The Planet Wave: The Boston Marathon for Everyone

By: The Mizuno Shoe Guy If you’re one of the 25,000 Boston marathoners who has qualified to run the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to the finish on Boylston Street on Patriots’ Day (April 20th), congratulations. Just getting to the starting line is a noteworthy accomplishment for the many thousands of Boston Marathon qualifiers.   Boston isn’t the biggest marathon in

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Put a Spring in Your Step This Spring

By Amy Begley – Coach, Atlanta Track Club Have you spent a lot of time indoors this winter? Soon the cold spells will start decreasing, which means your time outside can increase.  It is time to add spring to your step this spring and get moving!  If you let the frigid temperatures slow you down this winter, now is the

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The Lowdown on The Difference in Running Surfaces

by The Mizuno Shoe Guy There’s no getting around it: Road running is hard on the body. It just is. Especially since the two predominant surfaces most of us run on are concrete and/or asphalt (macadam). Or a combination of the two. Both are unforgiving surfaces and, given a choice, many runners wonder which one is best for running. A

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How Running Changed Me

Guest post by :BackAtSquareZero   I wasn’t always a runner.  In fact, the most difficult part of my running journey was getting started.  I was a couch potato who spent her college years subsiding off of wings, nachos, and cheap beer.  However, when I hit my late twenties and was still living off of junk food in the form of

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