Running should be fun. Always.
Whatever other reasons that you have for running, from health to social to competition, first and foremost your running needs to be something that you enjoy doing. Something that is fun.
Otherwise, what is the point? Read more
One thing I feel like I talk about every year, though I was surprised to see that I haven’t done a quick tip episode on the subject since 2016, is heat illness.
If you’re planning to run outside in the summer months, being aware of the early signs and symptoms of heat illness can be invaluable.
Let’s not kid ourselves, heat illness is really serious.
It can legitimately kill you, so you know, it’s kind of important to talk about eh?
Starting too fast during a race is something that can happen to even the most seasoned runner if he or she is not careful.
Shoot, it happens me even when I’m trying to be careful more often than I’d like to admit.
Surely I’m not the only one guilty of starting a race too fast and suffering a race day blow up before the finish, am I?
Whatever distance you are racing on any particular day, if you have a time based goal you probably have an idea of what your race pace needs to be in order to achieve said goal.
Knowing your race pace, and nailing it during your race, are two completely things.
Rarely, if ever, are you going to run a perfectly even race where you hit every mile split on the dot every time.
And when you take into account curves/corners on the course, other runners, changes in elevation, water stops, etc., trying to hit most of your splits spot on is an exercise in futility.
So what are you supposed to do in order to make sure you nail your time goal for the day? Read more
“It’s a marathon, not a sprint.”
As a distance runner, I’m supposed to love that saying right?
I feel like this statement is thrown around rather often in almost every part of my life OUTSIDE of running.
Stay patient is the message. You’ll get there, it’s just going to take some time.
If a running metaphor is one of the most common metaphors I hear in my life outside of running but rarely within my various running circles, that must mean that runners are good at being patient, right?
