What does a running coach really do for the runners they coach?
If your first inclination is to say that coaches tell runners how many miles to run and what speed workouts to do, you’re not wrong.
But that’s not all a good running coach does.
In fact, if I may be so bold, that’s probably the least important thing a coach does for their athletes. Read more
Summer is officially here!
Well, technically summer is still a few weeks out.
But with Memorial Day in the rearview and students wrapping up the school year, for all intents and purposes, summer is pretty much upon us! Read more
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
Every run has a purpose, right?
If you head out the door for a mile or three or ten or whatever, there is a benefit.
Even if your Garmin has the nerve to tell you that your run was unproductive. Read more
I stumbled across a post in another running FB group that I’m in that made me stop and pause for a second.
The post was sharing an article from Trail Runner magazine with a headline that read:
Camille Herron’s Advice for Ultra Athletes: Skip the Long Run
I’m not quite sure I’m ready to lump Trail Runner magazine in with Runner’s World as just absolutely garbage mags, but this is definitely a case where they crafted a clickbait title that has very little, if anything, to do with the actual content of the article itself.
The title is, at best, dishonest.
And calling it a bald-faced lie wouldn’t be a stretch.
Hey Trail Runner mag, do better! Read more