We hope you’ll enjoy our curated list of the latest in news and education for runners:
Relax Your Routines
The Truth about Routines, or why you don't have to get up at 4 A.M. to perform a two-hour ritual of self-care.
Coaching in the “Mary Cain” Era: Combating Eating Disorders, Body Issues, and Supporting Young Female Athletes
The Women’s Running Coaches Collective did a Q&A with Marie Davis Markham, who was an elite runner at the high school, college, and pro level, and now coaches at Portland’s Lincoln High School. Most notably, she discusses some details of the “girl talks” she holds with her female athletes, which could become a model for programs nationwide.
Melody Fairchild and Elizabeth Carey wrote an article on how to respond to food and body issues.
Runners Making History
Collegiate runner Rosalie Fish, who runs for missing and murdered Indigenous women, did an excellent TEDx Talk.
An interview with Megan Youngren, who will be the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the US Olympic Trials Marathon. She’s been training all season in sub-zero temperatures in Alaska!
Altra has signed Alysia Montaño and Tina Muir, both of whom are currently pregnant. Elizabeth Carey wrote an article for Runner’s World about the trend toward athletic brands sponsoring women who are “inspiring beyond their results.” Muir and Montaño spoke on a recent Running for Real podcast episode, where they discussed the #DreamMaternity movement, athletic sponsorships, privilege and more.
Bev Docherty ran in the first women’s Olympic Marathon Trials in 1984, and then went on to compete in the next FIVE trials, up until 2004. She did all this while working full time and raising four children with her husband. She is the ONLY woman to have competed in six Olympic Marathon Trials. Read all about her story here.
The Runner’s Grind
On Running is releasing a series of videos each week called Chasing Tokyo, which follows their On Zap Endurance team (pictured above), who trains at their retreat center in North Carolina, as they train for the Olympic Trials Marathon.
The NOTQ Project: What about all the runners who just miss the Olympic Marathon Trials qualifying time? Sara Ibbetson has been creating a series of profiles on women who just missed the OTQ this year. On the project, she writes, “All of these women have amazing stories to tell, and the narratives of the non-qualifiers are just as inspiring as those of the qualifiers, without the happy endings. I also saw firsthand the huge differences in emotions a 2:44:55 marathon and a 2:45:05 marathon produced—even though those are really pretty much equivalent marathon performances.” You can access all of the profiles here.