Just about every time I line up for a marathon or half marathon and happen to mention being a trail runner and doing nearly all of my training on the trails, I am met with a chorus of runners talking...
Category: Safety
The Science of Spring Trail Running: How Weather Impacts Performance
I love trail running in the springtime. Being out in nature as the world awakens from a winter slumber seems to refresh my soul. The side effect of that is that I tend to overdo things by trying to...
This past winter I’ve been invited along on some high altitude training runs with a group who are training for the Sierra Nevada Ultra that is happening later this year. What struck me about...
I must admit that when I was a young runner I never had any calf muscle pain and certainly not anything like I have suffered in recent years. The biggest difference back then was that our coach kept...
Trail Running and Wildlife Encounters: What to Do When You Meet Animals
Over the years trail running has given me the unique opportunity to get close to various forms of wildlife in their natural environment. More than once the encounter was with something that could...
Trail running often includes running on potentially technical and tricky mountain trails. This means that all runners need to abide by the established mountain safety guidelines. However, for women,...