Have you ever run a marathon?

by | Run To Win Website

I have run a few marathons, and I have made a lot of mistakes. Those are all mistakes that you don’t have to make. There are some simple steps that you can take to enjoy your race, race well, and then recover sufficiently to enjoy the rest of your day and be...

New Rules of Lifting (For Women)

by | Books

A couple of years ago, I reviewed The New Rules of Lifting by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove. It is one of my favorite exercise books and I have tailored quite a few of my lifting routines after ones that were provided in that book over the past couple of years. A...

Take Advantage of Your Local Trails & Parks

by | Workout Tips

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about taking advantage of your location for the month of December. This week, I will explain why you should take advantage of your local trail system. This past Summer I wrote...

IAAF Elects Tyson Gay Athlete of the Year

by | Sports

Triple Gold Medalist at the Osaka championships this year, Tyson Gay has been elected the 2007 Athlete of the Year by the IAAF. “I had been so scared. Scared of losing. I had ran very well at the US championships, but this was another dimension. I did not want to...

Marathons won’t kill you after all…

by | News

After hearing about Ryan Shay dying during the Olypmic Marathon Trials, or Chad Schieber dying during the Chicago Marathon, or any other runner that dies during a race or training, you may think that running is too dangerous an activity to be worth taking up. Ignoring...

How do you plan to welcome in the New Year?

by | News

How do welcome the New Year? Do you stay up late and party on New Year’s Eve, do you run a road race at midnight, do you stay at home and watch the ball drop with the kids? Or are you boring like me and go to bed at your normal time? How about New Year’s...