When you start spending more and more time running, you start to inadvertently incorporate different things into your life. When your weekend mornings are spent running for hours instead of sleeping in, when your week day evenings are filled with speed work, hill repeats, tempo runs and when your constantly setting ridiculous new goals… things can start to get a …
The Foam Roller 101
It’s a love hate relationship with the Foam Roller. As we know it provides one of those hurts so good type of situations. We are going to help you get through it… roll through it. Types of Foam Rollers: – Since the foam roller first made its debut appearance in and around 1997, there have been many different shaped and …
6 Common Running Injuries (and How to Avoid Each)
As much as we love running there are common injuries associated with the sport that can cause us to be in pain and hault our running. It is best to know what you could be up against, how to avoid them and how to relieve it if you are experiencing it. Here are 5 common running injuries: and Running can …
Psssst… Girl Talk and Those Body Things
Let’s talk about all of those weird, gross, ouch, things that running can cause to our bodies. Between the three of us girls we have asked and discussed all of these things with each other as if they are a secret or we are the only one that it is happening to. Then we realized “hey I’ve also had that …
3 Must Do’s for Proper Race Fueling
Fueling for racing can be difficult and it can be hard to find exactly what works for you especially as you start entering longer run territory. We can be plagued with nausea, upset stomachs, the lack of desire to eat at all, and the worst of all, diarrhea. Nutrition can make or break a race. I am going to talk …
Sacroiliac What?
You have a very tight sacroiliac joint on your left, my RMT said to me. Sorry, my what? Your sacroiliac joints (or SI joints) are located on both sides of your pelvis between the ilium and sacrum bones in your pelvic. They are two of the three joints that make up your pelvis and have a very small range of …
7 Tips for a New Runner
We’ve all started at the beginning. Every single one of us runners, from the most seasoned marathoners, to the 100 mile racers, to the accomplished 10kmers. We all had to take that first step. We all struggled. So for everyone out there at the beginning of their running journey, this is for you! 1. Remember: It takes at least 30 …
Trekking Poles
Aren’t poles for skiing? No way! You know those people you see out walking with poles… and you think to yourself “that is weird why are you walking with poles”… well these people are on to something. I have recently had quite a few people ask me about my poles while out running through trails and I always express how …
What I Have Learned About Racing!
Whether you are a season veteran, or a race virgin, race day can be intimidating. So much time and effort goes into that day. You have possibly been training for months, dreamed of the race for a long time, and put a lot of thought into your race day outfit. Everyone is going to have an amazing race day, where …
April’s Challenge… STAIRS!!
For the month of April we are going to be including stairs into our training! Why you ask… Because climbing forces us against gravity making running up stairs really hard! and what happens when we push ourselves to do something that is really hard… We get stronger!! The challenge is as follows: April 1-6 run up and down 5 times …