Here’s why you’ll need to find another place for speedwork this summer
If you head to the track at Elizabethtown College for speedwork or any other running, you’ll have to find another place this summer. The original track, installed in 2000, was ripped out earlier this month to make way for a new Mondotrack SX. It’s quite a sight to see the surface of the old track […]
5 things to make your 5K a success
If you’ve thought about planning a race, especially a 5K, there’s a ton of planning involved. Here are five things to think about to help make your race a successful one. The course Let’s face it: A race is all about the course, and there is a multitude of things to consider as you […]
Favorite Places to Run: 7 reasons we like the Conewago and Lebanon Valley rail trails
This is the first in an occasional series about our favorite places to run in Central Pennsylvania. Do you have a favorite place to run? Tell us about it. Our home base is Elizabethtown, Pa., and we are fortunate enough to be just a few miles from the Conewago Rail Trail, which hooks up […]
Two Central PA runners recount their Boston Marathon experiences
A few weeks ago, runners from around the world focused their attention on the Boston Marathon, one of the most storied running events. Two years since the bombings at the finish line, Runner’s World described the 2015 version as an “enthralling tactical race” between Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa and Yemane Tsegay. Desisa pulled ahead and finished […]
Three ways you can get motivated to run after a long winter
As I sit and write this — during the first week of April and well into spring — the temperature outside is 41 degrees, and I’m contemplating going for a run. Yesterday was just as cold. It seems that Mother Nature has clung to winter as long as she absolutely could, only teasing us runners […]