3 Ways to Stay in Shape and Eat Healthy Over the Holidays
Tips from Coach Carol In your calendar, commit to the days and times that you will exercise and make dates for workouts with friends. Keep these commitments like you would…
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Keep Your Training Going this Fall and Winter
With the days getting shorter, the weather colder and wetter, and holidays heading our way, it may get harder mentally to get yourself out for a run or walk. Here…
Lead Action
As the weather turns cooler and rainier, sometimes it is difficult to get motivated to workout. One thing that you can add to your life to stay healthy are LEAD…
Tapering To Run Your Best Fall Marathon or Half
Tapering can be one of the hardest parts of training. Tapering involves decreasing your mileage during the last few weeks before your race. This allows your body to replace all…
How to Increase Your Mileage
A common mistake that many runners make is increasing their weekly mileage too soon. By gradually increasing your mileage, you decrease your risk of injury. The general rule for increasing…
Training in the Heat – Best Tips
From Coach Maxx Antush- Embrace a positive attitude about the heat Everyone’s performance is affected by the heat Your body will make long term adaptations over time to improve your…
Using the 4Cs to Run the Best Mile of Your Life
As many of you know, a mile is a little more than 4 laps around a standard track. When I was competing in track and cross country at the Pennsylvania…
Ski to Sea. Racing the Running Leg Well!
If you’ve ever been at the end of the Ski to Sea race and watched the team members hurry toward the finish line to meet their kayaker, you have a…
Ego Training
The Hardest Type of Training There is one type of training that is the most difficult. Even though it is the most challenging, it can help you stay injury free,…
Adding Hills to Your Training –
Go UP! Hill workouts are a great way to improve your running performance. By running up hills, you gain strength in your muscles which is difficult to achieve with flat-land…