U.S. Indoor Mile Champion Colleen Quigley Powers Up with Homemade Meals

When she’s not running, the Rio Olympian loves spending time in her kitchen.

By Hailey Middlebrook, Runner's World

Though we’re barely three months into 2019, Colleen Quigley, a 2016 Olympian in the 3000 meter steeplechase, is already hitting her stride. Earlier in February, the 26-year-old...

The 3-Week Training Plan to Run Your Fastest Mile Ever

Time yourself for a hard 5K run, then subtract 30 seconds from your Mile pace. That’s your Mile race goal.

By Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Journal

The Mile is a tricky distance. It’s not a sprint, so you’ll need aerobic endurance, plus enough speed to make it a true race. Still, even if you’re...

Colleen Quigley Shares Her Super Productive Morning Routine

My favorite part is the habit tracker, where I keep a record of all the habits...

By Hailey Middlebrook, Runner's World

For most of us, just getting up in the morning can be a hurdle. But because Colleen Quigley takes real hurdles in stride, it’s no surprise that her morning routine is a...

The Morning Mile Gets Kids Running Before School—and Loving It!

Since 2010, the run / walk program, founded by Fitz Koehler, has spread to hundreds of schools in nearly two dozen states.

By Jacob Meschke, Runner's World

Ashley Hamilton of Gainesville, Florida is only in sixth grade, but she already has a national championship to her name. In July,...

Jenny Simpson’s four pillars of running success

"By trusting the process over time, it’s going to lead you in a positive direction to your ultimate goal, no matter what happens along the way.”

By Brian Metzler, Runner's World

With four global medals in the 1500 meters (including her bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics Rio), 11 national titles...

Sir Roger Bannister’s Pearl Street Mile advice

"I think the thing they want to do is not to set off too fast at the start. After the half-mile, start moving up."

By Mike Sandrock for Daily Camera

"Sir Roger?"

"Yes, how can I help you?"

Bingo! I was on the phone with Sir Roger Bannister, the English neurologist who on May 6, 1954,...

Age Is Irrelevant When It Comes to Fitness

“There is reason to believe that the major contributor to the performance decline in athletes as they get older is nurture, with nature playing a smaller role.”

By Nick Heil, Outside Magazine

In February 2015, 59-year-old Ned Overend, aka “The Lung,” aka “Deadly Nedly,” won the first National...

The Training of Mile Legend Steve Scott

“Get over it.  If you have a bad workout or a bad race, allow yourself exactly 1 hour to stew about it, then move on.”

By Runner's Tribe

This is Part 1 of a 2 part series.  Part 1 looks into Steve Scott’s training during the later stages of his career. By this stage, Steve had already amassed...

Alan Webb: The Finish Line is a Magnet

“There should be a purpose for everything you do in training.”

From Jonathan Marcus, High Performance West

Steve Magness and I recently interviewed American Mile great Alan Webb for the On Coaching Podcast. Alan offers amazing insight in this 90-minute tour de force about his training leading...

The Curiously Elastic Limits of Endurance

And there’s more to Landy’s sudden breakthrough, after being stuck for so many races, than simple mind over muscle.

By Alex Hutchinson, Outside Magazine

On a frigid Saturday night in the university town of Sherbrooke, Quebec, in February 1996, I was pondering—yet again—one of the great...