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!”...

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...

The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is put my glasses on and stumble into the bathroom and look at my insane bedhead in...

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...

Sara Hall proves the human spirit is alive and well, and you can find it at the end of a marathon. I think it is safe to say that if you...

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...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or as her personal trainer calls her "TAN," for Tough As Nails. This woman truly was tough as nails, and we can...

I am really into the show All or Nothing right now, following the Tottenham Hotspurs Football Club. The team motto is inscribed in giant...

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...

Iron is arguably one of the most important minerals for runners. Iron helps transport oxygen throughout the body, something that is...

"In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning." — Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning Finding...

Seriously, our cycles significantly impact our training and it is essential that we acknowledge this. Different phases of our cycles can...

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...