You’re signed up for a half marathon and, whether it’s your first or you’re an experienced runner checking destination races off their bucket list, it’s smart to set a goal race time. But once you do, you need a way to achieve it. Enter: Your race pace.  Your race pace is your target running pace [...]

When we’re training and preparing for a half marathon, we spend a lot of time thinking about pre-race nutrition. But it’s also super important to consider what to eat after a half marathon. This choice isn’t going to make or break your race time. But it will influence how quickly you recover from running 13.1 [...]

Every week of your half marathon training is crucial, but in the final two weeks, something really important needs to happen: the notorious taper. The half marathon taper involves scaling back on your daily mileage and load in order to let your body (and mind) rest before the big day. When done properly, it sets [...]

Three hundred and sixty five days a year, we study half marathons. While we wish we could run every single half marathon, it’s simply impossible to run the every half marathon in the United States. That’s why we launched this vote – The Best Half Marathons in the United States – to get feedback from [...]

Hoka and Brooks are two of the biggest and most popular running brands in America—and for good reason: Both have an excellent selection with models ranging in design, stability, cushioning, weight, and drop, and are well known for making quality products known for their support and comfort. But, there’s a number of meaningful differences between [...]

You’ve logged your longest training run, you’ve tapered and incorporated rest—but preparing for a half marathon requires more than just physical training. I learned this the hard way when I ran my first half marathon in 2018. I didn’t think at all about what to eat before a race; I paid no attention to carbohydrate [...]

Photo by Rosie Kerr on Unsplash If you want to build your endurance or are looking for a challenging-but-attainable goal, the half marathon distance is the perfect sweet spot for any runner, with any level of fitness. A half marathon distance is 13.1 miles — it’s half of a full marathon, which is 26.2 miles. [...]

You know that food is fuel for your runs, but it’s also what fuels your recovery, repair, and performance progress. Most of us can get by with eating a banana and then heading out for a 3 to 5 miler.B ut when it comes to what to eat before a long run, the answer is [...]

When you think about a retreat, what comes to mind? You might think of meditation, self-improvement, or just a general escape from the outside world. How about all of this paired with a rejuvenating running retreat experience? Maybe you’ve never heard of the running retreat before. It can take all shapes and sizes. But, most [...]

I feel very comfortable calling myself a runner. It’s been my go-to hobby for more than a decade. And, I’ve made a career writing about the research behind the sport.  I do not feel comfortable calling myself a weight lifter. Even though, in that same time frame I have found myself in the gym once [...]

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