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Born Free: Barefoot Running

Suzie Cooney • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Run

by Suzie Cooney, Featured Athlete | I’ve just stepped into a new world! I guess I’ve been caught in a jungle of rubber and synthetic materials for too long. In the past few months, the topic of barefoot running has weaved its way into my training sphere and conversations, and I’ve become more and more curious about it…



Globe Trotting

Andrea Smalling • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: Run

by Andrea Smalling, Featured Athlete | Running is so completely flexible. Rain, shine, sleet or snow. On roads, trails, mountains, and plains. In big cities, out in the country, or along the beach. Alone or with friends, with music or without. Fast or slow, long distances or short. There’s always an opportunity to get out there and move…



Finding My Inspiration

Rachel Coleman • Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: Run

by Rachel Coleman, Featured Athlete | For me there was one thing… one thing I really wanted to accomplish just to prove to myself that I was still alive. Sure I was married, I had kids, and I had a company, but I wanted to work toward something for me. Just for me…



What Is An Athlete?

Aimee Gallo • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: Run

by Aimee Gallo, Featured Athlete | In December of 2009, I ran faster than I thought possible at the Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon. As I crossed the finish line with an astounding personal record my mind was opened to realities I hadn’t considered for myself…



Home is Where the Running Trails Are

Tamara Jacobi • Sep 29th, 2009 • Category: Run

by Tamara Jacobi, Eco-Adventurer
What is home? There are many elements to home, but for me, home is largely a place where I’ve memorized the paths, dirt roads, trails, trees, rocks and hills—a place where I have established dozens of different running routes and have re-visited them hundreds of times…



Running for Change

Team Athleta • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Run, Share Your Chi

by Kyo
Everyone has a story that explains who they are and how and why they became that way. I believe that without actually knowing someone’s story you can appreciate but never fully understand why one does things a certain way or why one is a certain way. This is my story…



Determination and Dehydration

Holly Brooks • Aug 12th, 2009 • Category: Featured Athlete Story, Run

by Holly Brooks, Nordic Ski Coach & Mountain Runner
To celebrate the 4th of July holiday, I competed in the 82nd running of the Mount Marathon, the most coveted of Alaska’s mountain running races. Temperatures hit a muggy 85 degrees in the trees and I remember standing on the start line with a wicked dry mouth. After the start gun went off, I went from a strong second place to leading the race to a struggle to keep my legs underneath me in a battle for the last podium position, then directly to the emergency room…



Friendly Competition

Kristina Pinto • Jul 9th, 2009 • Category: Run

by Kristina Pinto
I’ve been a runner for upwards of ten years and asserted over and over that I am not a competitive person, even though I participate in several races a year. But in the last year, something small, but radical, has happened in my running…



Get a Running Start

Sage Rountree • Apr 28th, 2009 • Category: Gym+Training, Run, Training Plans

by Sage Rountree, USA Triathlon Certified Coach and Registered Yoga Teacher
Here on Athleta Chi, you’ll find my plans to get you through a fast 5K, 10K, or half marathon race. But if you’re not already running, that doesn’t mean it’s out of reach…



Training for a Half Marathon

Sage Rountree • Apr 6th, 2009 • Category: Gym+Training, Run, Training Plans

By Sage Rountree, USA Triathlon Certified Coach and Registered Yoga Teacher
The half marathon suffers from its label as half. Completing this distance is an accomplishment belittled by the name of the race—it feels like a whole adventure, not half of anything. At the same time, this is a distance that most runners can accomplish without undue trouble. You—yes, you—can probably finish a half feeling good…