Beyond Beginner: This is What Will Take Your Running to the Next Level

How do you advance from being a good runner to a really good runner? Do you add more miles? Speed up all your paces? Run more often? Or maybe it’s

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Running Marathon Pace In January Can Sink Your Spring Race. Here’s Why.

If you’re a marathoner training for a spring race and you’re running goal marathon paced workouts in January, you’re doing it wrong.Let’s explore a better way.In today’s episode,

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Could Dry January Make You A Better Runner? It’s Complicated

Can even moderate drinking be holding you back from your best performances?In today’s episode, we’ll explore the effects of alcohol on your training. We’ll go over:How even small amounts

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Train Your Brain Like an Elite Distance Runner with These Tips

What can we learn from the mental strength abilities of the highest performing athletes in the world? What do they do that we don’t?And more importantly, how can we

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A Better Way to Make Sure Your Running Resolutions Stick All Year Long

The sad truth is that most resolutions are abandoned by mid-January. Even by well-intentioned, highly disciplined runners.There is a better way.Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic

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The Recovery Essentials if You Hate Rest Days (at Any Age)

Some runners just really, really love to race. So they race.  A lot. If this is you, you could be sacrificing performance on the race that means the

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Does Racing In the Weeks Before Your Goal Race Really Make Sense?

Some runners just really, really love to race. So they race.  A lot. If this is you, you could be sacrificing performance on the race that means the

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It’s Not Your Age That’s Slowing You Down. It’s This.

Masters runners (those over 40) today are fitter and faster than ever before. How can it be? Have the elite older runners unlocked the running fountain of youth? Let’s

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Stop Feeling Guilty About Running! How to Fit It In Your Busy Life

We all know that running is good for our mental health.  But it’s also good for our spiritual health as well. Can you transform your running into something

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How Your Running Quietly Soothes Your Soul In These Troubled Times

We all know that running is good for our mental health.  But it’s also good for our spiritual health as well. Can you transform your running into something

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