When you lace up your running shoes, you might wonder if a coach is necessary to help you achieve your running goals. After all, many runners have trained successfully on their own, and there’s a wealth of advice available online. So, is a running coach worth the investment? Let’s explore the potential benefits and considerations […]
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As a two-time Olympic Trials qualifier in the marathon, Coach Worm, one of the co-founders of the RunBetter App, knows how important it is to train the specific course you’ll be facing on race day. That’s why he, along with endurance athletes Nicole & Curt Mann, created the RunBetter App. You can train courses all over
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Rest days are an important component of any training schedule, and especially so for endurance athletes. As an endurance athlete, you train your body with volume, and through the process, can teach your body how to recover on easy days. But it is still important to include rest days– often with no running, and even without cross training–
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HIIT (High-intensity interval training) workouts can be a great addition to a training regimen. These workouts are different than typical endurance training in that they instead incorporate short periods of intense anaerobic exercise with less intense recovery periods until you are too exhausted to continue. This is much different than typical endurance training where you are trying not to go anaerobic as you
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