Coping with injury is never easy for runners. We really love what we do. When you have a running injury, once you figure out a rough plan of how long you will need off, the anxiety from being unable to run quickly begins to build. Which is exactly why I previously gave you the 12…
Global running day 2018 is just two days away, and I am excited to announce for the first time ever, Running for Real has a team, a worldwide team for anyone to join. You can pledge one mile, one hundred mile, or 1/10 of a mile if that is all you can commit to right…
I am probably going to make a lot of people angry with that title, but it is something I hear some variation of over and over again. Especially in newer runners, runners who are falling for all the typical runner mistakes, and it ends up breaking their heart, often breaking their bodies, and breaking their…
I took a few days off running last week because of sore shins. When my shins hurt, not only is that a sign to me that I am overstriding (landing with my heel out in front, rather than under the rest of my body) and not running in a way that is good for my…
I am a driven person. By now, most people know that. I set goals, and go get them, that is just how I have always done things. Chances are, that is the way may of you have done things too. How would you possibly stay motivated to do something that requires effort without a goal,…
Tuesday 21st March 2017. The day my life changed forever. Although today is not that day, and I have not quite reached one year since my life took a drastic turn, this is the closest Monday to that day, and with Bailey turning two months old yesterday, it really has me thinking about just how…
March 21st 2017 I stopped running. At the time, I had no idea if I would ever start again. On that day, I was prepared to say bye to running for good. I had to commit to it, otherwise it would be too easy to beat myself up, let myself slip into old habits, allow…
Even if you aren’t a kid person, newborn baby photos have the power to make anyone melt. They are our favorite photos to see, and when it is your baby, and your bias is in full force, you literally couldn’t imagine a better photo. Especially when your photographer is amazing, and Courtnie Coulson Photography is…
It is the question I have had many times, and the question I had never really thought about before it happened to me. What does it feel like to run while pregnant? I get it. You would think running while pregnant would be pretty uncomfortable, the big bump in your front would kind of bounce…
Today is a very exciting day for me, after months of pushing my pregnant mind and body probably a liiiiittttlee too far, I can finally announce that the Running for Real Podcast Series are now live! What are they? Well, after I had some success with running podcasts, I realized that sometimes people skip episodes…
At 35 weeks, I am now at a point where life could change any day now (although preferably we would prefer her stay inside a few more weeks!), but whenever she is ready, we are, and that is an exciting place to be. Many have been asking about the birthing class style I have been…
You may have heard me throwing that phrase around, maybe you are a Running for Real Superstar on Facebook and see people talking about it in the community (if you aren’t a member yet, why not?! Come join us!) and you are completely confused. You might be thinking: I could NOT run without my watch!…
What? Why is Tina Muir writing a post on goals? Surely she has no goals for running 2018? Oh god, is she going to try bounce back and run a marathon 6 weeks after having a baby? Nope. Don’t worry, this isn’t set with me in mind, well, actually, it is, because I am a…
I post on Facebook. Runners have strava. We all have Microsoft word (or something similar). Why would I need to journal? This might seem like a post that doesn’t make sense to you. Maybe you have heard me talk about journaling before, and thought, “yeah, yeah, suuuurrreee I’ll give that a try….someday….maybe”. But my friends,…
There is a need for this post. I should have known it already, but it wasn’t till I started to hear the concerned comments from loved ones about lifting heavy weights in my first trimester during daily life (weights that I would consider light compared to what I am able to lift in the gym!)…
The internet is wonderful and terrible at the same time. I could spend hours listing the ways our world has benefitted from it, but I could also have done without the ability to google anything I am paranoid about…followed by a panic that I might actually be dying because I have a red blotch on…
Race season is here, which means so the season of pre race jitters and nervousness are also around in abundance. Many of you are getting ready to race over the coming weeks, and I have previously covered how to taper, giving you all the information you need to feel confident about the physical part of…
By now, most runners are aware that strength training (resistance training, lifting, “core work”) is going to make it much more likely that you will be able to stay injury free. Most runners also know that following a strength training for runners plan is going to help you run more efficiently, meaning your running technique…
Regardless of whether you are training for your first marathon (or any other distance for that matter) or your 50th, if you fail to hit the training paces set to you by your training plan, by a coach, or even just ones that match up to a PR or PB you would like to run, you…
I have had quite a few emails of congrats about the pregnancy, and although i haven’t got back to all of you yet, I will, but I have not been so good about getting back to the rest of social media, I truly apologize about that, but as you can imagine, things have been a…
