After running more than 40 road races over the years I have learned a little bit about running. I have mentioned before when talking about running that I usually put in “recovery time” after my races. How to recover after run is equally important after any run, not just a race. Today I’m sharing my […]

Have you ever felt like you need to get your spin bones back in shape. One time after taking my first spin class following about an eight month hiatus, my sit bones, aka. spin bones, were hurting! Enter sore spin bones. Probably more embarrassing though was when I walked into the middle of class accidentally. […]

Since I began practicing yoga I’ve had an issue with my left shoulder, (a snap crackle pop shoulder) for what has seemed like the entire time. It makes a cracking noise as I straighten it to enter downward facing dog on my yoga mat. I have Dr. Google’d the heck out of this problem and I’m […]

My husband purchased a Garmin GPS watch, the Forerunner 205, when he first started running. Since then I have used this watch (and the later ones he purchased) mostly on long runs, or when I didn’t have the time or energy to map out a path with a specific distance before my run. How accurate […]

Will you be hitting the pavement today in honor of Global Running Day? Join me on National Running Day. There are a lot of lesser-known holidays throughout the year that aren’t celebrated widely – but this “holiday” was worth mentioning as I did have a running-branded blog for three years and remain an active runner. […]

A few years ago I announced I would be running my first road race since 2014, I knew I would need one piece of running gear- running shoes. I invested in some new shoes and then purchase the same pair again the next year. Today I want to talk about when you should buy new […]

I have a bit of a confession. I ran for two years before I purchased a proper running jacket. More than once during that time I resorted to wearing a 10-year-old hooded windbreaker from GAP as my “running jacket.” It was time I went about selecting a running jacket. As the researcher that I am, […]

When I first started running regularly I used to frequently get a painful pinch on the side part of my torso, around my mid-section, below my rib cage. These are called running cramps. The pinching quickly brought me back to high school gym class and the pinch I would feel in my diaphragm after being […]