Category: Runners Connect

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…

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…