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Can Running Technique Be Taught?

There's not one right way to run. But there's always room for improvement. Learn how to develop the natural stride pattern that works for you.

How to Run Your Best in Your 40s

Can your runs get better with age? Use these tips to embrace your running wisdom while learning to stay injury-free.

Build the Perfect Training Week

The best running regimen has the perfect mix of speed, distance and rest days. Learn how to mix it up for the perfect training week.

Build Your Base in 2 Weeks

Starting a training program? There are a few key workouts you need to do first.

6 Tips for Turning Resolutions Into Reality

It’s New Year’s resolution time again and a chance to make positive changes in your life. This year, use Coach Jenny’s Evolution-Resolution system and make those resolutions happen.

A New Year = New Dreams = New Goals

So, what's your plan for 2010? Is this the year you are finally going to pursue that long sought-after running goal? Search our events to find a race to mark as your goal.

Defining Your Goal

If you want to train for a time goal this year, take a look at these background experiences. They will keep you motivated when the watch doesn't say what you want it to.

Tempo Running Tips to Boost Your Speed

This "comfortably hard" run is the key to racing your best, at any distance. Here's how to add tempo runs to your weekly mix.

Newbie Runners: Answers to Your FAQs

As simple as it sounds, running can be a complicated endeavor. Unsure about some of the whats, whys, hows and wheres? We have the answers.

Become a Better Runner in Your Sleep

Getting enough sleep is crucial to recovery. But can a jog through dreamland actually help improve your running?

Running Tours for Travelers

Now there's no excuse to skip a run while you're on the road. City Running Tours provides routes and your own personal running partner.

<strong>Paula Radcliffe waves the flag of her native Great Britain after her win.</strong><br>AP Photo/Kathy Willens

City of Redemption: Radcliffe and Gomes Really do Love New York

Following recent Olympic disappointment, Paula Radcliffe and Marilson Gomes dos Santos proved they belong on the short list of the world's top marathoners.

AP Photo/Kathy Willens

Your 3-Part Training Plan

Divide your training plan into three parts to run strong—and race well—all year.

Will a high-fat diet allow your body to delay the onset of fatigue?

Dietary Fat and Endurance Athletes

Can relying on fat fuel instead of carbohydrate fuel during a race allow a runner to delay fatigue and perform better? Perhaps. Read more to find out how.

Form is an important part of your speed work training.

10 Tips to Maximize Your Speed Workouts

So you've started to build your speed with fartlek workouts, strides, hills and racing. Here are 10 tips for getting the most out of your speed workouts.

The Story Behind Barefoot Running

A growing subset of runners are shedding their shoes and putting bare feet to the ground--and footwear companies are starting to take note.

<strong>Haile Gebrselassie crosses the finish line in 2:03:59 to win his third straight Berlin Marathon.</strong><br><br>AP Photo/Michael Sohn

The Great Gebrselassie Breaks 2:04: Is Sub-2:00 on the Horizon?

Haile Gebrselassie's record-breaking 2:03:59 at the 2008 Berlin Marathon begs the question: Will a sub-two-hour marathon become a reality?

Runners should remember their part in environmental responsibility.

Running is Green, Right?

One man debates running’s place in the environmentally friendly, whose-carbon-footprint-is-smallest kind of world. What he finds isn’t all that reassuring.

What Makes an Elite Runner?

Watching the Olympics can give anyone big dreams. So what does it take to become a world-class runner?

3 Ways to Stay Cool on the Run

Three ways to keep you cool and comfy on your next run in the heat.

Active Experts - Running

Jeff Galloway

Jeff Galloway

1972 Olympian and bestselling author

Matt Fitzgerald

Matt Fitzgerald

Bestselling author, certified sports nutritionist and coach

Jenny Hadfield

Jenny Hadfield

Bestselling author, certified coach and personal trainer