March means its National Reading Month! I’m an avid reader and over the years I’ve sought out as many running books as I could find, so I...

As I shared in an earlier post, I was fortunate to have a pretty smooth experience with running during pregnancy. I expected a fairly...

Chip Time: 20:33 Place: 1st Woman / 1st Overall It was another beautiful morning for racing in Central Texas, but I was just not in the...

A huge motivator for me becoming a run coach was to be able to provide support for pregnant and postpartum runners. I had my daughter...

I've been running about five days a week consistently for years now. A couple times a year I'll miss a week due to illness or a planned...

I've been lucky enough to run in a lot of places around the country and the world. Travel running is exciting and inspiring; I don't...

If you’ve never worked with a coach before, either remote or in person, you may be wondering how the relationship and logistics work....

Keeping a record of your training can be a helpful accountability tool or a powerful motivator when you look back at how you've...

Chip Time: 20:56 Place: 1st Woman / 2nd Overall Overall, I’ll call this race a B+ performance. The weather was fairly good (40’s, sunny)...

According to Strava’s annual Year in Sport Report, almost half of American Gen Z and Millennial Strava athletes will sign up for an event...

Southwood Running gets its name from my neighborhood, where I do most of my running. It also happens to have an incredible number of...

Hi! My name is Jen, and I am a long-time runner and now an RRCA-certified coach. Through coaching and writing this blog, my goal is to...