Athlete Spotlight: Shelby on Running with Drop Foot

Meet Shelby, a resilient runner working her way from not only learning how to navigate new motherhood but also navigating that first postpartum year with no feeling suddenly in her left leg.  She could have tossed her ambitions aside and …

Running on Thin Air

Running with Cystic Fibrosis wasn’t always an option until modern medicine intervened and gave Stephi a new lease on life. Stephi spent her entire life holding back but not by choice. Her lungs functioning at only 30-40% had been slowly …

Winter Triathlon Training Tips

by Sarah Alexander Photo credit: Wright Creative, Inc.  As a professional triathlete, I have been able to “chase summer” in order to continue training outside year-round. Luckily, it’s possible to integrate indoor and outdoor training in Asheville throughout the winter! Regardless, …

Running a race on mixed surface

by Tom Mangan “Running a race on mixed surface and terrain can be better on your body during the race and for post-race recovery.” How does that commercial go…I’m no doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express …

Life-Changing Training Hacks for the Running Parent with Kids at Home

Blog by guest blogger – Jessica Payne – runpinkjess Maybe your first question to me might not be how do you do it but maybe why? I mean, if it’s so hard why? Well, yes it is hard but with …

Mental Resilience: How to stay mentally strong

by Daphne Kirkwood We all have ‘stuff’ in our lives that gives us a gut punch when we least expect it. I have had a few big ones — the ones that send you through the air and knock you …

How to win the war in your mind | Mental Grit for Runners

by Guest blogger – Jessica Payne – runpinkjess From 4:24 to 3:14 marathoner (that’s a 70-minute improvement including birthing two more humans in between this time!) here are my top four tips for developing mental grit to win the war …

What to wear when you’re riding in the winter: Cycling Coach Reid Beloni shares pro tips and hacks

by Stephanie Buss Wearing the correct gear when you’re cycling in the winter can make the difference between a positive experience, and a miserable one. What you wear MATTERS, so we feel it’s important for riders to research the right …

Cancer: Daphne Kirkwood shares her personal journey with Lymphoma

“Cancer is a word, not a sentence.” – John Diamon For Daphne Kirkwood, cancer was more like a question mark. It was the last thing she expected to hear from her doctors after finding herself lying on the hospital floor, …

Are you experiencing the 2 o’clock crash? Do you skip meals because you are too busy? Are you too wiped out to exercise? Keep reading for some great nutritional tips!

by Daphne Kirkwood An important part of your overall fitness and well-being is nutrition. Without a good nutrition plan in place, all kinds of things will creep up and happen to you, including sickness, injury, fatigue, disease and weight changes. …