Chocolate and Runners
Most runners love chocolate in any form: candy bars, chocolate chip cookies, squares of dark chocolate. Over 60% of all US candy sales are chocolate-based. But how good—or bad—is chocolate for our health? Is it as health-promoting as we want it to be? What about all the sugar and caffeine that comes…
What 5K Runners Learn From a 40-Yard Dash
A 40-yard dash after a 5K sounds like a dare at the finish, but it tells runners something useful quickly. The 5K is about settling into discomfort, choosing a pace, and staying patient when the middle mile bites. A dash asks for the opposite skill: clean posture, quick arms, fast feet, and…
This Weekend! The Cookie Chase 5k in Denver!
The Cookie Chase 5K run and walk will return to Denver for a fourth year on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Sloan’s Lake Park in Denver. With themed shirts, finisher’s medals, disposable bib chip timing, free photo downloads, and more, this is a great value and a family friendly fun run and walk. Runners…