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  • Running Drills to Improve Your Running Form

    Running Drills to Improve Your Running Form

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      You know it is important to have good running form, but often it is developing that good running form that is hard. The 3 main keys to good running form is: Mid Foot Strike Angles:  Dorsiflexed foot and knee to 90 degrees Forward Tilt Here are some running drills to improve running form: [leadplayer_vid…

  • Basic Foam Rolling for Runners

    Basic Foam Rolling for Runners

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    Check out this video to learn basic foam rolling techniques to keep you running fast and injury free! [vsw id=”qXKKLVRyNp8″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]

  • 5 min Strength Workout for Runners

    5 min Strength Workout for Runners

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    Check out this video for 5 min Strength Workout for Runners designed to work the entire body and strengthen to prevent injury! [vsw id=”nDMLJ4VfLDM” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]

  • How to Properly Execute Your Speed Training Workout

    How to Properly Execute Your Speed Training Workout

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    Check out this video to make sure you know how to properly execute your speed training workout! [vsw id=”tt9pkI4wg0Q” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]   Key Tips: Finish your last interval fastest. Workout on breathing. Think about your form

  • Easy Runs Will Get You Back In Shape

    Easy Runs Will Get You Back In Shape

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    Have you ever taken a period of time off from running? Or maybe you didn’t mean to take time off, but when all was said and done you ran so infrequently you couldn’t keep up with your old pace. Getting back into running shape is probably the most frustrating thing! It is even worse than…

  • The 15 min Workout Every Runner Should Do

    The 15 min Workout Every Runner Should Do

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      Hi Runners! We all know we need to Strength Train. Here is a 15 min workout every runner should do 2x a week! Here’s how a Pyramid workout works: You do one cycle through doing 10 reps of each exercise, unless otherwise specified.  After you complete a cycle you repeat the exercises 9x, then…

  • 2013 is the year you will run a marathon!

    2013 is the year you will run a marathon!

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    Now before you start thinking to yourself, “I can’t run a marathon.”  Think about this: “Anyone can run a marathon.  Oprah Winfrey did it.  Senators, presidents, and movie stars do it all the time.  The hit reality show The Biggest Loser even culminated in a marathon for the contestants who have lost the most weight–as if to…

  • 2013 Goals

    2013 Goals

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    What are your goals for 2013? I ask about your “2013 goals”, because I’m sure quite possibly you want to improve more than one thing in your life.  Maybe you want to learn to cook, lose weight, make money, etc, etc.  Whatever your goals are, I suggest you also add a physical goal to your…

  • 4 Ways for a Runner to Take Advantage of Winter

    4 Ways for a Runner to Take Advantage of Winter

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    Runners for the most part are the toughest athletes there are.  As many a cross country runner has boasted, “Our Sport is your Sport’s Punishment!” That being said, even the most hard core runners can lack motivation in the winter.  There aren’t as many races, and the races we do sign up for we don’t…

  • Rainy Day Pyramid Workout

    Rainy Day Pyramid Workout

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    As it starts to get cold and rainy, even the toughest runners sometime feel like staying inside.  Or if you just can’t make it to the gym and need to get your workout in for the day try this one.  All you need is a Mini Band and a set of Weights.   (Any size will…