Running and marathon

It doesn’t matter if you are on dry land or water, on a bike or electric mountain bike, surfboard, or snowboard. Every time you engage in any form of sport, using the right equipment will only be half the battle. It is a must to invest in the proper clothes and shoes since functional clothing is a crucial part of any sport. This rule is also applicable when it comes to sport sunglasses. 

High quality sports sunglasses will not only offer clear view as it also keeps you protected from injury. But, those usual daily sunglasses are not really …

According to the World Health Organization, girls suffer from anxiety and depression twice as often as boys. However, several non-profit organizations are offering a way for girls to run, which will help them connect better with themselves, and teach things like confidence, steady breathing, and self-discipline.

Title IX Girls was founded by Stacy Rodriguez-Rennard in 2007. She is a mental health clinician who is also a passionate runner. “Girls between 9 and 15 are in a very precarious stage of development,” she says, “They’re operating from a very emotional and not-so-rational place.”…

Every morning, Richard Hunter leaves his home at nine o’clock to go jogging in his neighborhood, but he doesn’t do so alone. He has a running partner named Klinger who has long hair and a long tongue that flops out of his mouth during the whole run.

Klinger is a German Shepherd, and the very first guide dog to have been officially trained to be a running partner to a blind person. That person would be Hunter, who was formerly a school psychologist. When he was 22, doctors diagnosed him with retinitis pigmentosa, which caused him to progressively lose his …

Frank Abramic has been watching people run in the park by his home for years. In an interview with Runner’s World, he admitted, “I used to think, ‘These people are crazy – they don’t look like they’re having any fun. They look like they’re always in pain.’”

But, when he was 63, he had a change of heart and began running himself. Now, he understands the pain that runners endure and the exhilaration of pushing through it. This year marks the 17th consecutive year in which he completed the Chicago Marathon with a respectable 6:22:01.…

Whether you’re training for a marathon that you want to do just for the heck of it or are a seasoned runner who takes their training seriously, you’ve probably been intimidated by the amount of training that it takes to reach your goals. However, new research is showing that to improve your running, you need to train smarter, not harder.…