I can often tell when swimmers are running because of things they carry over from the water to land. Here are a few ways you can minimize some of those common mistakes if you hope to add some valuable cross training to your workout regimen. Relax Your Shoulders The easiest way to spot swimmers running […]
Runners typically focus on their foot strike, cadence, or stride length when they are thinking about their running form, and while running is a leg-dominant activity, your arm swing also plays an important role in your running economy and pace. Swinging your arms when you run helps propel your body forward, but the arm swing […]
It’s an all too familiar scene: You start a new training plan for your next marathon and things seem to be progressing well with your workouts. But as the mileage builds, you start to feel tired—and have trouble recovering from key workouts and long runs. There’s a good chance you aren’t meeting your nutrition needs […]
In this piece, we look at tempo runs and why they are important in a runner’s life and journey, what value do they bring in improving performance and making a distance runner strong in multiple areas. Imagine, if we had to walk or run every day at the same pace and on the same route […]