STL NEWS

07.10.14

Roblyn Hatch: Mentor of the Year

No Boundaries is a 10-week training program designed to prepare people who are currently inactive or new to walking and running to complete a 5K (3.1 mile) race.  This nationally organized and recognized program is sponsored by New Balance and offered by FLEET FEET stores acro…

Read More › 07.10.14

Prudence

The anticipation and excitement that comes with signing up for a half or full marathon is awesome. We are full of vim and vigor and ready to tackle the training like Rocky Balboa. As we hurl ourselves headlong into our training, we are often faced with a litany of responses from our body. Ma…

Read More › 07.9.14

Guys! The Book is Really Here!

It was eight hundred words, a short feature on a remarkable woman who was training for the Ironman World Championship while undergoing treatment for stage IV colon cancer. The article was wedged between a write-up for the JCC Labor Day 5K/10K Run and a reminder to replace your sports bras ev…

Read More › 07.8.14

rungevity Announces 2014 Charity Partners

rungevity is a premier charity-racing program created by the Quinn Family Foundation (QFF) to benefit selected St. Louis charities.  After carefully vetting numerous partnership requests, QFF has named Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital and Team Activities for Special Kids (TASK)…

Read More › 07.4.14

Runners' Declaration of Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all runners are created equal.  Okay, well, maybe not all created equal, because I know I will never be able to beat my wife in a race (at least without cheating somehow). But we have all been endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable…

Read More › 07.2.14

You Should Know Hailey

It was a lump on her tibia, just below her left knee. She didn’t think anything of it. She was an athlete. Bumps and bruises were par for the course. But when the pain and swelling didn’t go away, her mom called the doctor. It was the first day of track season. Hailey never made …

Read More › 06.26.14

Young Athletes: Get in the Ring

As I was cutting my grass the other day, my mind started bouncing around. (I know, I know. What's new, right?) As my brain flipped between marathon training and cross country camp, Johnny Cash's “Ring of Fire” started blaring through my Yurbuds (so I guess you could say this week…

Read More › 06.19.14

Choose Excellence

I have yet to meet anyone who signs up for a race and hopes that it goes horribly wrong. Typically, we start every endeavor with great expectations. However, we usually sign our name on the dotted line without much forethought to how we're actually going to accomplish our goals. The key is …

Read More › 06.17.14

Commitment Issues

I think I have commitment issues. I don’t want to say so definitively, but I’m pretty sure I do. At least, sometimes. Maybe? Is it normal that the “submit” button on online race registrations serves as virtual ipecac? (“Click and vomit!”) Because if not,…

Read More › 06.12.14

Caloric Expenditure Testing

Almost everyone knows that special someone whose metabolism allows them to eat anything they want, never run a step, and yet never gain a pound. Most of us aren’t that lucky. Certain factors such as age, gender, and genetics that help determine our metabolism cannot be changed; howeve…

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