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What I Tried This Week: Training With a Coach

Jessica Kuepfer was an injury-prone runner who felt she wasn’t reaching her true potential as an athlete. She hired a coach […]

What I tried this week: Finding a run coach

Jessica Kuepfer was an injury-prone runner who felt she wasn’t reaching her true potential as an athlete. She hired a run […]

What I Tried This Week: A 48 Hour Winter Rogaine Race

As a runner, I am always searching for ways to improve, grow and stretch my boundaries. This past month, I […]

What I Tried This Week: My First Beer Mile

The beer mile has been a hot topic these days and it piqued my interest. The idea of adding an […]

What I Tried This Week: Healing Through Physio

Jessica Kuepfer was hit by a car in early fall. It put an end to her formal training for a […]

What I Tried This Week: Cross Training to Recover

Jessica Kuepfer was hit by a car in early fall. It put an end to her formal training for a […]

What I tried this week: Getting back to it

Jessica Kuepfer was hit by a car in September. It put an end to her formal training for a number […]

What I tried this week: Looking at psychological effects of a runner not running

Jessica Kuepfer was hit by a car in September. It put an end to her season and as she recovered, […]

What I tried this week: Returning to running after an accident

Jessica Kuepfer was in top shape having gained the fitness to race the Transrockies 120 Miler in the summer. When […]

Why beer is an important part of running

I was recently at a party talking to some friends about an amazing craft beer I’d recently discovered in a small American […]

What I tried this week: Running ‘naked’

I try not to accumulate many junk miles, so every run is kept specific and trackable. I often program intervals into my GPS […]

How to train on vacation and still relax

One of the many things I love about running is the structure it brings to my weeks. I always know […]