When I was an impressionable teenager, I devoured popular fitness magazines to learn the “secret” to healthy living.
Each article was like a hit of crack. Now I finally knew how to be healthy! It’s about salmon… or Tabata …
…The marathon is a fickle beast. Even with good training, you never know what will happen (especially in the final 10k).
Some runners hit the wall. Others cramp up. And a few develop overuse injuries that prevent them from …
…Being an online coach has its perks: my articles are read by hundreds of thousands of runners and I’ve talked with the top coaches and authors in the running world.
More importantly, I write training plans while blasting Taylor …
…Confession: I have a love-hate relationship with the half.
It’s a fantastic distance and half marathon training isn’t nearly as grueling as marathon preparation, so it’s much easier to do.
But I’ve never actually run a good half marathon! …
…Why are you running?
It’s a simple question. But sometimes we have no idea how to answer it.
Every runner has different goals:
I’ve heard SO many racing problems from runners:
……I’m always out-sprinted at the end of a race. I just can’t change paces.
My #1 struggle is running at race pace and getting up to that speed on race day.
You’ve been training for that big race awhile now, right? I can tell because you’re deep in the zone.
You’re …
…Running isn’t always fun. It can be hard – even painful.
But as Desiree Davila said, “If I planned on backing off every time running got difficult I would hang up my shoes and take up knitting.…
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