Tag: "running" Articles
October 1, 2026
If you’re anything like my sister, you dry heave at the mere mention of cardio. On your way to the dumbbell rack, you audibly hiss at the assault bike. You secretly flip off the...
September 10, 2026
While the temperatures may not exactly drop with the arrival of fall in Central Texas, what we can guarantee is the beginning of another racing season. On Friday, the annual Zilker Relays, a 10-mile...
September 9, 2026
It’s easy to associate Austin-area run clubs with the charismatic leaders that provide inspiration from the front. But often, run clubs are the sum of their parts. Without the many thousands of people who...
September 4, 2026
About eight years ago, under the cover of the morning darkness, a stranger in a car approached Adry Prado during her weekly training run in South Austin. “He said, ‘Hey, get in the car!’”...
July 31, 2026
Early on, Becca Wells wasn’t thinking about building a track club. All she wanted was a little connection and a lotta speed work. “We wanted to get faster,” Wells, 39, says of the core...
July 13, 2026
My journey into Austin’s wide world of running clubs began in a parking lot a half mile away from the destination—not surprising if you’ve known me for any amount of time. I’m the kind...
July 12, 2026
There is no formal research on the nation’s foremost city for run clubs. Maybe it’s Austin. Maybe it’s Miami, Los Angeles, New York, or some other metropolitan area. But the truth is, running clubs...
May 12, 2026
Yaseen Abdalla isn’t the type of person to tell you when he’s hurting. He’s never been that way. “I don’t confide in others,” he says. “I just deal with it.” There have been moments...
May 1, 2026
Sally Grand’s first marathon almost broke her. Completely. Like, it was bad. Real bad. She could only see out of one eye at one point. “Those last six miles,” she said. “I can barely...
April 28, 2026
Dan Golden pulled up to the track in Mueller late one night in February fully expecting to rip a hard speed sesh on his own. His plan was 12 four-hundred-meter intervals with a minute...
April 24, 2026
Gathering the Good Guys Run Club on the morning of the race in March feels like a hectic family road trip with 12 brothers. Huddled together, there’s a conveyor line of men from Austin...
January 18, 2026
AUSTIN, Texas—The last time Michael Morris ran the race now known as the Spurs Austin International Half Marathon, the Austin resident jettisoned down the net downhill course in one hour, six minutes and seven...
April 6, 2025
AUSTIN, Texas—Allie Kieffer wasted little time imparting her dominance on Sunday in the 48th annual Statesman Cap10K, claiming her second straight victory on the rangy 6.2 mile course to win in 34 minutes and...
February 13, 2025
Louis Grace was a second away from toughing-out the morning cold in January for the Austin International Half Marathon. But then he looked at the temperature on his car’s dashboard. It read 29-degrees. “I...
June 1, 2023
In my experience, both as a footwear designer and run club leader, I’ve come across many folks who intend to incorporate running into their routine. Some come into it quite literally hitting the ground...
March 12, 2023
Owning a dog is a marvelous way to get more exercise. They’ll need you to walk them every day and can become a valued partner in all types of sporting activities. If you’re a...
January 6, 2023
When it comes to the fascinating world of designing performance running shoes, we can reduce the design fundamentals to four key elements: last, midsole, outsole and upper. Today, we’ll be covering the last. Ironically,...
October 1, 2022
Two years ago, Regan Zuege signed up to run about seven marathons in seven days. The problem? The longest she had ever run at the time was four miles. Zuege is an Austinite, wife,...
