The Importance of Cross Training as a Runner By Shawn Webb I have been a personal trainer for about 8 years and have trained many runners. I am a runner and have friends and family members who are also avid runners. My passion is in weightlifting, but I am a firm believer in rotating between […]
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The Importance of Cross Training as a Runner
Where My Feet Have Carried Me
I often describe myself as a recovering Type A personality – I love to write out a to-do list just to be able to cross off my daily accomplishments. I’ll outline and edit and rewrite a vacation packing list over and over to make sure I don’t forget anything (you know, so I can cross that off […]
Million Miles for Mental Health Awareness
Our goal is to invite individuals and groups to join together as a global community to complete one million miles of physical activity during the month of May, and to engage in a huge cause: their mental health. May is mental health awareness month and we want to do what we can to increase awareness as much […]
How Many Miles Will You Run, Walk and/or Jog in 2016?
How are you doing on your New Year’s Resolutions? Do you need to start over? Re-commit? Do you need an extra push? Do you run? Do you walk? Would you like to improve your health and fitness? Are you training for your first 5K, 10K, half marathon or full marathon? Whatever your goals are, be sure […]
Why Do I Keep Doing This?
The Back Of The Pack- Why Do I Keep Doing This? by Amber Hadigan It’s Sunday morning. Long run day. In my training for a half marathon, there is one day of the week I both look forward to and dread the most: the long run. At this point, I am up to 10 miles. […]
Where Will Running Take Me in 2014? I’m Inviting the World to Join Me!
One year ago I was driving down the road on a beautiful Texas evening. My thoughts were focused on the coming new year and a challenge that I had issued my sister, Ashley, a few days earlier. In an attempt to stay connected to her, and knowing how much she loved to run, I had […]
Found Myself Running: The Way It Was…
A continuation of a previous post by Found Myself Running entitled: Greater than the Sum of my Parts. Okay, everybody knows I’m an “older” woman…but one day, if I am lucky, I will be a REALLY old lady. I will no longer be able to run, to walk or maybe even to dream. But if […]