With all the workouts you try to fit in–long runs, tempo miles, track intervals, hill repeats, strength training–sometimes it seems that in order to run well, you’d have to quit your day job to train 20 hours a week. Fortunately, you don’t have to give up your paycheck or your running. You just need to […]

“It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.” –Brooks Johnson
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by Shannon Humphry
It was 6 a.m. in Kuwait when the race began. The finish line for Ruben Cavazos, 48, was 100 miles away, but every agonizing step helped raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.

There was no relay team. There were no breaks. Just 100 miles of running in the heat of a Kuwaiti day […]

Do not forget to cross-train - Do not forget to cross-train. Running builds a specific set of muscles. Mixing in bicycling or swimming can help balance out your body.
Do not increase your weekly mileage by more than 10% - Whether you have been running for a week or a year, your body can […]

“Someone lent us cottage in Hartsfordshire. I was sitting in a sort of parlor there one day, writing. And suddenly I saw someone run past the window, along the lane outside. With shorts on, white shirt and so on. And it seemed to me such an unusual image . . […]

by Kelly McManus
I have no idea. I have absolutely no idea how badly it’s going to hurt.
That’s why Thursday Feb. 14, I have the brilliant idea to try the Yeti Snowshoe race on Grouse Mountain, the third seasonal race in a four-part series.
My cup runneth over with hubris, as I’m about to learn.
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by Matt Fitzgerald
There have always been competing training philosophies in the sport of distance running. At the most general level of classification, there are two training schools: the high-mileage school and the high-intensity school. Representatives of the high-mileage school believe runners should do most of their training at an easy pace–but lots of it. Representatives […]

“I was too embarrassed to be another fat guy in new running shoes and sweats, so we’d go out at night with a flashlight. . . .I found out that runners weren’t judgmental.” –George “Norm” Wendt, actor
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by Lynn Ngo
The second annual “Prepare for the Bear” 10K fun run and 5K run or walk will take place at 9 a.m. on March 1 on the Bear Trail in front of the McLane Student Life Center.
The event, organized by the fitness department, is intended to help people get in shape before the Bearathon […]