I recently had the pleasure of conducting an interview with Olympian, coach and writer Jeff Galloway. Jeff’s quest for the injury-free marathon training program led him to develop group training programs in 1978, and to author Runner’s World articles which have been used by hundreds of thousands of runners of all abilities. His training schedules [...]
Runner Therapy: Marathon Recovery!
Its time for recovery DO’s and DON’Ts! DONT get a massage till later in the week. If you go the first 48 hours the metabolites and free radicals hanging out in your muscles will just be moved around, not taken up by your body and removed. Plus it will hurt and you won’t enjoy it! [...]
New List of Running Inspired Halloween Costumes
Last year I wrote a post with running inspired Halloween costumes (check it out here). Every race I run I see runners dressed in costumes, yet I never see people dressed as runners for Halloween. So here I present to you my top running inspired Halloween costumes for 2011: Compression Sock- with the rave and [...]
Coach’s Corner: Trainers vs. Racing Shoes
So last season is in the rear-view mirror and ’tis the season to plot, plan and discuss how to shave minutes off your races next season. No doubt discussion will turn to footwear and how maybe the trusty trainers that have kept you injury free for years might be hindering performance and slowing you down. [...]







