7 New Ways to Look at Your Running: 3D Strength, Caffeine Bliss, and Other Fun
Does consistent training sound…kind of boring? It doesn’t have to be! To stay interested and continue progressing with your running, you have to upgrade your training and introduce more variety. To...
View ArticleMaking Dreams Reality: The Future of Strength Running
Average people follow their dreams, distance runners chase them down and beat them into submission. For as long as I can remember, people have asked me: What do you want to do when you grow up? What...
View Article4 Surprising Ways to Run Your Fastest Marathon
Long runs! Tempo workouts! Mileage! We know these things are instrumental in running a fast marathon – but what else is important? A marathon attempt is daunting: at 26.2 miles, it challenges your body...
View ArticleRun Your BQ is Open Now! Five New Things You Need to Know
A few short times per year, Run Your BQ accepts new runners to join the team and transform their marathon training. Are you going to join us this time? RYBQ is now open - let me tell you about the...
View ArticleThe Maui Virtual Group Run: 27 Photos to Motivate Your Next Workout
Wouldn’t it be great if all Strength Running readers could get together for a group run? Awesome, but unfortunately impossible. The reality is that SR is truly global – there are readers in Argentina,...
View ArticleAnnouncing 2013: The Year of Consistency
Welcome to 2013! I want to make it your best year of running yet. Every year, I announce a theme on Strength Running that influences articles here, gives you a new perspective on training, and...
View ArticleHow to Make Running a Habit that Sticks
“Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don’t think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.” - Patti Sue Plumer If you’re looking for the ultimate training “secret” then you’ve...
View ArticleComing Soon: The Strength Running Boot Camp
Over the last few weeks, you’ve learned specific strategies to: Turn bad runs into successful workouts using the Plan B Technique Avoid the Try Everything, Try Nothing Approach so you can stop spinning...
View ArticleThe Art of Risk: The Right and Wrong Ways to Take Risks with Running
Author Erica Jong said, “The trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” In running, the biggest risk is not resolving something that can be easily resolved. For a coach like me, it’s...
View ArticleNow Open: The Strength Running Boot Camp
Drumroll, please! Finally, I’m thrilled to announce that the Strength Running Boot Camp – a 4-week, step-by-step course to develop consistent running into a habit that sticks – is now accepting new...
View ArticleLet’s Hang Out Before the Boston Marathon! Plus 2 More Announcements
Marathon Monday is coming! On April 15, tens of thousands of runners will line up in Hopkinton to run Boston, the world’s greatest marathon. But the real event the media is jacked up about is the...
View ArticleI Won a Marathon! (Plus Another Almost Unbelievable Announcement)
It’s true: last Sunday, I won the Potomac River Run Marathon in 2:50:27. Before you think that this is super impressive, know that it was a small local race capped at a mere 350 runners. So I didn’t...
View ArticleHappy 2014! Welcome to the Year of Healthy, Injury-Free Running
Happy New Year! 2014 is going to be YOURS – are you ready? Every January I like to reflect on the annual highlights and set goals for the next 12 months. And 2013 was our best year ever. How do I know?...
View ArticleInjury Prevention for Runners is Now Available!
The day is finally here: Injury Prevention for Runners is now available! After two years of research…. Nearly every running book consulted… Exhaustive testing on myself, hundreds of other runners, and...
View ArticleWant to Hang Out Soon? 3 Ways to See Me This Spring
It’s going to be a busy spring season – and I’d love you to be a part of it! There are three events coming up that you’re welcomed to attend. There will be more of these as SR grows – and I want to...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Strength Running! I have gifts for you…
In just a few days, Strength Running will turn four years old. What started as a little running blog that nobody read has grown into one of the largest running blogs on the web. It’s crazy to think...
View ArticleInspiration on Tap: The Runner’s World Heartbreak Hill Half & Festival
I’ll admit: I’m in a slump. Motivation is low and the only inspiration to run I’ve had recently was when the scale showed an extra ten pounds. The desire to train after any marathon, particularly an...
View ArticleChange is a Good Thing: Announcing the Next Chapter of My Life
In the immortal words of C.S. Lewis: It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you...
View Article50 Quotes to Inspire You to Run Down Your Dreams (new ebook!)
I started Strength Running in 2010 to share my passion, expertise, and love of running with the world. For over four years, SR has grown in leaps and bounds and I’m thrilled that today I can help tens...
View ArticleIt’s Here: The “50 Inspiring Quotes” Free Ebook
Every so often, a run will leave you breathless. In this case, I mean that both figuratively and literally: This photo was taken at over 6,800 feet altitude in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains....
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