Category: Runners Connect

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably felt it during your last long run: that familiar twinge in your Achilles that you’ve been ignoring for weeks, hoping it would just…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. Here’s something most runners don’t realize: that nagging knee pain, the low back discomfort after long runs, or the IT band issue that won’t go…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably experienced it during group runs or races: watching another runner glide effortlessly past you while you’re working twice as hard to maintain the…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably experienced this frustrating scenario: you’re 18 miles into a marathon, feeling strong and on pace, when suddenly your legs turn to concrete and…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. Sarah had been running pain-free for three months when she decided she was ready to return to her normal training routine. Two weeks later, she…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably heard it during group runs, read it in magazines, or been told by well-meaning runners: “You need to stop heel striking, it’s destroying…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably seen them at marathons: runners who cruise through mile 20 looking fresh while everyone else is hitting the wall. They maintain their pace…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably met that runner at your local group who trains half as much as you but consistently runs faster marathons. They show up to…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. At the 2023 Chicago Marathon, something remarkable happened in the final 10K that most spectators completely missed. While thousands of runners began their inevitable fade,…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably seen the Instagram posts:runners training in the thin air of Flagstaff or Boulder, looking effortlessly smooth at paces that would leave most of…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. Did you know that 78% of marathoners follow the same 16-week training plan regardless of their running background, goals, or life circumstances? This cookie-cutter approach…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve been crushing your marathon training for 16 weeks. Every long run has been conquered, every tempo session completed, and your weekly mileage has steadily…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. Most runners replace their shoes every 400-500 miles, spending over $150 annually on footwear yet research reveals they’re missing a simple strategy that could cut…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. Here’s a statistic that might surprise you: research shows that up to 78% of  runners experience significant pre-race anxiety, with performance anxiety affecting their race…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. I recently spoke with Sarah, a 34-year-old marketing director who’d been sidelined with IT band syndrome for six weeks. She’d tried everything, physical therapy, foam…