Do you hate vegetables? I'm going to be 100% honest. I have never been that into vegetables and I have to legitimately coach myself into...

A lot of times we approach goals in either an extremely broad ("get healthy," or "get faster"), or extremely specific ("break 2 hours in...

Okay, but seriously...does anyone remember that YouTube video with the guy just singing about shoes? I cannot stop saying "shoes," in his...

I feel like I've been congested my entire life. As a kid my tonsils were so big, they obstructed my breathing and I snored like an ogre...

We have been road tripping for the past 4+ months, traveling across the country and back. During this time, I have been maintaining my...

The majority of my runs are done with my daughter in the stroller. Most of these are easy runs and I schedule my workouts for times when...

Tapering is 100% a necessity in training for a marathon. What is the most important thing to remember in those last few weeks before your...

Jessica was so excited to go to Chicago. She was so ready to run a massive personal best. She was prepared, trained, and had done...

The Chicago Marathon is known as being one of the fastest and most competitive races in the United States and the world. And it can...

Maybe it is because I have a one year old, but I cannot stop thinking about how to improve sleep. You can only train as hard or as much...

I've been reading a book called Hell Yeah or No, What's Worth Doing, by Derek Sivers (I've been reading this tiny little book for over a...

Motherhood changes things. Many people think that they won't be different as parents, but for me, a new component of my identity has...

As runners, we all know the value of hip strength. Our hips are such a key factor when it comes to running with strong form and...

As I run more and more, the calluses on my feet slowly build back up. Hardening, then flaking the dead skin that is no longer needed....

Sleep comes before everything else. Clearly sleep is important, as we spend almost half our lives doing it. For an athlete, it is the...

I often hear people ask about weekly mileage, how many miles they should be running per week to get faster, etc. In training, there is a...

I know what you're thinking: "Isn't this a running blog?" And the answer is, yes. It is. But The Inner Game of Tennis, by W. Timothy...

I binged an entire mini series on Netflix on Wednesday night called, Dash + Lily, an adorable romantic comedy about teenagers in the city...

This week has been tough for a lot of us. Low energy, poor sleep, stressed about the election results rolling in, days wondering why the...

So many of us marathoners are petrified by the 5k. “It’s so short!” “It’s so hard!” “I can’t breathe!” “I don’t know how to pace that!”...