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Running Articles

Downhill Running

Taken from Hal Higdon’s ’Smart Running’

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We All Need Speed

Ed Eyestone

Tempo training is the best way to get faster and stronger, no matter where you are in the pack

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Getting Fast

Jennifer A. Gritt

How and Why to Introduce Speedwork to Your Training

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Own the Zone

Chris Freytag

Heart-rate Training in the Group Fitness Setting

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The perfect time to join a running club

Kate Pophal

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A Green Guide for Runners

By Coach Jenny Hadfield

These days, it seems like everyone is going green There are a variety of ways to live an eco-friendly life, but did you know it can be as simple as greening up your next run? Here are a few easy tips to saving the planet all in a day’s run…

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The 53 Runner's Commandments

Joe Kelly

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Why Running is a Woman's Sport

Kate Pophal

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Which is the perfect running shoe?

Kate Pophal

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The Athlete’s Kitchen

Nancy Clark, MS, RD, CSSD

2009 Sports Nutrition Guidelines

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Importance of Recovery

Taken from August 2005 Runner's World

Running recovery is when muscle rebuilds itself to become stronger.

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The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money?

CHRISTOPHER McDOUGALL

Thrust enhancers, roll bars, microchips...the $20 billion running - shoe industry wants us to believe that the latest technologies will cushion every stride. Yet in this extract from his controversial new book, Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the rise, that everything we've been told about running shoes is wrong - and that it might even be better to go barefoot...

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Hydration

Runner's World, Beginning Running, Amby Burfoot

How to stay hydrated for optimal performance

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Running and Dogs

Shelly-lynn Florence Glover, MS., is an exercise physiologist and co-author of The Runner's Handbook and The Runner's Training Diary with her husband and training partner Bob Glover. www.americanrunni

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Foam Rolling

National Academy of Sports Medicine, Optimum Performance Training

The Alternative to Sports Massages

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Core Strength

National Academy of Sports Medicine

What is the core?

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Periodization

Taken from The Cutting Edge Runner, Runners’s World, Matt Fitzgerald

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Healthy Recipe Doctor on Vitamin D

Elaine Magee RD, MPH

From low fat recipes, to recipes designed for diabetics, Elaine Magee RD, MPH shares recipes and advice to create healthy meals that are guaranteed to please on www.webmd.com.

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