Hitting the wall: A state of physical and/or mental exhaustion, accompanied by pain and nausea, synonymous with endurance sports. For a long time after I started running, I truly believed that you could only hit the wall on really long runs. I mean really, really long runs, like at mile 19 of a marathon, when your body and mind are … Read More
Run Fast to Get Faster
“I’m not a real runner, I’m way too slow.” Does that sound familiar? For the first few months after I’d taken up running, I was convinced that my 2-3 mile jaunts at a ten to twelve minute a mile pace were way too snail-like to lump me in to the category of runners who were “real”. As if, somehow, being … Read More
Barefoot Running, The Movie
After seeing the following video bouncing around my Facebook feed the past few days, I finally got down to watching it last night. It is a trailer for the upcoming DVD, Barefoot Running, the Movie, and what a beautiful trailer it is! While I’m a little sad that this is not a documentary on barefoot running as I initially thought, … Read More
Old Shoe Blues
Today, I got to go to the local running store, Fit2Run, here in Gainesville. My boyfriend, Dylan, has been complaining of sore feet and bad shin splints for a while now after running in his Brooks Pureflows, a minimalist shoe with a small foam cushion. Surprise, surprise, our helpful sales assistant, Scott, told him it was time for new pair … Read More
Choose Your Own (Running) Adventure
“You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to”. Bilbo Baggins’ famous quote in the Lord of the Rings is spot on for runners. We know that the beauty of running is its simplicity; yes, we can just step out our door and go. But as Bilbo suggests, … Read More
Preventing the Chocolate Mess
Disclaimer: I will be mentioning poop in this post, if you don’t want to read about poop, a normal daily function, or human anatomy go no further. The iconic photo from the 1982 Women’s Ironman in Kona shows the leader, 23-year-old Julie Moss, collapsed, delirious, and covered in her own poop after 140 miles of swimming, biking, and running. She had … Read More
The Magic of Alternate Lacing Methods
If you’re like me (and most other people, I imagine), you’ve probably never given much thought to the method you use to tie your shoes. In all honesty, I think the last time I did anything special with my shoelaces is when those decorative, no-tie elastic spiral laces were popular (anyone else remember these?). That is, until about a week … Read More
Don’t Run Yourself Out Of Breath!
Although we, the TR Crew, are continuously talking about proper running form, we have yet to address another important piece of the sport: breathing. Breathing is defined as “the process of taking air into and expelling it from the lungs”, and although we seem to believe this process is something we should all have under control, a great percentage of … Read More