Category Archives: Education Topics

Training Tip with Carrie: Sleep

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 […]

Training Tip with Carrie: Race Tactics Part 3 – End of a Race

So, you’re headed towards the end of a race. What’s your game plan? Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, offers 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 […]

Training Tip with Carrie: Race Tactics Part 1 – Beginning of the Race

As race season gears up, Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, offers 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 a […]

Training Tip with Carrie: Annoying Things Part 3

Listen in as Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, shares Annoying Things part 3 of 4. Carrie 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? Admit it… is this […]

Training Tip with Carrie: Runners’ Safety on the Trails

Today’s training tip is the final in our series on runners’ safety and is focused on safety while out on the trails. Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, encourages us with four tips to help us be prepared for and enjoy our trail running.