All Entries in the "Running" Category
Why you Might Want to Consider Becoming a Runner
A fitness program should include the basics of aerobic exercise, strength training, and stretching or flexibility, according to MayoClinic.com. For many people, running is the preferred form of aerobic exercise, offering physical, emotional and financial advantages. Before you start a running program, consult your doctor to be sure you don’t have any medical issues that [...]
Does Running at Night make you Faster?
Blanketed by darkness and zipping past streetlamps, night runners may feel as though their nocturnal hours award swifter speeds. But does logging midnight miles actually inspire greater speeds, or is the quickened pace merely a mind trick? A Run On The Dark Side — Why It Matters Donning sneakers at sunrise rarely seems more appealing [...]
Running Tips: How do you get Started?
Anyone can run and you can, too. Really. But it will be a lot more enjoyable if you start runningthe right way. Here’s how NOT to do it. Growing up, I didn’t play sports, thereby I didn’t run. In eighth grade, I wanted to play field hockey and I agreed to go for a run [...]
5 Ways to Run Smarter at Night
As winter approaches the days are quickly becoming shorter and for many runners it gets increasingly difficult to fit a run in during daylight hours. Night running is never the safest option for any runner but if you run in the evening you need to be prepared for the unexpected. Follow these five tips to [...]
3 easy tips for running with your mate (without killing each other)
~ by Mike Romaniuk, sharing his “secret thoughts of men” 2011 is well past its half over mark and I don’t know about you, but I’m finding that life is speeding by faster each year. I’m also discovering that couple-time can be hard to squeeze into a busy schedule. Running with your spouse can be [...]
Someone who is busier than you is running right now
Some days I find it hard to find time for exercise. Like every mom – no matter the size of the family - I find that life with four kids and their various schools (three) and sports (four) and activities (three) makes each day chaotic and busy. If I sleep in, or something throws me off-schedule [...]
A workout video to bookmark: Running drills to improve your form, strength and speed
In my post on Sunday, I wrote about how I’ve just started another half marathon running clinic, training for my sixth half marathon. Thanks for your comments, support and especially your questions! I’ve had a few questions from people about running drills, specifically what other drills there are besides the “ABC’s” that I mentioned on [...]
I did it!
Hi Ladies, I DID IT!!! Yes, I am now a proud owner of a half marathon medal!!!! Wow, what an experience. Let’s start the day or night before. I did what my running partner, Farida had told me to do. Eat, drink lots of water, lay everything out and get a good night sleep. I [...]
I shall get my medal this Sunday!!
Well the count down is on, my friends! This Sunday I shall be getting that medal that I have wanted for a few years now. A few years ago I had trained hard to prepare for my first half marathon, the Fall Classic. When I got to the end I didn’t get a medal. At [...]
The fitness fashion I love to run away with
Last spring I was strolling through my neighborhood Target, when I saw a super cute running SKIRT with a matching tank on the end of an aisle. I have always run in Under Armour pants (even in the ridiculous Atlanta heat), mainly because I hate having to constantly pull my shorts down as they slowly [...]
Run Joe, Run: Joe’s hilarious letter to his running friends
Do you know Joe? Joe is a friend of the Girls (and our hubbies), and a very funny guy. Now I realize he is also crazy, but in my book that’s a mark FOR him, not against him. A few days ago, Joe sent this letter out to his running friends. It’s so funny, I [...]
Training for the Fall Classic
Susan~ I have been training for lets say “my medal”; instead of saying “the race”, in the fall classic. I say that, because I haven’t really been able to do too much running these days. Six months ago I was all gun ho in training for this half marathon. But then life changed a lot [...]
How to Survive an Ultra Marathon
~Rebecca, Diets in Review Because completing my first Olympic distance triathlon was not enough, I decided to follow up a week later with my first ultra marathon – a 50K (31 mile) trail race in The North Face Endurance Challenge series! If you’re surprised, trust me, I was too! I actually thought I was competing [...]
20 Unexpected Things I Learned From Running
~Melanie Because I am a runner myself, I don’t mind taking the heat for saying this: runners are a weird bunch. Bizarre. Peculiar. Obsessive, even. Not to mention downright compulsive. I don’t know if we are drawn to running because we are strange, or whether the heat we generate while running melts some of our [...]
Girls gone running: mom and daughter take on 5k
~Melanie Last weekend I ran a 5k race and it was a very special one: it was my ten year old daughter’s first 5k race and our first race together. I was really keen to share the fun and excitement of running with her. She’d been watching me run out our front door several times [...]
Running: Science vs Art
~Ann Brennan There are days when it isn’t going to happen. The schedule has me doing seven eight hundred meter repeats on the track, beginning with a twenty-five minute warm-up and ending with a twenty-five minute cool down. That’s nine miles on a day I feel like doing nothing more than sleeping. These are the [...]
