Liz Crain is a coach with Team RunRun. To learn more about her or to work with Coach Liz, check out her coaching page. Speedwork…it’s not everyone’s favorite type of workout, but still an important part of training. Adding speedwork into your training can help you level up your running! After a while, you might find … Read more
Liz Crain is a coach with Team RunRun. To learn more about her or to work with Coach Liz, check out her coaching page. What is a tempo? A tempo run, also known as a threshold run, is a run that is at an effort level where your body is able to clear as much … Read more
Erin Hunt is a coach with Team RunRun. To learn more about her or to work with Coach Erin, check out her coaching page. It’s early spring, which means some of us are still experiencing snowfall while others are watching flowers bloom. Either way, we know that summer is just around the corner and temperatures will be … Read more
Brian Comer is a coach with Team RunRun. To learn more about him or to work with Coach Brian, check out his coaching page. In the world that we live in, now more than ever seems like the time to view ourselves from within. To reflect, to ponder, to determine where to go from here, … Read more
Korey Konga is a coach with Team RunRun. To learn more about him or to work with Coach Korey, check out his coaching page. With many states enacting shelter in place guidelines due to COVID19, our options for running routes have become limited, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a great workout in FROM … Read more
Comparing Popular Running Gels, aka I tried a bunch of gels so you don’t have to, with Coach Erin Hunt. Erin Hunt is a coach with Team RunRun. To learn more about her or to work with Coach Erin, check out her coaching page. With so many nutrition products on the market, writing your own … Read more
Annelie Stockton is a coach with Team RunRun. To learn more about her or to work with Coach Annelie, check out her coaching page. What are Form Drills? Specific movements that help improve running ability. Start with slow dynamic stretching & work your way into faster movements. Form drills are designed to help loosen the … Read more
We asked several of the mom coaches on the team for their input on what it was like running during pregnancy and running postpartum. We were all first-time moms at some point, learning to juggle running and pregnancy and then running and momming, and I myself found it particularly helpful to read about others’ experiences … Read more
WHY SLEEP? Sleep is necessary for life and plays a critical role in brain function and systemic physiology, including metabolism, appetite regulation, and the functioning of immune, hormonal, and cardiovascular systems.48,49 Normal healthy sleep is characterized by duration lasting 7 to 9 hours for most adults with good quality, appropriate timing and regularity, and the absence … Read more
This is the second post in a four part series geared directly to runners, prepared for us by Allison Feldt, DPT Physical Therapist and Owner of Body Motion Physical Therapy. Find Part 1 here Regarding Body Maintenance Post-Run The Importance of Mobility Training for Performance and Injury Prevention Let’s talk mobility. As a runner your … Read more
This is the first post in a four part series geared directly to runners, prepared for us by Allison Feldt, DPT Physical Therapist and Owner of Body Motion Physical Therapy. Body Maintenance Post Run Running is a major time commitment. When you are committed to running, especially if training for long distances, most of your … Read more
“Go, Go, Go…we can make it!” I yelled, as the train slowly steamed towards the intersect with the road at mile seventeen. I had been coaching my sister for the past couple years. She wasn’t really a runner when we started, but she decided she wanted to get into it and I agreed to coach … Read more
Runners are always looking for an edge. We’ve recently become connected with Nutrition Coach and dietician Heidi Strickler. She kindly took the time to answer some of the more commonly asked questions by Team RunRun athletes. My hunch is that we’re all going to be interested in learning more! If you have more questions or … Read more
Why Yoga? For the first 3 years of my running career I suffered from sciatica on the left side of my body. It would come and go and there were times that the pain was so bad I could barely walk. I tried everything to help my sciatica but nothing seemed to work. It wasn’t … Read more
That was my mantra for the Indiana Trails 100. I had plenty of reasons to think I might not do well leading up to the race. I’d picked up a nasty cold/flu that sidelined my training 3 weeks out from the race. Just as I began to recover and a little over a week before … Read more
by Dave Scheibel Introduction Last year mid 90 degree heat brought me to my knees and significantly impacted my performance on the second day of the Fat Dog 120. After two days in these temperatures and running for over 24 hours I felt like I could barely move under the oppressive blanket of heat. I … Read more
