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Black Running Experience with Ramon Brunson
Lifestyle
|Running is a beneficial pastime that about 50 million Americans enjoy. While running can be mentally beneficial, offering runners elevated mood and improved memory and focus, running doesn’t appeal the same to everyone. A study conducted by Gatorade Endurance in 2021, revealed that minority groups face barriers that discourage them from running. Including the lack…
Keep Warm, Keep Running
Lifestyle
|It’s official! The chilling winds and glittering flakes of winter are here. With the holiday season ended, we’re ...
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Nutrition
|Ready, set, eat! So, you’ve been running all the miles that your training plan has for you, but ...
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Training
|Ever wonder if there are other exercises out there that can help you get faster, stronger, and gain endurance? Maybe you ...
Read More Please Don’t Stop the Music
Lifestyle
|Hello, Playmakers community! We are back and wanted to talk about a topic we all love, music. Whether you’re running, walking, ...
Read More Farewell to the Sale!
News
|To Our Community, The Playmakers Summer and Winter Sales have been a part of our DNA since 1981. From the early ...
Read More Sharpen The Saw Sundays at Playmakers
News
|The sun is out, snow is melting, and we are excited for spring at Playmakers! With spring and the start of ...
Read More Embrace Cold Weather Running
Training
|Last week, the Midwest saw several days of below-zero temperatures, prompting many runners to head for the treadmill. But some runners, ...
Read More Building a Stronger Community, Together
Lifestyle
|I am because we are. It was just over a year ago when some of our staff was headed to The ...
Read More Treat Plantar Fasciitis at Home
Lifestyle
|You wake up, swing your legs out of bed, put your feet on the ground and OUCH!! Approximately 2 million people ...
Read More 5 Ways to Keep Kids on The Move
Lifestyle
|September not only brings a change of season, but a beginning to a new school year, updated schedules, and a change ...
Read More Going The Extra (100) Miles
Lifestyle
|My running career began 40 years ago, by training for and running a 10K...I was hooked with the sport of running ...
Read More H2-WOAH, I Might Be Dehydrated!
Lifestyle, Nutrition
|It’s time to face the facts, our bodies are constantly losing water. Odds are, we lose more in a day then ...
Read More Becoming a Runner
Good Form Running, Training
|Have you ever considered becoming a runner? Maybe this is a question you thought you’d never ask yourself. Or maybe this ...
Read More A Note From The Owners
News
|Dear Playmakers community, We may be living through our greatest adversity. In spite of the many challenges of COVID-19, we have ...
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