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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The clock read 30:05 as the front wheel of the stroller crossed the finish line. Not bad, I thought to myself. Finally getting back into shape after the baby. If you would have asked 15-year-old me if I could ever be happy running a 30-minute 5k, she would have laughed and continued doing hill repeats until she got another stress ...
When I was 13 years old, I was a runner. I ran all the time. I never had any formalized kind of training, I just ran. I was on the cross country and track team throughout Junior High and High School and after high school I joined the army and ran some more. We ran everywhere and back then I ...
Can you guess the irony? I run because I like to socialize with other people. That’s right! I chose one of the most individualistic sports available – so I could be with other people. Seems ironic to me, so let me explain.RacingAt first, I ran 5Ks – fast. Over quick with a lot of hard breathing (and dry heaves at ...