Train hard. Race well. Train hard. Race well. The runner's basic instinct. Everything we do is based on hard work. We train. We brave the...

After running a marathon, there are basically 3 options. You can: 1) vow never to run again; 2) take some time off and then gradually get...

You train for six months, taper perfectly, and run the marathon of your life. It's the next morning. You wake up stiff and sore. Now...

When RT Editor Gordon Bakoulis and I discussed “listening to your body” as the topic for this month’s column, I hesitated because it...

You run the best track workout of your life. Four repeat miles, and you feel like Moses Kiptanui. You hang around in your sweat-drenched...

Like any tool, a heart rate monitor only helps you if you know how to use it. The more experience that I have working with runners who...

Heart rate monitors are a simple and effective training aid. By running within specific heart rate training zones, you help ensure that...

The scandals that plagued the 1998 Tour de France largely surrounded the systematic abuse of the synthetic hormone EPO to improve...

Summer is here, along with the twin menaces of heat and humidity. Running in the heat can quickly lead to dehydration, which ranks up...

Several forms of cross training can help you maintain or improve your cardiovascular fitness while avoiding injury. Other types of cross...

As I rode the exercise bike in the lab this morning, it occurred to me that there are 3 good reasons to cross train: 1) you are injured...

You have just completed six repetitions of 800 meters at your goal 5 km race pace and are feeling pleasantly exhausted. Next, should you:...

In last month’s column, we discussed the hard-easy principle, and that sometimes the best plan is to train hard two days in a row...

Age is less kind to some of us than others. High school reunions often dramatically illustrate this point. Among runners, declines in...

After months of toil, you’ve accomplished your marathon goal, and are blissfully content. After a few days, however, the initial euphoria...