The hellish woes of summer training soon to pay off Enough for you to look at previous times and scoff Worried your body was getting slower Only to find it needed to build power The temps, like the leaves and soon to be paces if they haven’t already, are falling. If you’ve been hesitant to find out if running is ...
I’m not a writer…Lucky for you, you don’t have to be! Our flyer team feels strongly that being a writer is much like being a runner. If you’re writing, no matter what it’s for, you’re a writer!In all seriousness, you don’t need to be a bona fide writer to write an article for the flyer. A vast majority of article ...
Here’s where things start to get fun. In the grand scheme of things, your running journey is not about the destination, it’s about the stops you make along the way. Rather, in our case, it’s not about the racing results, it’s about the training that got you there. Racing is a lot of fun and exhilarating, but it’s the training ...
Every so often, the club puts on what’s called a Hash Run. Typically they are done in the spirit of a holiday for an easy theme (Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, Thanksgiving, etc.), but they don’t have to be. It does require a host. Desired hosts are people in homes/communities that are safe for running. They are often done in open ...
Over the course of time, we as people have developed fascinating and complex bits of technology that do great things for analyzing our workouts for us! Imagine all the complicated science used to analyze runs and exercise and it’s all easily accessible in a few bits of machinery like our watches, heart rate monitors and other athletic gadgets! The different ...
Hello and welcome to Runner’s 401. This is where things start to get serious. In this article, more terms will be broken down, but there’s a twist. This article is more so aimed for people getting into the more complex side of running. What makes these terms more complex is that there is much more variation to how they are ...
It’s no secret that Twin City Track Club is a runner friendly community, embracing both experienced and new runners alike. Yet, It can still feel intimidating to learn what to invest in when you get started. We hear about other runners having all this expensive gear and ask ourselves, “is that really necessary to get started?” Well, the answer is… ...
Alrighty Flyer readers, buckle up, this is gonna be a long one. We usually try to keep our articles short, sweet and to the point to keep your attention, but we’re making an exception for the 2024 Boston Marathon. A questionnaire was sent out to gather the runners’ experiences and the responses received were too great to pick and choose ...
One of the many benefits to the Twin City Track Club is the availability of a track that’s open to the public. Unless you ran in high school or college, you may not know the ins and outs of how to formally use a track. If you’ve had a chance to visit the track, you know that it can be ...
How ironic is it to be a runner and have asthma? Partaking in a sport that often leaves you breathless is certain to feel even worse when your lungs perform less than optimally right? Absolutely. But you’d be surprised how common it is to find asthmatics who choose to pursue running in spite of any potential hurdles. Two of our ...