Roundups

I’m sure we’ve all heard about the toll tech can take on many people, from teenagers who see impossible to live up to images and suffer self esteem issues to terrible stories of trolling and misinformation campaigns, these are just a few of the serious issues that I can think of off the top of my head.

Well, runners aren’t immune to this, even on sites designed by athletes, for athletes. Even tech that is designed to make us healthier.

Let’s start with a couple stories about that which I hope will serve as reminders to make sure you are using your tech to benefit you, not being used by the tech for the benefit of the tech company or others.

Running tech can take a tollRead More »

We all know how important our arm swing is for our running, right? You can be more efficient and faster with a good arm swing.

What if that wasn’t exactly the case?

How important is your arm swing?Read More »

We all know running is good for many body parts. Runners have stronger muscles, greater bone density, even contrary to popular non-runners’ belief, healthier joints.

But what about the tendons? There’s been a lack of evidence that runners have stronger (or stiffer, a good thing) tendons than non-runners.

You can train your tendonsRead More »

I know I’ve posted about this before and I’m going to end by saying the same thing I always say. However, we do have more research on the benefits of exercising at different times.

In short, it seems that for burning fat morning works best. For managing blood sugar, later in the day works better. The managing blood sugar side actually coincides with prior research that has shown people who work out later in the day do manage their blood sugar better than those who do first thing in the morning.

And now the usual stipulation: what time is best for you is the time that works best for your schedule. The time of day you target doesn’t matter as much as actually getting it done. So do what works best for you.

What’s the best time to run?Read More »

It’s been a while since I’ve done a proper month end recap. Between that and catching up from the holidays, I decided to do a special recap this week.

This recap is all about articles that might give you a little guidance, encouragement, or simply some motivation to help with some common resolutions.

Some thoughts for your New Year’s resolutionsRead More »