Written by: Maria Camargo When I first realized I loved running, I vowed to never ruin it by registering for a race. I believed so purely...

When a new athlete starts working with me, there are a few things I can probably guarantee them in their training plans no matter what...

Written by: Maria Camargo For the majority of my early life I was a team sports athlete. I played soccer from a young age and continued...

Summer can be one of the most difficult times of the year for training, but it can also be where breakthroughs are made! If we can stick...

Written by: Sedona McNerney - Smiles and Miles & All In Trail Athlete Gulch Countdown; a last-person-standing backyard ultra. Leading up...

Purpose of a Cool Down As an ex-biologist, I love looking at training from a biological context, particularly through an evolutionary...

Easy runs are indispensable for any runner - it doesn’t matter if you are training for a 1-mile or a 100-mile race! Any good training...

A lot of people tend to get flexibility and mobility mistaken for each other. Flexibility is the ability of a muscle group to lengthen...

The beginning of a year can be such an exciting time! We have the whole year ahead with a lot of opportunities to engage with the running...

My biggest piece of advice for athletes: do the dang warm up! Warm ups are vital for a myriad of reasons: it primes our body by heating...

This weekend, I had the treat to crew and pace a friend for 20 miles at the Javelina Jundred 100 Mile race. There’s not much in the world...

Electrolytes are a key component for many vital functions in the body: muscle function (including contraction, repair, and...

Most of my athletes have heard me say this by now… but I can’t reinforce it enough! If you are a runner, you should foam roll every day!...

The most ironic part about being a running coach is that I spend a good amount of my time trying to convince my athletes to do things...

For many active people, rest isn’t always an easy thing to do. I mean, I get it, if I am aiming for a (insert goal race here), shouldn’t...

What is the most important aspect of training? Rest and recovery! I’ll touch on rest days in a future training tip, but for now, I’ll...

It’s that time of the year again - summer has officially started and with it has come a heat that can make running feel insurmountable....

So, you’ve decided you want to start working with a running coach. There are a lot of coaches out there, which can make the choice far...