Tips to Combat "Taper Madness"
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fleet Feet Chicago (@fleetfeetchicago) The tapering starts now. Starting this week, runners gearing up for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon are starting to “taper”, or gradually …
Read More ›Black Girls RUN! CEO Jay Ell Alexander Shares Her Five Marathon Training Tips and Where She Sees the Organization in Five Years
What inspired you to start running? Oh, wow. So I started running in 2010. I'd hit my heaviest weight. What I call my “then” heaviest weight. I met my husband and put on that good, happy weight. I was 23 and started experiencing headaches. Do you know when you leave your…
Read More ›BLOG: Introducing Rituale, a Special Blend of Coffee for a Special Blend of People: Runners, From Diadora, Dark Matter Coffee, and Fleet Feet
Runners are a different blend of people because, well, they enjoy running. Finding excitement where others find only exhaustion. To these oddballs, running is a ritual that begins the second their alarm buzzes, rings, or chimes. They don shorts that show a little too much thigh, put on ban…
Read More ›BLOG: "Why Do You Run?" We Asked Four Runners Training for the Chicago Marathon Which Charity They're Fundraising for and Why
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fleet Feet Chicago (@fleetfeetchicago) “Why do you run?” As runners, it’s a question we get asked all of the time - from friends, family members, coworkers, you name it. But comin…
Read More ›BLOG: A 340-Mile Relay Race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. No Rules. No Route. 29 Hours and 51 Minutes. This is the Story of Daddy Braddy's Stallions
In a typical race, there is a designated course, markers along the route making it near impossible to get lost, and aid stations with overzealous volunteers handing out water, Gatorade, and a post-run beer. But The Speed Project is not that. Boasting #NORULES and #NOSPECTATORS on their Ins…
Read More ›FEATURE: 11-Year Marathon Training Coach Walter Martinez Answers the FAQs Asked by Marathon Training Newcomers
For many living in Chicago, marathon training begins the first weekend of June. Chicago Endurance Sports coach Walter Martinez has been coaching marathon training for over 11 years. He’s run over 35 marathons, his PR is 2:59:38, he's run a marathon (and thrown up) through flu-like sy…
Read More ›FEATURE: Kelly Dues is Creating a Safe Space for LGBTQ+ Runners and Triathletes with Spectrum Performance
Happy Pride Month! If you search the phrase “queer female runners” in Google Images, the results are dominated by soccer and basketball players. In a sport with little LGBTQ+ representation, Kelly Dues is creating a safe space for peo…
Read More ›FEATURE: Graffiti Inspired Shoes - Artist Miguel Del Real on Conveying a Feeling Through Art
To celebrate the release of a shoe inspired by street graffiti, we went directly to the source. Working in public art installation and fine art exhibition, Miguel Del Real [@delrealink] got his start through street graffiti while growing up in Pilsen. Using intricate line wor…
Read More ›FEATURE: Reaching a Run Commute State of Mind With Andrew Rylaarsdam
Written by: Liam Gayter A car horn blares as the morning commuters inch their way to the office. The crowded Chicago streets appear more like a packed parking lot than a functioning road. A runner zooms past the several thousand tons of gas-guzzling cars, with him, a running pack containi…
Read More ›BLOG: The Fleet Feet Racing Team Manifesto as Spoken by Coach Chris Willis
The Fleet Feet Racing Team powered by New Balance launched its new season this past week and with a new year of running, a tone was set for the Fleet Feet Racing Team reiterating the team's emphasis on inclusivity, diversity, responsibility, safety, and support. At the team…
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