I’ve been taking my running more seriously the last two years. I have goals to run consistently several times a week so that I can improve my pace and build up mileage. Over the course of the last 9 months I have completed more races alone than I have in my entire life. As I have dedicated more of my life to the sport I have become increasingly aware that taking up running in my early thirties…
Here’s a question a lot of runners are asking right now: I’m upping my weekly mileage steadily over the summer, preparing for a fall marathon. I’m worried about the extra mileage resulting in injury. I know that I shouldn’t increase my mileage too dramatically, what else could I do to prevent me from getting to the finish line? For this answer, we asked Lindsey Hagen, DPT, a Physical Therapist and Elite Runner with Broadway Physical Therapy. Here’s…
I had never heard of the term “Athena runner” until Anne Milligan mentioned it a few months ago, and I thought it was a neat concept, given the connection between bodyweight and running speed (i.e., roughly speaking, every extra pound of weight makes you 2 seconds/mile slower). Here’s a race that took the idea one step further. Called the Las Vegas Fat Boy 5K, it described itself this way: This is an event for “the…
