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...

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!”...

A large majority of our miles are made up of "easy" miles. What "easy" means to an experienced runner versus a newer runner is vastly...

Strides are so important. They're free speed training. They're free form training. I've been trying to think of a way to describe the...

Long runs are a staple of every runner's training. We usually do these in one of two ways: an easy long run, or a long run with a workout...

Rest and recovery days are equally, if not more important than workout days. Only with these days in your schedule, will you be able to...

Togetherness. Unification. Collective purpose. Mutual respect and support. You don't need to be running in a huge group to get a massive...

Running in the heat is really hard. These last summer days in Sacramento have been toasty! Every day this week has a predicted high of...

There are so many reason to do hill repeats. Something to remember is that DOWNHILL running is also really important! We all know running...