Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2017 6,800 runners were sampled from the U.S.A. 75% of all the runners sampled admitted to having at least one runner related injury during 2017 (2017 National Runner Survey and Running USA) This statistic is mind-blowing. Why are the majority of runners injuring themselves? Do I have an exact answer? No, but here are ten […]
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10 ways to eliminate post-race blues
Reading Time: 4 minutes Have you felt tired, sluggish, maybe even a little down and out after a big race training bout? You might have even gotten first in your age group, beat a personal best, or heck maybe you took first for the entire race. Athletes in all genres of sports love the training, love the racing, and […]
Poll – Toughest mile during a long run?
Reading Time: 1 minute Please take the time to cast a vote on which mile you think is the most difficult. Take a look at this post series if you’re struggling with long runs: Long Run Struggles For Beginners (Part 1 of 4)
An easy approach to kick start your running legs safely after taking time off or recovering from an injury
Reading Time: 6 minutes Taking time off and then trying to jump back into running can be a struggle at times. I recently took off 4 weeks from running. I was snowboarding in Japan for 2 weeks and then Angel Fire, NM for the last week. Even though I wasn’t running I was still snowboarding which helped keep my […]
Are you struggling with your long runs? Here is one technique to help change things up!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fartlek Fartlek, created by Gösta Holmér, means “speed play.” It’s like interval training except the intervals can be variable instead of consistent. An example of a running Fartlek would be run to the nearest tree then recover, turn left, now sprint to the nearest playground equipment, now walk for one minute to recover, jog backward […]