Beat the Heat! Staying Safe on Summer Runs

Beat the Heat! Staying Safe on Summer Runs

It’s one of those golden summer days, the perfect ones. The sun shines golden in a cloudless blue sky, and there’s a faint warm breeze weaving through the screen door. All you want to do is lace up your sneakers and head out for a run – but it’s noontime and you...
Running for the Holidays: Not the Advice You Expect

Running for the Holidays: Not the Advice You Expect

It’s almost the holidays! It’s the perfect time good food and better company, a time for  generosity, good cheer, friends, and family. It’s also the perfect time to let your training schedule lapse just a little bit.   You read that right – I’m not just saying...
It’s Time! How to Get Pumped for Winter Running

It’s Time! How to Get Pumped for Winter Running

  Have you noticed that new chill in the morning air? Winter is coming, like it or not, and that means we’re heading into the most difficult time to motivate yourself to run. If you don’t want to lose all the progress you’ve made training this summer, now is the...
Why I Run: The Secret Perks of Being a Runner

Why I Run: The Secret Perks of Being a Runner

Your legs are screaming, you feet are blistered, and your back is drenched in sweat. Why, you ask, would you willingly put yourself in this position? When I think back to where I started, it’s hard to believe that 5k and 10k marathons are now my idea of a great day....