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Minimalist running: what is it, and is it for you?

Minimalist running: what is it, and is it for you?

Most new runners are advised to adhere to a crucial starting rule: find a shoe that works, based on your unique foot type, and stick to that shoe for as long as possible. This process, in many cases, involves a shoe that will provide the right level of support and...

The Benefits of a Mindful Approach to Running

The Benefits of a Mindful Approach to Running

In his biographical novel, The Origin, Irving Stone describes how Charles Darwin walked on a designed path on his property. Each time he came around to his starting point, he kicked a small stone, placing it on a line with the others so that he had could later count...

Four Tips for Better Marathon Recovery

Four Tips for Better Marathon Recovery

If you have recently completed a marathon, congratulations! You accomplished one of the more noteworthy feats in aerobic fitness, a 26.2 mile trek that was likely physically and mentally grueling. That said, one of the best parts of the marathon process is taking time...

Five Common Running Injuries and How To Overcome Them

Five Common Running Injuries and How To Overcome Them

In an ideal world, every step of your run would be pain-free, and nothing would limit your distance or speed. Unfortunately, the majority of runners, professional and amateur, deal with some type of pain during their runs. Most experience only mild disturbances such...

Preparing For Your First Marathon

Preparing For Your First Marathon

It is 2018 and bucket-lists are far from an ending fad. While traveling and dining destinations are sure to make the cut, there is a surprising bucket-list contender that is more common than one might think: marathon running. Completing 26.2 miles is an ultimate...

More Running Myths That Might Trip You Up

More Running Myths That Might Trip You Up

Runners get a lot of flack about their morning miles. Ask any regular jogger, and they can probably recite the well-intentioned lecture that concerned friends, family members, and barely-there work acquaintances like to send their way verbatim. These critics – who...

Running Myths That Might Trip You Up

Running Myths That Might Trip You Up

Runners get a lot of flack about their morning miles. Ask any regular jogger, and they can probably recite the well-intentioned lecture that concerned friends, family members, and barely-there work acquaintances like to send their way verbatim. These critics - who...

How to Bounce Back After a Running Injury

How to Bounce Back After a Running Injury

It's a moment that every runner recognizes - and dreads. A stray foot, a quick tumble, and a sharp pain tells you in no uncertain terms that your formerly peaceful morning run has come to an end. But what about the job you planned for tomorrow, or the weekend marathon...

Tips for Building a Balanced Workout

Tips for Building a Balanced Workout

As the weather cools and it becomes a bit more difficult to motivate ourselves to lace up our running sneakers and hit the road, I believe that everyone should take a moment to set their stopwatches down and think about their individual exercise practices. Are they balanced? What should be changed to create a more holistic fitness plan?