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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 ...
Read More Don’t Run on E
Nutrition
|Ready, set, eat! So, you’ve been running all the miles that your training plan has for you, but ...
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A Parent’s Guide to Cross Country
Training
|Pointers for supporting your student athlete in and out classroom this fall! Currently, your child is on their journey through 20,000 ...
Read More Hit The Trails
Training
|Trail running has become increasingly popular over the years with national attention being brought to ultra trail races like the Barkley 100 and ...
Read More 4th of July Starting Line
Lifestyle
|Yes, I’m a part of one of "those families." Turkey Trot 5K, the Playmakers Holiday Classic, the Playmakers Super “Wild Wing” Bowl 5K (and yes, ...
Read More Destination: Healthy
Lifestyle
| “So I’m going to (insert vacation destination here)… and I need a good shoe.” This is something we hear all the ...
Read More ON to New Adventures
Lifestyle
|“Life is all about the new and the unknown. It’s about waking up each day and trying something you haven’t before ...
Read More Different Soles For Different Souls
Lifestyle
|“My feet are getting bigger!?” As FIT specialists at Playmakers we often hear this everyday. The concept of our feet getting ...
Read More Mother’s Day Shopping Guide: By Moms
Lifestyle
|Adventurous, Nurturing, and Supportive. You guessed it...we’re talking about moms! With Mother’s Day right around the corner, we started scheming the best ways ...
Read More The Non-Perfect Training Plan
Training
|NEWS FLASH! No training plan is executed perfectly. Often times, work and life responsibilities impact training schedules. We have priorities that ...
Read More 5 Things You Should Know Before Running/Walking A 5K
Training
|March was “madness” and April has arrived, which means that the Izzo Legacy 5K walk/run is just around the corner! You ...
Read More Year of YES!
Lifestyle
|Accommodating. Agreeable. Cooperative. People pleaser. Whatever you want to call it, I have pretty much said “yes” to putting others first ...
Read More Reflectivity: Be “Bright”
Lifestyle, Training
|With warmer temperatures on the way, my plea to those reading is to watch out for each other in 2020 as ...
Read More Women Who Run
Lifestyle, Nutrition, Team Playmakers, Training
|For almost the last decade more females have laced up their running shoes and crossed the finish line compared to our male counterparts. ...
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