These running training tips will help you get faster, stay healthy, and stay motivated. Learn everything from how much to sleep to how much to run.
Here’s the problem with the pre-run warm up: most of us don’t have the time to do it. So, we skip it and eventually we get injured. Here’s the thing with the pre-run warm up: it doesn’t have to take long. In this article, I show you how to warm up for a run in … Read more
UPDATED May 28, 2022: I’ve been a runner for most of my life. And I have made most of the common running mistakes runners make along the way. When I was young, I could get away with a lot of running mistakes. As I get older, I have realized the importance of being intentional with … Read more
UPDATED May 1, 2022: Yoga for runners is like eating vegetables. We know we should do it. We know it is good for us. But we don’t do it. For most mother runners, it comes down to time. We simply don’t have time to do yoga. But I make the argument that yoga for runners is … Read more
In the past several years, a lot has been learned and shared about pelvic floor health postpartum. Honestly, when I had my kids 8 and 5 years ago, I hadn’t heard much about the pelvic floor, and seeing a pelvic floor physical therapist wasn’t on my radar. Even as more information comes out, questions still … Read more
UPDATED April 22, 2022: I wrote this post a year ago, and now I’m revisiting it. Why? Because I’ve had to take so many breaks over the past 2.5 years from running that I am constantly asking myself: how long does it take to lose running fitness? Subsequently, I’ve had a lot of mother runners ask … Read more
We all know it—the first day that spring decides to give us a preview and we can’t wait to run—only to feel totally heavy and lethargic because our bodies aren’t used to running in the heat. At the first sign of running in hot weather, many head for the mills (as in treadmills—see what I … Read more
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