From the early training days of Arthur Lydiard, runners have used miles to log their volume of workouts for a week. How many miles per week you ran were like badges of honor worn on your chest. Read more...

By increasing the length of your long run during training, you can extend your endurance for any race distance. If you run slowly enough, taking liberal walk breaks, you can continue to push back your “wall” almost indefinitely with virtually no risk of injury or excess fatigue. The most exciting part of this, for most runners, is that longer runs tend to translate into faster times. Read more...

With the northern hemisphere right in the middle of summer, heat injuries are on the increase. Although heat injuries are one of the most common forms of sports injuries to effect athletes, they are totally preventable. Read more...

We’ve all heard the stories of an athlete who got injured but was still able to cross-train and then came back to give a great performance at a marathon, maybe even besting a personal record. Then there’s that new triathlete we all know who, despite running less now that she is dividing her time into three sports, is still setting personal records for her run times. Read more...

In her new book, Run Your First Marathon,Grete Waitz, nine-time winner of the New York City marathon, points out one of the wonderful draws of the marathon. “No matter who we are,” she writes, “at some point we are all first-time marathoners. All of us share that. That’s the beauty of the race – Olympians and all-comers share the same event.” Read more...