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How to Fall in Love with Running

Posted July 11, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

How many of us absolutely love running and hitting the road for our “me time” – but for some reason, can never run consistently enough?

Today, so many of us talk about breaking that 2-hour half marathon time or …

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The Best Running Shirts Ever

Posted July 6, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

As a proud running geek, I have an assortment of running shirts that I love wearing:

Ok, that last picture is just me wearing a tutu with Steve Kamb from last year’s Camp Nerd Fitness. But I look …

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Is running twice a day a good idea?

Posted June 29, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Double sessions (when you go running twice a day) is a great way to increase your mileage. But is this training strategy right for you?

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Coach Jason’s Advice Column: Fartleks, Workout Jargon, and Strides

Posted June 23, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

I love actionable advice – especially when it’s in bite-sized pieces that can be read quickly and (more importantly) implemented immediately.

Often I’m asked the same question over and over again. Like:

What are the best strength exercises for

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Context is Everything

Posted June 20, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

I started running in 1998 as a freshman on my high school’s cross country team. I didn’t know anything about running – I was a total n00b.

But as I fell in love with running, I got interested in …

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Suffering for the Love of Running: Amelia Boone on Grit & Passion

Posted June 13, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Amelia Boone is a force of nature. She’s not only a full-time attorney for Apple, but the most dominant female obstacle course athlete in history.

But she’s not just the best (if not THE best) female OCR athlete – …

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3 Essential Ingredients in Every (Good) 10k Training Plan

Posted June 9, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

The 10k is like the 5k’s ugly step-sister: it’s often used as a tune-up race, but rarely do runners focus on 10k training exclusively.

Why? Why is the 10k ignored as a goal race and usually earmarked as just …

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Q&A with a Registered Dietitian: Why am I not losing weight?

Posted June 6, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Have you ever gone to the grocery store when you were absolutely famished?

It’s a terrible idea – you end up buying WAY more food than you intended and much of that food is junk.

And I’m the …

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5 Foundational Lessons I Learned from High School Track

Posted June 1, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Can you believe that I used to loathe running?

It’s true – in middle school PE, I avoided all of the running events during Track & Field week by throwing the shotput.

Less than a year later, I was …

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Running isn’t hard (it just takes awhile to learn)

Posted May 26, 2016
BY Jason Fitzgerald

A few months ago, my wife and I took a beginner’s swing dancing class that met every week for five weeks. It was a disaster.