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Dr. Mike Young Explains Metcon Workouts for Runners

Posted March 14, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

There are so many types of training sessions available to runners. But most of us have never tried Metcon workouts – so Dr. Mike Young is here to explain them for us.

Metcon workouts are also known as …

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How Strength Training Can Result in Massive Marathon PR’s

Posted March 12, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Can you imagine a football player who did no strength training? It’s hard to imagine. But for some reason, many runners think it’s perfectly fine to skip their own strength work.

Kevin enjoying the fruits of his strength training …

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Do Runners Really Need a Foam Roller?

Posted March 4, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

The foam roller is a trusted companion to runners everywhere. But are we using a foam roller correctly? And are they necessary at all?

Flashback to 1998: I just started running. Smart watches were a fantastical sci-fi dream and …

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Beth Skwarecki, the Health Editor of Lifehacker, on Health & Fitness Trends

Posted February 19, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Beth Skwarecki is the author of two books and the Health Editor of Lifehacker. She’s here to dispel fitness and health myths that might be leading us astray.

You might have come across Beth’s work. As one of the …

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Lindsey Hein on Elites, Podcasting for Runners, and Training with Kids

Posted February 14, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Lindsey Hein is the host behind the I’ll Have Another podcast for runners. And after 160+ episodes, she’s ready to share what she’s learned from pro runners around the world.

Lindsey has always been a runner. She ran cross …

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The 3-Step Process to Recover From a Marathon

Posted February 11, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

A marathon is often a bucket-list goal for runners. Months – or even years – are spent training to finish 26.2 miles. But how are you supposed to recover from a marathon?

Because of its distance at 26.2 …

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How to Optimize Your Post Workout Recovery, with Christie Aschwanden

Posted February 4, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Today, every runner is looking for an edge that will help them improve. And no area is more robust for improvement than your post workout recovery.

How should your post workout recovery be structured?

Recovery is the opposite …

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Sarah Canney on the 2019 World Snowshoe Running Championships

Posted January 28, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Meet Sarah Canney, the 9th place finisher at the 2019 World Snowshoe Running Championships. We’re going to show you how cool snowshoe running can be today!

Running on snow in a pair of glorified tennis rackets was never …

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How James Ran 3 Personal Bests After Years of Stagnating Finish Times

Posted January 23, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Improvement can be a fickle phenomenon. Sometimes you get a lot faster, seemingly out of nowhere! But often you struggle for months without a single sign of progress.

Just the other day I was speaking to a group of …

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Is a Running Form Analysis Right For You?

Posted January 15, 2019
BY Amanda Loudin

You’ve probably heard about running form analysis or know someone who has been through it. But do you know what it is exactly, or if you can benefit?

Let’s be clear from the start about what it’s not: Going …

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