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Top Three Winter Running Secrets To Emerge From the Winter Ready to Race

Top Three Winter Running Secrets To Emerge From the Winter Ready to Race

April 3, 2013 • Categories: Recovery, Technique & Form • by

Winter training isn’t fun or easy. Everyone needs to run in the snow at least once a year, after that the fun and excitement diminish in favor of worry about falling and concern for missed workouts. But the winter is also a great time for a running re-birth, a chance to leave the hectic race schedule behind for some quality training that can really help separate you from the competition when the season heats up again in the Spring. Here are three distinct things to work on that can help you breakthrough this winter.

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Real Running Form Review: An Age Grouper Video Analysis

March 19, 2013 • Categories: Technique & Form, Video • by

There’s a lot of chatter inside Team MN about becoming a better runner; as a coach it’s a fine line between talking about fitness vs proper technique.

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The Yoga Effect & It’s Importance for Runners

The Yoga Effect & It’s Importance for Runners

February 10, 2012 • Categories: Cross Training, marathon training, Recovery, Running Lifestyle, Technique & Form • by

photo credit: Synergy by Jasmine One of the most common questions runners ask is how they can get faster.  While speed is certainly relative, there are many factors that contribute to overall improvement.  Inside Marathon Nation we consider the top three factors to be flexibility, control, and durability aka what Coach Patrick often refers to [...]

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Yoga as Cross Training for Runners

Yoga as Cross Training for Runners

February 9, 2012 • Categories: Guest Post Series, Running Lifestyle, Technique & Form • by

photo credit: Robert Bejil Photography   This Off Season, Cross Train with Yoga for Improved Athletic Performance The off season is an ideal time to add yoga and flexibility to your training routine to help you build a stronger, more limber and balanced body, recover faster, and reduce your chances of injury all while increasing [...]

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Top Five Treadmill Running Tips

Top Five Treadmill Running Tips

December 8, 2010 • Categories: marathon training, Technique & Form • by

When we think of treadmill running, most of us instinctively look down on it as a second-class form of running. But there are times that even the strongest opponent to the treadmill will line up and start pushing the buttons for a workout — could be weather, could be travel, could be anything…and here you are about to start a treadmill workout. Let’s take it one step further and see how you can make your indoor running insanely effective instead of something you just do to kill the time until the temperature comes around.

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The Marathon Secret: Your Skill Run, aka It’s Not All Endurance

The Marathon Secret: Your Skill Run, aka It’s Not All Endurance

August 18, 2010 • Categories: Long Run, Technique & Form • by

Running is one thing, but to do it well is something else and to sustain it for 26.2 miles is another story altogether. Poor running form can lead to injury, additional stress on your body, and reduce your ability to use your fitness over time. You must develop–and maintain–good running form if you are going to realize your long-distance running potential.

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Three Ways to Improve Your Running Form Today

Three Ways to Improve Your Running Form Today

March 31, 2010 • Categories: Technique & Form • by

The challenge of improving run speed falls primarily to two main physical derivatives: your cadence and the length of your stride. And, either increasing your cadence or increasing the length of your stride — both of those will, or a combination of the two — will lead to an improved overall run speed. But becoming a better runner is more than just improving the speed at which you run.

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