Running Health Facts

Some Running Health Facts to Encourage You

Check out these running health facts that you might not have known.  Running and health go hand-in-hand.  It gets your blood pumping and strengthens your heart muscle.  It helps combat obesity and related …

The Health Benefits of Running

Are you Aware of the Health Benefits of Running?

If you’re thinking about taking up running, or you’re already a runner looking to find out the kind of health paybacks you’re getting, then take a minute to read this article about the health …

Training for a 5k Run – A Beginner’s Guide

So you’re ready to begin training for a 5k run?  The 5k distance is a common entry race; it is 3.1 miles.  If you’re starting training from sitting on the couch, follow these simple tips to getting ready for your first race. …

Embrace Repetition

“I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times”. ~ Bruce Lee

Repetition has always seemed to have a bad reputation.

When I was younger, practicing the same thing …

How to Go From Couch to 5k in One Month

A few months ago I started running for the first time in my life. Running never seemed very “sexy” to me; I didn’t find it to be a fun hobby.  That said, I took the plunge one day and just started.  I came home absolutely heaving after running maybe …