So a race.  First of all, races are supposed to be a good experience and they’re a great “finish” to a segment of your training.  Racing isn’t a required part of being a recreational runner, but it’s a really neat part of this sport and I highly recommend entering one even if it wasn’t on your original running “bucket list”.  Don’t fret at the thought of “race”.  Just because you sign up for a race doesn’t mean you need to do a sprint workout every week nor it is suppo...
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Sometime in your training cycle and sometimes even right before a race, you may find yourself wishing not to RUNaway, but that running would just plain GO away.  Do you remember that Dunkin Donuts commercial years ago with that little pudgy man that rolls out of bed and sighs "Time to make the donuts."  He's in a trance the whole commercial continuously moaning "Time to make the donuts."  (mmmm. donuts.)

Well, I have gone through those same motions and muttered a similar phrase more than a few...
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Running isn't a sport that's chock full of continuous injuries.  It's really not.  So what's the deal with all of the talk and all of the articles in running magazines and on running websites concerning injuries?  It's true - a lot of chatter seems to center around runners and their aches and pains.  But here's the deal with running and the injuries associated with this sport . . . 1.)  Running is a high impact sport.  Our muscles and joints and tissue and bones all need to adjust to this hig...
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