This running thing is hard. After some stutter-step starts last fall—then a few more months of walking instead of running—I’ve started to add more rapid movement back into my workout mix (along with swimming, strength training an hour/week, and [...]
Living in the Pacific Northwest, you often hear runners reassuring each other, “It’s not like you’ll melt!” So true: Humans are not the Wicked Witch of the West; we don’t melt when we get wet. It only sometimes feels [...]
Maybe we’re sentimental…or a tad bit lonely. Whatever the reason, we love learning about best running friends. Inspired partly by our March 31 podcast episode about finding a running partner or posse, we asked folks on our Facebook page [...]
There's nothing like a good race report to give you those motivational goosebumps. You'll definitely enjoy Penny Noll's description of her most recent race and how she conquered her 56th(!!) marathon. The “It’s all downhill from here” sign made [...]
I often mull over inane scenarios on my runs. “Which actor would I want to be stranded on a desert island with?” Or, “If I could only vacation in one location for the rest of my life, where would [...]
A quick pic at Windy Point before we continue our way down. Way back in 2008, when I was still freelancing quite a bit, I attended a triathlon camp in Tucson for a story. Most of the [...]
I’d never been sidelined from running for so long: eight months and counting. This bulging disks thing was crushing my running buzz like nothing—a twin pregnancy, multiple ankle fractures, plantar fasciitis x 2—ever had. Two cortisone injections in my [...]
In the midst of my daily Instagram scrolling, wedged between adorable puppies and Taylor Swift stan accounts, a headline caught my eye. Mikaela Shiffrin is now the winningest world cup skier in history. In a sport defined by breakneck [...]
Fact: It's frustrating to read directions that seem obvious to everyone but you. (Like when a recipe tells you to fold in the cheese.) That's why we're continuing our Back to Basics series. We break down running lingo and [...]
Running is the literal air beneath our feet and, for most of us, the first choice for exercise and forward movement. Whether it's training for an upcoming race or the 30 minutes you gift yourself a few days each [...]
