Dear Body, Please, Please Heal My Heel
Plantar fasciitis is one of those injuries that can plague a runner for many months. Once it takes hold of your heel, it can take a long time to heal, and such is my current situation. It started in...
View ArticleRunning in School: Fitness Should Be #1 School Subject
Children, young people, need to participate in regular, daily fitness programs more now than ever, and a walking/running program seems like a viable solution that any school could implement.
View ArticleRunning: Tips and Tricks
Trash bags – If it looks like rain on race day or when you're going out for a long run, carry a plastic trash bag. It makes a handy disposable rain coat. Trash bags will also cut the wind to keep you...
View ArticleGet Younger By Running
Did you know that physical activity is the one thing that has been proven to reverse the effects of aging? That is not an idea but a fact (Fries). Did you know that many people run and do marathons...
View ArticleFive Tips to Motivate You to Run
Everybody struggles with motivation for running sometimes. Here are five sure fire tips to get you out the door.
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This infographic makes it easy to understand why every runner should utilize interval training. More Health and Fitness News & Tips at Greatist.
View ArticleCoping With Breathing Issues
GUEST AUTHORMilt Bedingfield, C.D.E., M.A., Exercise Physiology Ever find that when you go out to run you have a difficult time catching your breath? You feel fine, otherwise, but you feel out of...
View ArticleTop Gun Triathlon Report
Enjoyed the Top Gun Triathlon at Ft. Desoto Beach. If you haven't tried a tri, I highly recommend it. Like me, you'll be forced to train on the bike and in the pool, and both will do wonders for your...
View ArticleRunning During Rainy Season
Where I live, it rains almost every day in the late afternoon during the summer. Add to that the fact that the temp is above 80 during all daylight hours and the humidity is about the same. That makes...
View Article5 Ways to Get Off a Running Plateau
If you run long enough, at some point you are going to find yourself on a running plateau. Here are my best suggestions to get off that plateau.
View ArticlePete Nelson, Reinvented
One thing we're learning is that it's possible to reinvent yourself, to become a new and improved 'you.' I listened to a program on TV the other night in which a Dr. Lodge was reporting on his...
View ArticleGreat Matt Fitzgerald Article
From an article by Matt Fitzgerald on Active.com: "First of all, you should do something. A lot of runners assume 10 minutes is not enough time to do anything that will make a difference to their...
View ArticleWhen Life Disrupts Your Running Schedule
It's a given that, no matter how dedicated you are, there will be times when your training is hijacked by factors beyond your control. One of the kids is sick The weather is horrible You have to work...
View ArticleMaintain Your Mileage Right Through the Year's End
We've almost polished off another year of running. Hopefully, at the start of 2011 you analyzed your running during 2010 and set new, higher, yet realistic goals for 2011. One of them, logically, would...
View ArticleRunners: Grab Your Pencils - or Calculators
It's time to pore over your 2011 running journal, to add up your mileage and discover whether you met your goals.
View ArticleStretch and Strengthen to Prevent Knee Pain
Extremely helpful video for preventing and understanding knee pain in runners. This Navy physical therapist does an outstanding job of explaining how to stretch and strengthen to prevent knee pain and...
View ArticleTwo Reasons Why You Shouldn't Do Your First Marathon
As much as I am a fan of marathons, I don't think everyone should do one, and it's important to do it for the right reasons. Here are two specific reasons that would be the wrong reason to decide to do...
View Article10 Reasons to Run Gasparilla
Friday starts with the 8 On Your Side Health & Fitness Expo. Then the first race of the weekend is the 15k on Saturday followed by the 5k. Sunday starts with the half marathon followed by th 5 +...
View ArticleFive Reasons to Run a Marathon
You should run a marathon because you won’t have to spend the rest of your life trying to decide whether you should do one. You can cross it off the bucket list. The accomplisment will stoke your...
View ArticleCross Training Confusion and Mistakes
Cross training will improve any runner's fitness, but it is important to consider what kind of cross training to do and when in the runner's training week it is best incorporated.
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