One of the most hotly debated posts on our 5K Beginners Courses is the one on how I don’t like running with music. Some participants are aghast at the idea of not rocking out while they run. I’m not against music, I just think that sometimes you need to be present while

Now on to the Half Marathon leg of Julia’s “combo” race… For the past eleven years I’ve trained groups of runners for the Venice Marathon with a program called My First Marathon. Tradition has it that they come to Modena to run their last important long

There’s a Half and Full Marathon near my city that also organizes a bike race the day before. When I saw they had a special “combined” category for whoever did the bike and run race, I knew was in! They had several combinations but I chose the one I felt most comfort

My Dad is visiting me here in Italy and we’ve been running around somewhere every day. Yesterday we took the train to Bologna to meet my daughter for lunch and have a quick walk around. It’s still nice weather, in the 70°’s with blue skies, but no longer sandal we

I went running the other day and it totally sucked. I started out fine, running at a good pace but then all of the sudden I felt my muscles… empty. No energy. I stopped in my tracks, waited a few more minutes then started running again. I had to stop twice more during my run but

There is some fabulous racing going on out there in Internetland… Skinny Latte’s 3 Halfs 3 Weeks Challenge Philippa is about to run her third half marathon in as many weekends! After the Robin Hood Half in Nottingham and the utterly grueling Beauty and the Beast trail race

And now the triumphant final chapter of Julia’s Provence Half Ironman adventure. Check out the swim and bike legs if you missed ‘em! The description of the run was that it was in the “city center” of Aix. In my head a city center is flat, but what I didn’

Now it’s time for Part II of Julia’s gruelling adventures in France! Here’s Part I if you missed it… The bike course was hard. Like really hard. Just look at that damn profile… I’d already seen the altitude map so I knew what was in store. I also kn