Five Simple Strategies To Help You Stick To Your Running Plan There are so many benefits to establishing a running plan and sticking to it but that doesn’t mean that it is easy.  The trails and roads of running are littered with people who started a running plan and because it got...

My Top Ten List Of Things Every New Runner Should Know Recently I was standing at the starting area for a race waiting in line for the port-a-potties and a young man walked past all of the people in line and headed straight for the door of one of the occupied port-a-potties.  After realizing...

The Last 6.2 Miles Of The Marathon Those mystical, last 6.2 miles of a marathon are one of the most talked about subjects between runners.  Runners can definitely be storytellers and can sometimes rival fishermen with their runs getting longer, harder, hotter or colder, and with more...

 Five Reasons To Be A Runner Running is such a simple thing yet offers so many benefits.  Take a look at these five not so well known reasons to run and then go hit the pavement and start reaping the benefits.   1.) Burn Baby Burn – No other exercise out there offers the calorie...

Running Through Life Race Report Spectrum 10K  March 17, 2012 –Ivins,UT   This year I am going to do a Running Through Life Race Report on each of the races that I run.  Hopefully you will enjoy reading and it will be a great journal for me of my race year.  The St George area races are...

Speed Training Tips For Runners One of the great things about the sport of running is that it allows for all different types of people with different running goals.  For some runners those goals don’t include winning any races or getting any faster.  For most runners though I think...

The phrase “Form Follows Function” is a phrase associated with modern architecture and industrial design that basically means that the  shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose.  This principle could just as easily be related...

Motivation On Days When You Don’t Want To Run If you have been running for very long at all I am sure that you have had those days when you just aren’t feeling it.  Just this week my runs were up and down.  On Monday and Tuesday things went well and then Wednesday hit and I...

MY FAVORITE RUNS OF 2011   #6 Great People Great Runs    #5 A Few Hours Of Solitude   #4 Camie’s Run – A Run With A Purpose   #3 Hope to Hobble & Carebears and Unicorns   #2 The St George Marathon & The New Recruits   #1 Life Is A...

My Favorite Runs of 2011 #1 The Tahoe Rim Trail Life Is A Journey, Not A Destination Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Life Is A Journey, Not A Destination,” and I think that is true in so many things.  My running destination for last year was finishing the St George Marathon but so many...

My Favorite Runs of 2011 #2 - The St George Marathon As I have mentioned in a few other posts, 2011 was a very energizing year for me as a runner and really probably in life.  One of the things that re-energized me last year was all of the good people around me.  It would be hard to mention...

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My Favorite Runs of 2011 – #3 The top three runs on my list of My Favorite Runs of 2011 were all such great runs that it was hard to determine which order to place them in.  Number three on my list was a run that I did back on August 27th.  This may possibly be the hardest run that I...

My Favorite Runs of 2011  #4 – “Camie’s Run” Number four on the list of my favorite runs of 2011 is more about life than it is about running.  On June 4th of last year I ran “Camie’s Run” at Orem High School just a few blocks from my house....

My Favorite Runs of 2011  #5 – A Few Hours of Solitude One of my favorite things to do is run in an area that I am not familiar with and be able to wander and explore.  In August my wife and kids, my parents and my siblings and their families planned a reunion, or a...

My Favorite Runs of 2011 #6 Great People and Great Runs Last Year was a revitalization year for me as a runner.  I had become burned out and lazy in my running and needed something to pick me up.  I ran a few races in 2010, including a marathon but had lost that fire that I had in previous...

Running Through Life Great Thoughts and Quotes Volume 1                                                           Great Thought and Quotes Volume II   Take a minute to tell me what inspires you! Share...

What To Eat Before and After Your Race Race day is coming and you want to be fueled up to perform your best.  What should you eat before and after your race?  What foods will help you to perform your best and help your body to recover quickly?  These can be such tricky questions because...

Day 3: – Why We Need Fat in Our Diet For so many years we have heard over and over that to lose or maintain weight we need to eat a low fat diet.  Period.  While there is truth to this, there is a whole lot more to the equation.  There are many types of fat and fat is not always...

The Importance of Protein in a Runner’s Diet When most of us think of a runner’s diet the first thing that we think of is carbohydrates.  We think of the carbo loading sessions with massive amounts of pasta being consumed and while it is true that carbohydrates are the main source...

DAY 1: Don’t Sugar Coat It -Tips to Keep Carbs and Sugars Under Control I am not a nutritionist or a doctor but I have been successful at both losing and gaining weight over the last 15 years. I’m not saying my eating habits are perfect but I have learned some things that have helped...

Running Through Life Running Club & Support Group   Click Here To Join The RTL Running Club    Running with a group is one of the best things that you can do to help you stick to your training, a great way to make friends and build a support group.  The Running Through Life Running...

A Book Review of two books that will help you to become a better person:  “The Love Dare” by Stephen and Alex Kendrick and “Leadership and Self Deception” by the Arbinger Institute.   The Love Dare by Stephen and Alex Kendrick This book is not a novel or even a...

Research shows that running and exercise may be as effective as prescriptions in treating depression. Running makes me feel good.  Running has changed my life for the better and is one of the things that makes me love life.  As I thought about this, I took the time to research some studies...