running with baby Running For Women is the book you need to read before you hit the trails or the treadmill.
About the Author
Hi! I'm Danica and I am the writer behind Chic Runner and Running for Women - Ditch the Excuses and Start Loving Your Run.
My blog, Chic Runner, began in 2008. After majoring in communications and minoring in creative writing in college, I really missed writing after graduating. When I combined two things I loved to do, running and writing, Chic Runner was born.
Since the beginning, I've run multiple different races in a few different states, gotten married and started coaching at a local high school. I ran my first marathon in May of 2009, and it wasn't a great experience. I finally had the race that I dreamed of at the Long Beach Marathon in October 2009. It made me believe in second chances.
I've run quiet a few races since that marathon but really believe that I run the best when I make every one of my training runs have purpose. I have changed up my training routine to reflect that and in May 2014, much to my surprise, I ran faster than I ever expected I could, pr'ed in the marathon by over 23 minutes and qualified for the Boston Marathon! It was another magical day. I was looking forward to running Boston in April of 2015 but found out I was pregnant in January 2015 and am hopeful to re-qualify in the future.
I started running when I joined my junior high cross-country team back in '99. I ran track, played soccer and ran cross country through high school. It seemed like I grew up running. One of the biggest changes that I've been through was when I lost my mom my Junior year of college. When she passed away, I stopped running. I don't know why, but I felt like I couldn't do anything that made me happy when she was alive. When I coached a small high school cross-country program at one of the first meets I attended, I cried at the start of the race. It was shocking because I am not an emotional person. It was then that I realized how much I loved running and how I missed it. When I was began running consistently again, things began to fall back into place. I was happier!
I always loved writing and advertising so after college I landed my first job and worked at various agencies and companies doing social media, copy writing and marketing. I thought I would end up doing that for my career. After working in Hermosa Beach for a year and a half, I reached out to a few people about local coaching opportunities and when it seemed to be too late in the season to start with a team, I was offered the position to at a local high school. I took a giant leap of faith {and with the support of my very loving husband} took the assistant high school cross country and track coach position. I never imagined how fulfilling coaching would be and how much I enjoy it.
I am married to an amazing guy who is a firefighter for the City of Los Angeles and we recently welcomed our first child, a daughter.
In high school, I was much faster than I am t
