The weather is heating up, and if your runs suddenly feel harder, you’re not imagining it. Heat and humidity add extra stress to the body, which means your pace, effort, and recovery can all feel different this time of year. Your body does adapt. It just takes time. Here are 4 reminders to help you train smarter through the summer months: 1. Aim for Early Mornings or Evenings The coolest parts of the day are usually sunrise and sunset. Even a small temperature difference can

Spring is here, and with it comes longer days, warmer weather, and the temptation to run more. If you are like me, you've probably been ramping up your mileage, making workouts a bit longer, and feeling strong again after winter. But before you keep pushing forward, it's time for some spring cleaning for your training, and checking in on your body. If you've increased your volume over the last few weeks your body has been adapting to the new load, but it could also be breakin

There’s a lot of talk about strength training—and that all runners should be doing it. And while I agree, there are levels to it. Strength training doesn’t need to take hours every week. It just needs a plan. You can get a lot done in 15 minutes. So here’s a quick strength training check-in to see if you have the pieces in place to make it effective: 1. Are you progressing your exercises each week for 4–6 weeks before changing them? If yes, excellent. If not—and you’re chang

Running a marathon is a huge accomplishment, but it also takes a huge toll on your body. Following the Boston and London marathon, I’ve been seeing a lot of dangerous trends on Instagram. Let’s back up to the original story of the marathon. Following the Greek victory against the Persians, messenger Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory. What people often forget is that following his run, Pheidippides dies. I know, it's a bit morbid. But my point

Most runners don't have a training problem. They have a recovery problem. Your fitness is built during recovery. Your runs are the stimulus, and recovery is where the adaptation happens. If you constantly are skipping rest days or taking your easy runs too fast, you’re just stacking stress on stress. Over time, that leads to overtraining, stalled progress, and fatigue. This can be sneaky! Runners are really good at pushing through even when the signals to rest are there. So l

There is so much information out there about what you should and shouldn’t do in run training. Much of the internet contradicts itself and honestly overcomplicates training. We need more people making training accessible and simple. So here are three things your training plan should have no matter your goal. First, easy running! Somehow this topic has gotten so complicated over the years. Well, what is easy running? What heart rate should I run at? But if I run at that heart