Author - Rick Platt

From 5K to 10K

The marathon used to be the “must-do” event. Runners would focus on that 26.2-mile distance to the...

Built For Speed

Written By Rick Platt Speed work is good for the body—not just your race times. Speed workouts...

Walk Before You Run

Written By Rick Platt By slowly increasing the pace of each workout, you can adapt your body to...

Top 6 Training Mistakes

Written by Rick Platt My June 2011 column discussed the most common mistakes runners make on race...

Ready, Set…Oops!

Top 5 Race-Day Mistakes 1. Going Out Too Fast By far, this is the biggest mistake that runners make...