1. Speed development for distance runners 2. Fascinating study! Does running shoe tech really work as ads claim? 3. Tips for the 1st time marathoner 4. How Zach Bitter ran 100 miles in under 12 hours 5. Pete has had an active discussion going on man parts and running

1. Caleb’s tips on doing hill repeats on a treadmill 2. Running backwards is a thing now? 3. Pete asks the eternal question: shorts OVER running tights? 4. Ultra running skill # 5: Grit 5. Top 10 trail running Christmas gifts

1. Rise of he “MUT” runner 2. Anything Steve Magness writes or says is worthy of reading 3. Wanna be a good coach?  Emulate John Wooden 4. The health benefits of swimming may be countered by the stimulation of appetite it causes 5. Is there a such thing as “healthy obesity?”

1. Hoo boy.  Here we go again with another “are marathoners annoying” column. (Thanks Jason) 2. I really enjoy this blog 3. New trail relay race in St Louis in August 2014.  Interesting! Nice central location, many people could meet.  hmmm 4. Sleep and running performance (ultra-specific) 4. Heart wrenching (about running and pets) 5. Eight…

1. New 100 mile track record!  11:47. Averaged a 7:04 pace for 100 miles.  Insane. 2. Pam Smith sets the track record for women: 100 miles in 14:11 3. Someone got bit by a radioactive spider, methinks 4. How many different running shoe brands are there? 5.  Some coaches are great at this, others should…

1. How to return to running after a stress fracture 2. I still need to go back and run this race again, and a new course is coming! 3. New Balance releasing more Disney themed shoes, and will be able to print their own money 4. OMG funny, and unsettling! 5. Ultrarunning skill #4: Courage

1. Even pros have trouble deciding on plans and coaches 2. Six reasons you’re not the runner you want to be.  (I am awful about no. 1) 3. Canceled marathon donates the food it didn’t use 4. The coaching canon 5. On not running

1. Marathon shoes reviewed (not all-inclusive) 2. A circuit training plan for the traveling runner 3.  How your running form changes in easy and in long runs 4. Practice breaker–lectures.  (Jeez, I hate the pre- or post-practice coach speech!!) 5. Exercise as potent medicine

1. I guess it doesn’t pay to offend your customer base 2. Practice breaker: laps 3. Practice breaker: lines 4. Lessons learned from a canceled marathon 5. Sports medicine holiday gift list

1. A great time to be a runner 2. Reenactment of runner hit by flying deer 3. Marathon canceled but they still ran 4. Photos from the North Face 50 mile championship 5. Why I don’t base jump (that, and my incredible fear of heights)

1. Five essential strength moves for runners (that don’t necessarily require a gym) 2. Five stretches for runners who sit at a desk all day (like me) 3. Gonna be ice and cold for the Dallas marathon (UPDATE: race has been canceled) 4. Smaller marathons suffer despite the running boom 5. So cool