Maintaining your legs’ workhorses will improve your overall performance.
Your calf muscles (also known as the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles) simultaneously act as the gas...
Every recovery is different, but here are some strategies that can help speed up yours.
First of all, congratulations! You just completed a marathon. While the...
Even though you work your entire body when running (including your arms, hips, and core), your feet bear a lot of the burden. So it’s particularly scary when you...
Runners dream big. Tackling a new distance, posting a personal best, losing weight—we embrace grand challenges. But what happens after that goal is (hopefully) met? You...
Although intermittent fasting (IF) might sound like yet another weight-loss fad, the strategy has been highlighted in numerous studies for its potential benefits. Also called “time-restricted...
From shoes and apparel to other essentials these packs made our must-have list.Insanely cool, these 12 products deliver an unrivalled boost to every run....
You may have heard other runners talking about Strava, the “social network for athletes” that’s become massively popular since its launch in 2009. If you...
When runner Starla Garcia, 31, was marathon training, she noticed the data provided by her Garmin Forerunner 235 watch often seemed skewed, giving her...
With 5kms remaining in Brooklyn Lindsey’s virtual New York City Marathon, she found herself thinking for the first time that day about the terrifying events...
In February of 2020, I began writing an article about my experiences competing as a Black woman at the elite level of distance running for RUNGRL, a...
It’s hard to say whether distance running attracts or breeds perfectionist tendencies. Nearly 20 years of competitive running has brought so many people-pleasing, black-and-white...
Tracking macros, clean eating, the keto diet versus the Mediterranean diet, carb cycling, intermittent fasting—the breadth of nutrition-focused strategies for better performance and—often for weight loss—can be dizzying.
For some of...
The recent rise in plant-based eating may have you reaching for nutritional yeast to obtain a nutrient boost. Also known as “nooch,” nutritional yeast...
A meta-analysis published in the American Heart Association’s Circulation journal in 2019 found that heart-healthy diets are naturally low in cholesterol.Overall heart-healthy dietary patterns...