What causes most running-related injuries? Overuse!   Overuse from the repetitive nature of running leads to almost every running injury....

Are you looking to prioritize and enhance your health and fitness as you age?    Even if you’re not quite there yet, reference this...

In last week's blog , we talked about the importance of quality sleep for enhanced recovery and improved athletic performance (among...

What's the most effective recovery tool you can use?   It's simple: SLEEP !   Sleep is undoubtably the number one recovery method for...

The finale to our “Running Form” series…   At AWAKEN, we strive to continuously learn and educate our clients on how to maximize their...

Do you sit all day at work? If your daily lifestyle includes a lot of sitting, this might be the reason you’re developing some running...

At AWAKEN , one of the many things we strive to continuously learn and educate our clients on is how to maximize their running...

Continuing our “Running Form” series… If you haven’t figured it out by now, we’re pretty into running around here!  Well… we actually...

So what’s the deal with cadence?   At the 1984 LA Olympic Games, legendary running coach and physiologist Jack Daniels examined the...

So what’s the deal with over-striding?   Does this have anything to do with “strides” or “striders?”   We are going to hash all of this...

Although it may seem a little cliché, ringing in a New Year sets the perfect stage to hit that personal refresh button and establish some...

Winter running is here to stay, and as the weather outside becomes a little more “frightful,” we wanted to share some tips to make...

Over the past several years, running technology has skyrocketed— new shoe tech, carbon plates, fancy gps watches, advanced hydration...

We all know how confusing health insurance options can be, not to mention when abbreviations like HSA  and FSA get tossed around!   This...

You know the feeling when you wake up a day or two after a hard workout and suddenly feel that muscle stiffness and ache as you crawl out...

Are you looking for a fun way to enjoy the beautiful fall weather on this long weekend?   What better way to enjoy the fall scenery and...

Sometimes a simple fix to that random ache that just popped up could be as simple as a new pair of running shoes! You may even get the...

Are you training for a fall marathon!? Even if you don’t have a 26.2 mile race lined up on the calendar in these coming months, most of...

Are you training for a fall marathon this year? Chasing a beast like the marathon in the crisp cool autumn weather feels incredible after...

The past couple weeks, we’ve been experiencing that post-Olympic slump….what do we watch? There’s not constant coverage of different...