You Did It! You are a marathoner! It was hard, it was exciting, it may even have been grueling, but you did it. After a few days spent rejoicing, sharing your experience, showing off your medal, and impressing your coworkers, you may be thinking, “What’s next?” Okay, so maybe you will deal first with your […]
Prepare When You’re Young to Keep Running When You’re Old
I see them at the fitness center where I work all the time. Former runners. Some of them are clients, others are members that I chat with. I’ll say something about running and they’ll say, wistfully, “I used to run.” I don’t want that to be you (or me). That’s why you should prepare when […]
5 Tips for Runners to Improve Recovery During Training
With the prospect of live races a reality, many runners are starting to increase their mileage for a marathon, half marathon, or other long-distance race. If you are planning to run a race, live or virtual, it’s time to start thinking not only about your training plan, but also your recovery plan. While recovery is […]
Your Running Resource: The Best Running Posts from Coach Debbie
Here it is, all in one place. All the running posts I’ve ever written! I realized, as I was putting this post together, that I have written a lot about running! I hope that you will find this post to be a useful running resource that you can refer back to when you have a […]
Have You Lost Your Running Mojo? Here are 5 Ways to Get it Back
If you’ve been running for any length of time, particularly if you have been training for an event (or two or three) over a period of months, it has probably happened to you. All of a sudden, instead of hopping out of bed and into your running attire, you hit the snooze, roll over, and […]
A Different Type of Track Workout to get you Stronger & Faster
As runners, we frequently say things like, “I need to do some strength training,” or “I need to improve my core strength,” or “I really should do some speed work.” What if you could do a track workout that included all of that at one time? Now that would be a different type of track […]