Each week, coach and author, Hal Higdon answers your questions about running. Here's the latest:
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 9:11AM 
Whether an athlete be a pro or amateur, running and triathlon success truly does take a village! With injuries, strength & conditioning, nutrition and even sports psychology to look after, even I sometimes refer clients to specialists. However, with sports injuries I think the best therapy is injury prevention in the first place.
Monday, July 16, 2012 at 2:58PM 
The importance of proper technique in running economy is often underestimated. Training proper movement patterns will help transform conscious technique into default settings, via muscle memory. Here are a series of drills that will increase running efficiency and prevent injury.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 3:31PM 
It can feel like it takes forever to get that little blister on your foot to heal, or that annoying scrape on your knee to close. The traditional wound healing procedure of using soap and water, a bandaid, and antibiotic ointment may be outdated. Ben Greenfield gives us some tips and tricks to use that will speed up the healing process and get you back to training.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 10:22AM 
Rodney Buike, a TrainingPeaks Ambassador, relays his experiences surrounding the controversial subject of barefoot running.
Friday, April 27, 2012 at 2:08PM 
A proper warm-up consists of 3 parts: 1) neuromuscular activation, 2) dynamic stretching, and 3) the cardiovascular component. After covering muscle activation in the first part of this series, Part 2 discusses dynamic stretching for runners and provides a routine with video demonstrations.
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