In order for you to achieve your training and performance goals, it is of the utmost importance that you outline a strategic training plan—and stick to it!

The process of getting ready for your big goal race of the season starts long before summer. If you want to achieve your highest potential during your goal race, you need to participate in months of strategic preparation to get your body performing at...

Runners come in all shapes and sizes, male and female, young and old. We can find dozens of differences, but I promise you, all runners have one thing in common - we all want to run faster.

And there’s probably a second thing we have in common...

I recently competed in my 5th consecutive ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship, held in the beautiful, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. I’ve been competing in multisport for 30 years, raced over 300 triathlons, many national...

It’s no secret that record-breaking runners and athletes are, more often than not, quite lean-bodied. This makes sense; lean bodies have the most effective ratio of low body fat to lean, powerful muscle mass, allowing people to propel...

As runners, we can sometimes fall into some bad habits…and I’m not talking about drug habits as the title may imply. LSD can be a good thing…until it becomes the only thing you’re doing. I’m referring to Long Slow Distance.

I especially see many...

When people find out I am a professional runner, they usually have the same questions; how many miles a day do you run, do you not get bored, and do you ever not want to run?

I usually chuckle a little to myself when I get these because...

As we move toward Christmas and New Year, tis’ the season to increase our sugar intake with all the holiday treats available. Make it a point to stock up on healthy snacks and limit the number of unhealthy snacks you have in the house...

It can be hard to stay in shape over the Holidays, but not that hard. Really - it's not.

Look, you know you're going to eat some great food and probably have one or two more cookies than you normally do as catch up with your...

As the race and marathon season comes to an end, it can be tempting to want to take a break from your fitness regime and go into hibernation for a while—especially in climates that experience cold, frigid winters. However, it is essential to...

Jason told me what great several months of training and performing he’s had. I thought to myself, “Is he lucky, as rarely can a person put in top performances several months in a row.”

That’s the exception to the rule in the world of high performance...

The holidays are upon us.

We’ve just enjoyed turkey and pumpkin pie at the family Thanksgiving dinner and soon we’ll be celebrating the Christmas holidays and all the good food and spirits that entails.

Following all that fun, we’ll head into the...