As endurance athletes, we are highly skilled at interpreting physical signals of training stress. However, when hormonal transition, illness, and continued athletic training converge — in my case, when a progesterone-releasing intrauterine device (IUD) expires at the onset of perimenopause and is followed by a significant infection like pneumonia — the body enters a very different state. In this context, traditional models of training stress and recovery no longer fully appl

Coach Mallory here! Excited to be sharing my first ever mindRunner blog post! This past July through October, I had the honor of coaching 19 women from the Bay Area, and supporting the training plans of 12 women from LA through a partnership between Renegade Running and Hoka to bring more women - particularly women of color or from other underrepresented groups - into the world of trail and ultrarunning. Along with selected Community Managers, we worked to support the cohort

It is really kind of outrageous, the hold that qualifying for Boston has on so many runners. It means so much to us to hit this arbitrary time. We believe that it validates our hard work. We believe that it confirms that what we are doing is meaningful in some tangible way. It is something for us to strive towards, something to keep us dedicated to a task, but sometimes we let it distract us from the truth that what we are doing is meaningful and valid no matter what. When w

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

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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...