Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness But it’s not quite that simple, there is more to it than that. Every sensation your body provides your brain is its way of speaking to you. Telling you something. Some runners feel soreness should often be a workout goal. Yet athletes are quick to look for methods ...

Shin splints are unfortunately the subject of many running related questions. Like most running injuries, the causes and remedies are often unclear and different for various situations and athletes. Injuries are a method your body uses to tell you that something is not functioning properly. Ofte...

Unfortunately immediately prior to an event is the time of the year when you are most likely to experience an injury or burn out. The reason is simply because you’ve been building up with distance, speed, and race specificity for months now. Training is getting more difficult and volume has been ...

When injury strikes, be it mild or severe, the first things we usually go to as runners are ice, NSAIDs, or a local sports doctor. All of these are great options for treating injuries quickly, but how can we keep them from recurring or even occurring in the first place? In order to truly recover ...

There is a very fine line between regular training fatigue and overtraining. We’ve talked about how to avoid overtraining, but what if you find yourself on the edge of falling into it? Part of the reason why this is such a difficult subject is because there really is no “edge”. You don’t wake up ...

No pain no gain. Go hard or go home. These phrases are meant to instill a sense of toughness into athletes.