Running Strong

Incorporate strength training into your routine for great road results

So you’re a runner. You may run a lot of miles, or you may put in just a few miles. Maybe you do the long runs, the stamina runs, and the speed work, but you feel that something is missing in your training.

Perhaps you get tired at the end of a workout, or your form falls apart toward the end of a run, or you keep getting nagging injuries. It’s possible that you are not strong enough. I’m here to tell you that strength training should be a vital supplement to your workout routine.

Strength training will:
1) improve your posture, 2) help you recover faster between runs, 3) make you less likely to get injured, 4) boost your metabolism, 5) help reduce body fat, and, 6) make you look and feel better.

Drexel Long

If you followed track and field in the early 1990s, you probably heard about Drexel Long. One of the most accomplished 400-meter runners in the country, she was the 1994 Southwest Conference 400-meter champion (with a time of 52.93) and was a six-time All American track athlete while attending the University of Houston.

“I ran because it was fun, a challenge, gave me a goal to strive for and I loved the true teamwork on the relays,” Long says. “It also got me a free education!”

Long was born in Philadelphia, but as an “army brat,” was raised all over the country. She attended high school in New Jersey, where she played field hockey and ran track.

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