Today, our National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, shares about tempo training. The goal during a tempo run is to maintain a challenging pace that is comfortably hard but sustainable for a prolonged period. It should be a pace that feels “controlled discomfort.” You’re pushing yourself but are still able to maintain good form while […]
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We do a lot of intervals during Moms on the Run workout classes. Today, our National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, shares a bit more about interval training. Intervals provide an effective way to challenge your body, improve aerobic capacity and enhance performance by pushing your limits in controlled bursts. Listen in!
Today, Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson talks about the three Hs: heat, humidity and hydration. During training, you need to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. This is especially true as the heat rises during the summer months. Remember, hydration is not only refueling with water but with electrolytes. Listen in! Hi everybody, […]
Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, is encouraging you, or rather begging you, to focus on getting more sleep. According to an article by the University of Michigan School of Public Health, “sleep is essential to every process in the body, affecting our physical and mental functioning the next day, our […]
So, you’re registered for your next race. What’s your game plan? Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, offers some tips regarding race tactics for the beginning, middle and end of a race. Today’s video is part 3 and the final in our series and focuses on the push at the end […]
As race season gears up, Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, offers some tips regarding race tactics for the beginning, middle and end of a race. Today’s video focuses on your game plan at the beginning of a race. Listen in and save this for the next time you’re headed for […]
Admit it…is this you? Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, continues a lighthearted series about annoying things that people say to runners or that runners do. Today’s focus shifts to us as runners. Have you done this before a race? Listen in as Carrie shares part 3 of 4.
Raise your hand if you’ve heard this one. Today, Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, continues a lighthearted series about annoying things that people say to runners or that runners do. Listen in as Carrie shares part 2 of 4.
Today, Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, is starting a lighthearted series about annoying things that people say to runners or that runners do. Listen in as Carrie shares part 1 of 4. When people find out you’re a runner, how many times have you heard this one?