Category: Runners Connect

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably experienced this during your weekly runs: Tuesday’s 5-miler feels like you’re dragging concrete blocks, but Thursday’s identical route at the same pace feels…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. Most runners make surface choices based on convenience, usually just picking whatever is closest to home or work to make this simple. But, could this…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. Nearly 90% of endurance athletes experience gastrointestinal distress during competition, yet most runners spend countless hours training their legs while completely ignoring their gut. If…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve probably noticed it during group runs or races: that one runner who seems to glide effortlessly while you’re working twice as hard to maintain…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You’ve seen the lab tests before. Treadmills, blood draws every few minutes, gas masks measuring your every breath. The promise is tantalizing: precise lactate thresholds…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. Every runner faces the same terrifying moment at some point: something hurts, and you have no idea if you should push through or stop immediately….

Read the full post on Runners Connect. If you’ve been following elite running at all the past year or two, you know there’s a controversy over a “new” product called bicarb. Along…

Read the full post on Runners Connect. You hear it often – sleep is essential to your recovery from training and ultimately your running performance (not to mention your overall health). That…