A Step-by-Step Guide to Cross-Country Running
If you love trail running and racing 5Ks, consider combining the two into one short, but intense, cross-country race. Cross-country can be a happy medium that isn’t as rugged as trail running but...
Tag: "long distance"
6 Tips on How to Run Long (When You’ve Never Run Long)
So many runners hit a plateau fairly early on in training — we get stuck around the four- or five-mile mark for our longer runs and just never seem to get into volume. Sure, we can finish a 10K if...
5 Ways to Maximize Long Runs
Whether you’re training for a marathon or just want to improve your basic fitness level, extending the distance of your weekly long run is a must. A few of the ways running long helps include:...
A Day in the Life of an Ultra Runner [Infographic]
I started running ultra marathons because someone told me I couldn’t. I kept running them because I discovered I could. So far, I’ve completed more than a dozen ultra-marathons — in distances...
8 Things to Know Before Running an Ultramarathon
It might start this way: you run your first 10K, then get hooked on running and decide to do a half-marathon, then it’s a marathon next … But there’s another distance that’s becoming more and...