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Running in hot weather puts additional stress on your body and can feel much more difficult as opposed to cooler weather or indoor temperatures. It’s been demonstrated that our running performance decreases as temperatures rise. And as temperatures rise, heat illness is a more serious concern for runners. A little extra planning may be needed during the summer months to perform your best and stay safe. So, here are my top tips for beating the heat on your summer runs!

Garmin Coach: A Pro Running Coach on Your Wrist?

A few months ago I was playing around with my Garmin Connect app, and found their Garmin Coach platform. This offering through the Garmin Connect app describes itself as "Having a pro running coach on your wrist". With it, you can set a race goal, whether to just complete your race or finish with a specific time goal. From there it creates a running program to get you to your goal. This includes a weekly schedule different types of training runs, suggestions for pace, and additional content in the form of written articles and videos.

Easy running is a critical but often overlooked part of becoming a stronger, faster runner. And, to be fair it isn't hard to understand why. It doesn't make a lot of logical sense that running SLOWER allows us to eventually become FASTER. Practice usually makes perfect, right? So, shouldn't we practice running fast if we want to get better at running fast?

Home workouts have become the new norm for a lot of us these days. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, gyms have been closed, reopened, reduced capacity, etc. Who knows what will happen next!?

Physical activity is an important coping mechanism for stress for many of us, and no matter who you are right now these are some STRESSFUL times.

It’s extremely frustrating, especially when we don’t have all the equipment we want to use at home.

But, what if I told you there are many home workout hacks that could make it SO much easier for you! And you most likely have everything you need, right at home!

By this point in your training journey, you've probably ran...a lot. You've also probably eaten... a lot. You might wonder though what should change, if anything about your nutrition plan in the days leading up to your big event. I recently did a segment for Global News Winnipeg about Sport Nutrition for the upcoming Manitoba Marathon (click the link below to check it out!). I wanted to share some other last-minute nutrition tips for my fellow runners to help them cross the finish line feeling like a million bucks. Read on to see my top tips for last minute race-day prep!

https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/1536409667944/?jwsource=cl