Published:     March 26, 2017 By:     Meaghan Krifchin, Mizuno Race Team Member We are surrounded by people each day with different talents, careers, interests, personalities and so on.  For me and most runners alike, running is just part of who we are and it’s our world.  For those who can’t quite see themselves as a “runner,” the idea…

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Published:    March 27, 2017 By:     Mark Crabtree, MS, ATC, CSCS, FMSC There is a well-known saying amongst health care providers working with runners. Runners are currently injured, just recovered from injury, or are about to be injured. Why? Running is an advanced exercise. With every stride your body withstands somewhere between 4-8x your body weight. Running a…

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Published:     March 27, 2017 By:     Jared Beckstrand, DPT   I’ve always described running as “simplistically complex”. It’s something we’ve done our whole lives… you put one foot in front of the other and then repeat! But the deeper you delve into this world the more you realize how much really goes into progression and improvement. We…

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By: Amy Begley, Atlanta Track Club Coach Published: March 2, 2017   Tip One – Progress slowly For beginning runners, don’t try to go out and run lot of miles.  Start off with the following schedule: 3 days per week of walk/jog workouts  (example:  ½ mile walk + 20 minutes rotating 1 minute of running with one  minute of jogging…

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