I propose adding a new diagnosis to the medical dictionaries: running-intolerant. It can be defined as “not able to trot, jog, or run any distance without feeling tortured.”I was running-intolerant until the age of 27. As a self-proclaimed “lifting faster is my cardio” type of athlete, I preferred workouts with short bursts of high effort throughout a 90-minute gym session ...
As far as destination races go, you could do a lot worse than the Royal Victoria Marathon in Victoria, BC. This event also features a half, 8K, and 5K. Victoria is a beautiful city in the Pacific Northwest nestled between Vancouver, BC to the north and Seattle, WA to the south. The total number of participants in the three events are ...
In case you missed it, another fantastic racing weekend was accomplished the weekend of November 16th as almost 60 of TCTC’s finest members took on the Richmond races to cap the success of another travel race for the club. 3 races of varying distances: Full marathon, half marathon and the 8k provided differing challenges for our runners. This race isn’t run ...
When you’re running do you ever think, “Running just doesn’t feel fun for me anymore”? Well, let me tell you some things that your family, friends, and yourself can do to keep running fun!The first thing you could do is plan a brunch run with family and friends. I mean who doesn’t love breakfast?! It keeps running fun when you’re ...
Has running ever gotten you into a funk? What I mean is, have you trained for and ran your big races for the season and then as much as you wanted to get back into running, you just couldn’t do it? Whether it was lack of motivation, family commitments or just down right exhaustion, something was missing. I’m here to ...
We made it through another season of summer running in Winston-Salem! Whew! After 20+ years of running through the summer heat and humidity, I am so thankful for the numerous public water fountains our city has to offer. Planning run routes with access to water can be a lifesaver (literally!) on summer days. Here is my top 10 list of ...
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 ...
Running has been one of the most freeing experiences for me. Developing the ability to just keep moving forward for extended periods of time, seeing incremental progress, and finding new ways to improve is so empowering. I started running around a year ago to lose weight. Since then, I’ve fallen in love with how the sport made me feel, the ...
As those in or around the marathoning world may already know, Abbott, title sponsor of the Abbott World Marathon Majors series, is looking to add to its list of six major marathons. One of the candidate races looking to join the existing lineup of Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, and New York is the Sydney Marathon, which runs in Sydney, ...
Let me start this article off with saying, injuries are never fun. On September 17, 2023, an unfortunate side-step during a game of intramural flag football resulted in a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in my left leg. A month and a half later, on December 1, 2023, I underwent surgery to reconstruct my ACL using a ...