Run your best race yet! — Have you run a 5K and are looking to take it to the next level with a 10K but you’re not sure what to do next? A 10K can be hard if you are planning to run it for a PR. In fact, almost every race from 5K to ultra…

You won’t believe what it is. — For the last several years, I have run commuted to work on and off. Run commuting has been a perfect way to get some extra miles in my week without adding hours to my schedule. Run commuting has allowed me to gain an extra 24 miles a week. I have…

Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you can’t succeed in the future. — When I was in college, I sat in a meeting with my advisor looking over some Gen-Ed classes that I could take. I told him I thought I wanted to become a teacher and coach high school sports. Football was such an important part of my life at that point…

When I started running, I didn’t expect the number of benefits that it would have on my life. — Running on a high level seems so simple. You put your shoes on and run. There’s not much to it than that, right? Well, along with running, I learned to gain confidence in parts of my life that I didn’t even know were there. …

You are capable of so much more than you realize. — Most people know who David Goggins is now. If you don’t, watch this video and you will realize you haven’t even tapped into your potential. Most people quit when they are 40% of their capability and that is something that I have come to realize myself. David Goggins went from…

Running helped break the cadence of going through life on autopilot. — It was January 2010 in Elmhurst, Illinois, a suburb outside of Chicago. A few months prior, I had quit playing college football and I was lost. My father had passed away from cancer 9 months prior. For the last 5 years, football was my life. I woke up at 5:00…

The mindsets you learn here can apply to important mindsets in life — Running ultra-marathons can be grueling. I find the people that run ultras not inspiring because of the amazing physical feats they achieve but the mindset that they have. To make a run for 24+ hours is no joke. An ultra-marathon is more of a mental game than it is a…

Don’t let others live rent-free in your head. — Do you feel like you have no control over your life? Like you let others dictate how you are going to feel each day? There are a lot of places in our lives where we give away our power. Moments where we let others live rent-free in our heads. We…

There is no three-month couch-to-marathon plan. — Is it a challenge for you to run without stopping? Do you often wonder how some people can keep up the pace of running a 7-minute mile for over an hour? When I started distance running, I had this same struggle. If I ran, I wanted to run hard. I…