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Covers blog posts on 5k & 10k Training, Marathon and Half Training, Injuries, and Nutrition. Runners Connect is a community of expert coaches that provide custom and dynamic training plans tailored specifically to your abilities, pace, and goals.
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2d ago
Recovery is perhaps the single most important aspect of training outside the actual running and workouts you do. In fact, without proper recovery, even the best laid training plans and workouts will be rendered useless. That’s because we actually improve and get better through the recovery process. Training breaks down our muscle fibers and produces […]
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1w ago
One of the main tenants of all training physiology is the concept of progression. Simply speaking, training works because the body slowly adapts to the stresses we put on it and gets stronger. Over time, however, the same stress (i.e. same running pace or weight on a barbell) diminishes in effectiveness since you’re now stronger […]
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Runners Connect
1M ago
A relatively new speed strategy, double-threshold training has quickly found a spot in many elite runners’ programs. But what if you aren’t looking to make the next Olympic team or win a national sprinting title? Can the average runner benefit from this type of training? And if so, how do you implement it? The good […]
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1M ago
Lactate threshold has become an increasingly popular term and metric used throughout endurance sports training, especially in running. Unless you’ve been training under a rock, there’s no doubt you’ve heard about its importance. But, what exactly is lactate threshold and, more importantly, how do you calculate yours? That’s what we’re going to help you understand […]
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4M ago
As you may know if you’re already a follower, I started taking a greens supplement last year in an attempt to develop an overall healthier routine and dial in my nutrition. I wrote a pretty in-depth piece on the benefits I experienced as well as some of the specific biomarkers I was able to track […]
The post Reds Supplement for Runners: Are They Worth It and How to Find the Best first appeared on Runners Connect ..read more
Runners Connect
7M ago
We recently posted an article about the research studies behind NuNee and how it’s 90% effective at treating runner’s knee. In that article, I outlined the literature and results of the specific studies that demonstrated the effectiveness of the NuNee device, but I didn’t dig deep into the why or the how. So, I thought […]
The post The Mechanics of Runner’s Knee and How to Treat first appeared on Runners Connect ..read more
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9M ago
Runner’s knee, or patellofemoral pain syndrome, is one of the most common running injuries Two large scale scientific studies have confirmed this. A 2003 study of over 800 runners training for a road race in Canada found that runner’s knee alone accounted for almost one third of all of the injuries sustained by the sample ..read more
Runners Connect
1y ago
I have been using athletic greens every single day for just over a year now and today I want to share with you both my objective and subjective results. The objective part is important because I am going to use actual biomarker data to show what difference, if any, using athletic greens had on my ..read more
Runners Connect
1y ago
As masters runners, there’s a lot of things we know we need to change about our training as we get older. Added recovery time to account for our bodies not bouncing back from hard workouts as quickly. More focus on strength training to make up for the natural loss of strength that occurs as we ..read more
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1y ago
Throughout my early running career I suffered from major stomach issues when training and racing hard. Whenever I tried to really push myself, my stomach seemed to cramp up and I would have gas and digestive issues for hours after races and hard workouts. I constantly experimented with the foods I ate before running and ..read more