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3 Reasons Why Runners Need to Lift Weights
Attention Runners! You need to lift! Runners, we need to talk. You, and yes, even myself have had the same thought. "I don't need to do any strength...
What Every Athlete Can Learn From Ironman Record Holder Craig Alexander
A 2.4-mile swim. A 112-mile bike ride. A 26.2-mile marathon run. Just listing the components of an Ironman Triathlon can be enough to make you feel queasy. When it comes [...]
How Energy Systems Training Can Help You Be Better at Your Sport
When athletes and coaches think about conditioning it often times involves endless bouts of suicides, stair runs, and sprints with reckless abandonment....
This Woman Lost Almost 200 Pounds. Now She’s Trying to Qualify for the Boston Marathon.
When Jamie Johnston told her husband in 2011 that her life needed to change, the problem was right in front of her face. The issue wasn’t Dana, her loving husband [...]
Why Endurance Athletes Need to Deadlift
If you are an endurance athlete, you may think that continuing to practice a particular event for prolonged periods of time will get you to where you...
WATCH: Guy With No Marathon Experience Completes a 50-Mile Race While Wearing Jean Shorts and Drinking Beer
Getting your body in shape to run a marathon takes a lot of work. Normally, an average Joe wouldn’t wake up and say, “hey, I think I'm going to run [...]
What the Early End of U.S. Marathoner Ryan Hall’s Career Can Teach Athletes About Overtraining Syndrome
Every athlete wants to be the best at their individual sport, which is why they spend countless hours in the weight room, on the field, and out on the...
LOOK: Steph Curry Will Serve as the Carolina Panthers’ ‘Keep Pounding’ Drummer for Super Bowl 50
NBA Champ and Charlotte native Steph Curry is keeping it tight with his hometown team at Super Bowl 30. A game day tweet from the Panthers shows that pro basketball's [...]
5 Marathon Nutrition Tips for First-Time Participants
Five Marathon Nutrition Tips for First Time Participants Here are five marathon nutrition tips for athletes preparing for their first marathon. Do Your...
5K, 10K, Half-Marathon or Full: Which Running Distance is Right for You?
Runners at The Color Run, a non-competitive 5K race where participants are doused in colored powder. More runners are toeing race starting lines every year. Race participation is [...]
