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The Endurance Episode: Zach Bitter on How to Push the Boundaries of Endurance

Posted January 25, 2024
BY Christine

Do you want to have a monster aerobic engine? No matter what your level of experience, lessons from Zach Bitter will help you build volume safely and implement intensity to get the most from your training miles.

For runners …

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5 Must Do 5k Workouts for Speed and Endurance

Posted August 4, 2023
BY Christine

Running fast is fun (and running fast in short shorts is even better!). And with the right 5k workouts in your training plan, you’ll succeed at running a new Personal Best!

For newer runners, the 5k distance is often …

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Tommie Runz | Running 3 Marathons in 60 Days, 2:46 at Boston, and Life Lessons

Posted June 15, 2023
BY Christine

Running and racing offer us so many lessons that can be applied outside of our athletic endeavors. Approaching running and life one day at a time and taking the long view is the ultimate path to success.

Life hacks …

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Running on Coffee: Everything You Need to Know About Caffeine and Performance

Posted October 4, 2022
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Running on coffee (i.e., caffeinated!), can have performance and health benefits for runners, but be sure to get your dosage and timing right.

For most of us, running on coffee is not a hard sell. One of the first …

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On the Value of Being Disqualified (Dirty 30 Trail Race Report)

Posted June 11, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

On June 1st, I was disqualified from the 2019 Golden Gate Dirty 30 12-mile trail race. It was an absolute blast!

The start of the Dirty 30 12-mile trail race

You see, I cut the course. I would never …

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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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How Christine Crushed Her First 100 Mile Ultra Marathon

Posted September 10, 2018
BY Christine

When I started running regularly after graduating from college, the marathon sounded impossibly far. I’ll never do that, I thought. I’d heard horror stories of lost toenails and cripplingly sore quads…

It’s funny how your mindset shifts! Fast-forward …

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Running Boston? How to Plan the Morning of the Boston Marathon

Posted March 12, 2018
BY Jason Fitzgerald

The Boston Marathon has captured the imagination of runners for over a hundred years. And for good reason: it’s considered the “world’s most prestigious marathon.”

First run in 1897 with a mere 18 athletes, the 2017 race had over …

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How to Run a Fast Mile, with NCAA Mile Champion Henry Wynne

Posted March 6, 2018
BY Jason Fitzgerald

The Mile: it’s captured the hearts of track fans for generations. And it requires the speed of a sprinter with the endurance of a distance specialist.

The mile is the only imperial distance that survived the metric transition and …

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Devon Yanko – Leadville Trail 100 Champ – on Recovery and Prevention

Posted September 6, 2017
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Meet Devon Yanko. On August 19, 2017 she won the Leadville Trail 100 – a race where 9,200 feet altitude is the lowest you’ll experience on the course.

She finished in 20:46:29, averaging 12:28 per mile – a …

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