Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * Growing ..read more

Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * To ..read more

Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * Runners ..read more

Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * Barkley ..read more

Matt Fitzgerald has been a runner for almost his entire life, but his running days ended abruptly in 2020 when he developed long COVID, a post-viral chronic illness that makes it almost impossible to exercise. “Dying to Run” chronicles Matt’s quest for closure in the form of one last finish line. * * * My ..read more

If you’re fluent in English and you’re more than ten years old, you’ve probably used the phrase “I live for” in conversation. It expresses either intense liking or high valuation of a thing and is sometimes uttered hyperbolically (“I live for chocolate”) and other times earnestly (“I live for my children”). A glance at popular ..read more

As a music lover, I have paid close attention to research on the effects of music in endurance athletes since I first became aware of it, perhaps twenty years ago. So, when a new study in this vein popped up recently on PubMed, I gave it my full attention. Prior studies have focused mainly on ..read more

How many different kinds of run are there? Well, it depends on how you define “kind.” If by “kinds of run” we mean run formats, the answer is that there are infinite kinds. The 80/20 Endurance workout library features more than two dozen distinct formats (each with multiple variations). These include recovery runs, foundation runs ..read more

Endurance athletes understand fatigue. Why wouldn’t they? Fatigue is the primary limiter of endurance performance. Athletes get better at marathons and triathlons and gravel races and so forth by getting better at resisting and delaying fatigue. Training is therefore focused on building fatigue resistance, which requires regular exposure to fatigue in workouts. Understanding this, athletes ..read more

Of the 254 athletes who competed in the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country Championship, the one who did the least running in preparation for the event (averaging just three runs per week for a total of about 30 miles) was University of Florida Junior Parker Valby. But the best runner of the bunch ..read more