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We hope you’re enjoying the holiday season, however you like to celebrate (or not!), and getting out for some wintery outdoor fun. Start your New Year off with a local festive event: 12/31/25 & 1/1/26 First Run Eugene, OR 12/31/25 Light Up the
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Happy Thanksgiving! We are extremely grateful for all the support from readers, event directors, and contributors that keeps RaceCenter going. We’re also thankful every day for what endurance sport has given us. From road and trail running, to Ironman triathlons and off-road cycling, we’ve been lucky to find
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One of the most popular late-fall marathons thanks to its historically fast times is coming right up on December 7th. California International Marathon (CIM) is famous for its net-downhill course, favorable weather, and not to be discounted, plentiful porta-johns at the start. If you’re headed to Sacramento as a
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We hear a lot about different training metrics, including the most famous of all: VO2 Max, the maximum amount of oxygen you are able to use during intense effort. It’s been suggested that VO2 Max is the ultimate measure of fitness and predicts our longevity, but is it really
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Crisp mornings, crunchy leaves, all the squash recipes… Most importantly, it’s marathon season. Along with Chicago this past weekend, we also kept up with the rest of the endurance sport world, including the Women’s Ironman Championship in Kona, UCI Gravel Worlds in the Netherlands, and the penultimate race
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This year I am really welcoming the cooler temps, crisp fall air, and changing leaves - unusual for me as a self-declared Summer person. The one thing I do not look forward to is running and riding in tights. I do not like pants. So I’m constantly trying to
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Happy fall equinox! The first day of autumn is this weekend and this time of year always seems to make me a bit pensive, maybe because of the shorter days and cozy sweater-weather. This week’s Interval issue is therefore inspired by some more personal happenings, distractions, and reflections. Have
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And just like that, fall marathon season is upon us. If you’ve got 26.2 miles lined up, or any other endurance event on the calendar, be sure to plan for your nutrition along with workouts and race-day pacing. Yep, carbo-loading is still a thing, but with some updated
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While taking a couple days off after a mountain vacay logging some solid miles, I’ve spent my evenings nerding out on running shoe review videos because, like everything in life, there is always that wonder about whether something better is out there. I’m definitely pleased with my latest
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I’m still in full summer-mode, but believe it or not, fall marathon season is right around the corner. Need some motivation and tips for working back into specific training for an upcoming 26.2? Maybe your summer’s been spent playing around in the dirt, Marathon Training: Balancing Trail
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Have you adapted your training recently to mimic some of the popular new practices of endurance sport? On a recent Strength Running podcast, two veterans of the endurance world discuss how run training has evolved over the last 30 years, the importance of developing an intuitive feel for your efforts,
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There’s lots happening in the running world right now, across the wide spectrum of the sport. Last month we watched both Faith Kipyegon attempt to break a 4:00 mile and ultrarunners at the Western States Endurance Run complete the 100 miles with “Historically Fast Finishes.” Alison Wade discusses