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6 Ways Rest Days Can Improve Your Running
It’s not only the miles you put into your training that help you progress. Experts explain exactly why you also need downtime.
5 Expert Tips for What to Eat on Rest Days
You already know how to fuel up on running days, but here’s how to adjust your diet when you take the day off.
3 Surprising Lessons You Can Learn From Completely Random Runs
What a great training performance can teach you.
6 Great Ways to Spend Your Time Off
You know rest days are important, but you still feel like a horse in the starting gates. Rather than run, try these options.
Why Not Hitting Your Goal Is Sometimes Better
Even if you come up short, you can win big.
The Better Way to Start a Run for a Better Finish
Every once in a while, maybe we shouldn’t start at the same time, but finish at the same time.
A New Way to Measure the Quality of Your Workouts
Why the heck does everything have to be defined by miles and minutes?
When Is the Best Time to Take a Look at Your GPS Watch?
That tricky balance between running by feel and running with the data in front of you.
4 Ways Swimming Has Helped My Running
This form of cross-training brings some surprising benefits.
Turns Out, I Needed That Kick in the Butt
Sometimes you need a slap down to pick it up. A friend delivered.
Happy 5th Anniversary to the Sub-30 Club
To honor the group that motivated me to run faster, a vow is made to reach the brass ring again.
What It Took for Me to Finally Stop Hating Track Workouts
After many loops and miles, the writer starts to appreciate the track.
4 Lessons You Can Learn From These Race PRs
There’s nothing quite like watching your friends obliterate their goals.
80 Pounds Lighter and Running Faster
How one runner used the social aspect of running to lose weight, set PRs, and reach new goals.
8 Ideas Running Should Steal from Other Sports
A runner can dream, no?
The View From the Back of the Pack
Maybe it’s not a whole lot different from the rear.
Don’t Wait to Go After Your Running Goals
It’s the perfect time for discovering your brass ring for the New Year. Or is it?
The Ultimate Runner’s Acronym List
Fill out your running history by checking out these well-known (and new) abbreviations.
Moving Forward With New Running Goals
After hitting a running low, it’s time to bounce back
The Joy in Going Back to the Beginning
How I went backwards to move forward.
The Dawn of a New Training Plan Name
Finding some motivation in an unconventional way.
Mouth Wide Shut
Is it better to state your goals or keep quiet?
The Immediate Aftermath of a DNF
What goes through the mind the moment you know it’s over.
Prerace Affirmations
With nothing left to do for the legs and lungs, it’s time to prepare the mind.
The Unusual Ways I Stay Hydrated
I’m finagling with my 4-pack of fuel for this weekend's race. Here’s why.
(Almost) Go Time
Is it time for 26.2-mile revenge?
Night Night
A change of schedule leads to a change of attitude.
Dealing With Pace Shaming on the Run
Yes, it happens to all kinds of runners.
Reach Your Goals by Breaking Mental Barriers
Accepting the challenges ahead to enjoy the cherry on top.
Corner, Turned?
Can one run be the one that unlocks everything?
Leg Up
When the hardest day leads to the best gains.
Why I’ve Changed My Running Recipe
I needed to modify the miles—and my mindset.