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Book Review: 26 Marathons by Meb Keflezighi
Meb is the perfect teacher on marathons and life lessons in his inspiring tale on what he learned over the course of 26 professional marathons. His pro career included vastly impressive accomplishments, setting records at various distances, winning both the Boston...
The Importance of Consistency
Consistency in running is the most crucial factor to achieve long-term success in the sport. Consistently training allows the body to adapt and become faster and stronger. We lose fitness quickly when not maintaining a running regiment, consistency it’s important not...
Race Review: Sole of The City 10k
The Sole of the City 10k is a challenging but rewarding course. The first 3 miles let you settle in to a good pace, then you hit a full mile uphill for mile 4, and you coast downhill for most of mile 5-6. The course is picturesque taking you through many beautiful...
Local Run Spots: Lake Elkhorn Park
Lake Elkhorn Park provides a picturesque running loop surrounding a lake in additional to a connected trail system that can be used for longer runs. Located right near Charm City Columbia it’s a great location to meet up for a group run and enjoy the scenery. The loop...
Book Review: Choosing to Run by Des Linden
A Boston Marathon win easily makes for a great story, it’s an iconic race that for many is the ultimate symbol of success. However, some days in Boston set the stage for stand out performance that become legendary stories, and April 16th 2018 was one of those days. On...
Cross Training
Cross-training offers runners many benefits including injury prevention, improving cardiovascular fitness, and enhancing muscle strength Injury prevention Reduces impact: running is a high impact sport, cross training helps reduce stress on your joints, bones, and...
Race Review: Annapolis Running Festival Half Marathon
The Annapolis Running Festival is one of my favorite races. It started in 2023 and I’ve participated in this race every year since the inaugural race, which was my first Maryland race. The half marathon course starts at the Naval-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, goes...
Race Review: Shamrock 5k
The Shamrock 5k is a great start of the year for Charm City Run racing. A fast, downhill course in an energetic sea of green sets the stage for a great race experience. The course and cheering crowds can propel you into a PR, as it did for me this year. First goal of...
Book Review: How Bad Do You Want It? By Matt Fitzgerald
This is truly one of my favorite books of all time as it merges my two favorite topics: running and psychology. This book explains in detail why I fell in love with running and what keeps me coming back time and time again to learn more about myself through the sport....
Mental Fitness in Running
Athletes often focus on training to improve their physical fitness but often ignore another large component of performance, mental fitness “Physical fitness determines where the wall that represents your physical limit is placed. Mental fitness determines how close...