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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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Megan Roche on Being a Happy Runner

Posted January 10, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Of all the ways that you could improve as a runner, none is more powerful than honing your “mental fitness” to beat anxiety, improve consistency, and boost motivation.

That’s because in 2019, we’ve largely figured out how to train …

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The Best of Strength Running in 2018

Posted January 7, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Strength Running produces so much multimedia material that you might have missed some of our most popular content last year. Never fear, here’s the best so you don’t miss out!

With 2019 underway, I want to help you get …

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How to Set (Any) Goal Time

Posted December 18, 2018
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Running is a uniquely objective sport because at its most fundamental, it’s all about the numbers: mileage, workout splits, and race finish times.

Of course, most of us run for far more meaningful and valuable reasons than “the numbers” …

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Is a Standing Desk the Fix for Prolonged Sitting?

Posted December 13, 2018
BY Jason Fitzgerald

When I first started running, I couldn’t finish a 3-mile run and was sore for two weeks. Was running supposed to make your legs feel like they went through a meat grinder?!

Me, feeling like my legs were put …

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Strength Coach Tony Gentilcore on Deadlifts: Form, Dangers, and Function

Posted December 10, 2018
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Studying different sports and disciplines is a great way to develop your understanding of running. The commonalities and underlying principles are often universal.

A few years ago, I was an instructor at an adult fitness camp. For four days, …

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