Trail Running Nutrition Tips

Trail running is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports in the outdoor industry. Barely recognized as a sport a few years ago, trail running was viewed as a speedy alternative to hiking. However, with the emergence of ultra-distance running on trails the prestige that comes with winning a trail race has increased tremendously. [...]

UltraRunning – Get Out And Hit The Trails!

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Hill training: tips, secrets and benefits

Running hills is an important part of your training, because it strengthens your legs and ankles, increases your aerobic and anaerobic capacity, and increases your tolerance for lactic acid. When you run hills, you're not only moving your body laterally, as you do on level ground, but you're moving your body against gravity. Thus, hills [...]

Running Mechanics and Shoe Selection: Implications for Performance and Injuries

A few months ago, a friend of mine sent me a link to an article about running shoe technology. The article appeared in the UK’s Daily Mail and is entitled, “The Painful Truth About Trainers: Are Running Shoes a Waste of Money?” Written by Christopher McDougall, the article described how injury rates continue to be [...]

Trail Running

Trail running is a sport that is growing in popularity every day, particularly in the mountainous regions of the US and along the Pacific coast. Trail running offers a different challenge than road running and has the added benefit of enjoying the solitude of nature.   Trail running can be an exciting way to mix [...]

Trail-Running Tips

Follow these tips for happy trails wherever you run. 1. Run tall. Running, especially uphill, can be exhausting, but if you bend under the effort it’s more difficult for the lungs to do their thing. On the uphill, keep an eye at the crest or a few yards ahead, not at your feet. If you’re [...]

Trail Running for Dummies

  By John Klich Trail running is as natural as running could ever be. The first people to pick up the pace and start striding along did so not on roads, tracks, or treadmills, but on dirt paths, animal trails, and in open meadows. This was the way people first ran. It was trail running [...]

Should I Trade My Treadmill for the Trails?

 Find out how outdoor exercise measures up to indoor gym workouts — and then hit the trails!   Question: "Can I quit the gym this summer and still stay in shape by exercising outside?" Answer: Absolutely. In fact, trading in your treadmill workouts for trail running, or even in-line skating, will likely give you a [...]