Why Rowing Prevents Running Injuries My Christmas present this year was a Concept 2 rower. I can honestly say that I’m in love with it. My main motivation to get it was for my Street Parking workouts so I didn’t have to run upstairs and then outside to do the runs. But now? Now, I’m…
How to Run for Beginners without Getting Hurt If you are like me, you have probably tried to start running multiple times. You can read about my journey to running here to get the deets. Yes, I’m that person that will say things like deets and da bomb to embarrass my son someday. Many of…
Meet your Goals with New Running Habits New year’s resolutions. They are always buzzing around like flies this time of year. I’m not big on resolutions that fizzle out. Most years (even though I usually don’t set resolutions) I do something a bit different. I set small or even big goals for the year and…
Most of us have a goal of running faster. But what to do? Sprints vs hills vs…?? Let me teach you How to Run Faster with Improving Cadence!
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How You Can Run in the Humidity this Summer Most places in the United States rank with humidity throughout the year. With the exception of Alaska that has the highest humidity amount but the lowest average dew point (we’re going to focus more on dew point since that is actually what affects us the most….
Running is great and injuries suck, but how do we prevent injuries when we just don’t feel like we have the time to do anything but run? I have a lot to say on this concept but that is for another time. Today is all about the best exercises for runners to keep you injury…
My husband thinks I’m crazy. Well, this is nothing new and he thinks I’m crazy for a lot of reasons but loves me for it. Specifically this time he thinks I’m crazy because of what time my alarm is set for. See, I love running and working out in the morning. I get asked all…
I have no butt. It is something that I have said and struggled with for years. I also have been bad about overstriding (something I’m working on) when running. Okay, great Dr. Abby, but what do those two things have in common? A lot actually. Overstriding when running is extremely common and it the major…
I have been an asthmatic all my life. Because of this, I didn’t get to play soccer as a child because my parents didn’t think I’d be able to breathe with all the grass and running. (yes I’m allergic to grass and it would cause asthma attacks.) Never in a million years did I think…
I suck at warming up. Well, I used to at least. Recently I have gotten better about it due to noticing a huge difference in my run when I do. So, I wanted to share the best dynamic exercises to warm up for running with you all! These don’t take hardly any time and make…
I’ve been a hold out on doing a run streak. I finally did on this past November just to say I had and it was only 30ish days. It was fun sure and a great challenge but I’m not sure it is the best thing for most people to do. Let’s chat a little and…
We have all been there. Running can ebb and flow throughout our life and sometimes life just happens and running takes a back burner. Hello 2020 pandemic! Sometimes we think we are just going to take a few days off to regroup but that turns into a few months off and we are basically starting…