As runners, we get caught up in our own world of staying in shape, logging miles and hopefully setting a PR at our next race. Maybe because of that, we have missed the organized effort for Global Running Day. According to a news release, Global Running Day is the evolution of National Running Day here […]

This post is by Jeff McCloud, head coach for the Elizabethtown Middle School track and field and cross country teams. Two years ago, I had this crazy idea to apply to be the head coach of the Elizabethtown Middle School’s cross country team. Having completed three half marathons and returned to running after a 25-year […]

Occasionally, we like to tell you about some of our favorite places to run. Here in Elizabethtown, PA, we are fortunate to have resources like the Conewgao and Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, which we wrote about last year, and the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. For those unfamiliar with Masonic Village, it’s a 1,400-acre retirement commuunity […]

If you drive to a race with your family, you most certainly will smell the smell of running in the car on the way home. That’s one of the reasons that some of us at Applied Race Management only drive our own cars to and from races, or if we need to head to the […]

  Three Sundays ago, more than 300 runners lined up for the third and final race in the 2016 Frozen Foot 5K Race Series, and finally it was, or at least felt a little, freezing. With temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s, the race in March had runners more bundled up than the races […]