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Whether you’re looking to find the best running motivational quotes, or tips to successfully make running a habit, running coach Amanda Brooks has the perfect motivational guides for you!

These articles share motivation articles on a wide range of topics like ways to avoid a running burnout, to the best running books to keep you motivated as a runner.

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90 Funny & Motivational Race Signs | Marathon Posters & Banners

Snag over 90+ Funny & Motivational Race Sign ideas to help you create marathon signs and be a supporter they can't help but see and LOVE!

10 Best Running Instagram Accounts to Follow ASAP

These Top Instagram Runners help us build running the community through support, fun, tips and friendship. Checkout why I follow them!

Running Through Grief: How to Keep Moving (And When to Stop)

Running through grief can be a tool to help process emotions and studies show it can help with mood, aches and more. Our guide

Worried About How You Look While Running? Here’s How to Get Past It

Stop worrying about how you look when you run. Your form, pace, and body are perfect just as they are. Here's why letting go of how you look when you…

Best US Winter Marathons Guide: Best Races, Tips & What to Know

Our team of coaches has worked with athletes to train for many races, here's our pick for the Best US winter marathons!

50 Celebrity Marathon Times and the Beat Oprah Effect: Why We Care

How often have you heard someone say "I just want to beat Oprah's time". Celebrity marathon times for comparison to your goals.

How Your Enneagram Type Determines Your Athletic Motivation (And Training Style)

Have you heard the word Enneagrams but not sure what it is? We chatted with Denver coach, Jillian Keaveny , to learn how they can be helpful as an athlete.

True Grit: What to Do When Your Body Says Go But Your Mind Says No

Do you ever have trouble just “getting out there”? Feeling unmotivated to show up for your planned workout?? You know that once your legs start moving the endorphins will kick…

50 Running Mantras: Why They Work, What Elite Runners Use

The mental side of running is often joked about, but it’s truly a massive component of having a great training cycle and race day. There is a lot we can…

8 Ways Running Can Help Reduce Stress And Anxiety

There are myriad benefits to running. You know the obvious ones of fitness, general health, goal-setting and achieving, and of taking time out for yourself. You’ve probably even heard of…

Best Running Movies: 10 To Help Find that Mojo

The best running movies you can stream right now to get your motivation going pre-race, for cross country or through the winter!

7 Hardest Marathons In The World (All The Details You Need)

Looking to truly challenge yourself and maybe see some incredible places? Checkout why these make our list of hardest marathons

50 Best Running Books of all Time – Motivation, Training, Nutrition

This list of the BEST running books will motivate, guide and inspire! From training guides to mental tips to stories of triumph.

Here’s Why Running In The Morning Can Improve Your Overall Health And Bring More Joy To Your Life

Many runners will tell you that lacing up your trainers before the sun comes up can become one of the best parts of your day. They say that getting out…

100 Best Running Quotes to Inspire and Motivate All Runners

Looking for the best running quotes? Here's a collection of motivational running quotes for all kinds of runners, and for every type of running condition.

Running Affirmations to Survive Tough Runs and Race Day

Teach a runner a quote and he’s set for the next workout. Teach a runner the tools to create positive running affirmations specific to their situation and they’ll eat for…

Is Running Speed Genetic?

What role to genetics play in running? What does the science say about elites vs regular runners and is it really genetic?

7 Lessons to Crush Your Next Running Goal

Running goals are so much more than setting smart measurable things, it's about the tactics you implement after that to bring them to life!

15 Best Running Podcasts: Roads to Trails

Need motivation to run that extra mile? I've put together a list of 27 best podcasts about running to inspire your next run in 2023.

How to Enjoy Running (Tricks of Long Time Runners)

It's not for you. It's hard. You hate it. Guess what we all felt that once! Here's how to enjoy running; it might be easier than you think

Finding Time To Workout With A Busy Schedule [12 Proven Tips]

If you’re busy and find yourself behind on your fitness goals, use these tips to squeeze in more workouts.

5 HTP: Happy Drug? What Is It and How Does it Work?

5-Hydroxytryptophan, more commonly known as 5-HTP, is an alternative treatment for anxiety and sleep disorders. Learn more about 5-HTP here.

Unleash Your Inner Legend: 20 Quotes from Steve Prefontaine

Steve Prefontaine quotes stand the test of time in helping you to dig deep, keep the love of running and find your inner warrior.

16 Must Watch Running Documentaries

Running documentaries for motivation on those long runs when you just can't find the energy to keep going. We reviewed the best available on Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube.

40 Best Strength Training Quotes

40 quotes that will give you an extra dose of motivation to make your gym workout happen. Strength training quotes you need to read.

40 Best Female Athlete Quotes of All Time

Every year there are athletes that move up the ranks of inspiring female athletes. Each time there is a new Olympics or a marathon trials, I start looking for more…

9 Must Do Training Tips for Older Runners

It’s easy to tell yourself that you’re too old to start running. Heck, 20-year-olds find themselves thinking that after that first surprisingly hard mile, but if you’re already receiving jokes…

How to Start Running: Easy 15 Step Guide From a Running Coach

Day one things feel simple enough, you throw on a pair of shoes (any pair will do right?) and walk out in to the crisp air, head held high and…

What To Do About Your Non-Runner (aka unhealthy) Spouse

how do you get your partner to exercise? It’s a valid question! Especially if you’ve found that you love it or just need that extra support to stick to it.…

13 Important Benefits of Running a Marathon

Do you need to run a marathon to be a runner? No! But there are some really incredible benefits of running a marathon to consider.

10 Running Goals That Go Beyond the Clock

How do you stay motivated without races to train? You shift your focus away from PR’s being the only thing that gets you out the door! It’s time for running…

How to Make Exercise a Habit: Top 13 Tips for Lasting Change

Use these 13 tips and tricks to learn how to make exercise a habit in a way that actually lasts. These mental hacks are designed to set you up for…

5 Habits of Successful People (learned in running)

You want to be a successful person? Become a runner. Seriously. These habits make runners more successful in business, relationships, health and more.

17 of The Best Inspirational Running Quotes

Running is a spiritual experience right? There’s a lot of praying happening by mile 25😂. Really this is another way of saying we have to work on our mental game…

Mastering Lunch Run: 15 Minute Sweat to Work Plan

Not only is the lunch run (aka. runch) a great break for your brain, but it could be when you’re primed for a speedy run. Your body will have warmed…

21 Endurance Quotes to Help You Push Through

We joke about the plethora of quotes on social media now, but the truth is the right endurance quotes at the right moment can be exactly what you need to…

Why We Need Running Now More Than Ever

Why do you run? Why in the face of life issues do you feel compelled to lace up and get out the door? Why when there’s no race on the…

How I Justify My Premium Running Gear

Woah those shoes are how much? Me, every time I look at what people pay for high heels that make my toes ache and my calves scream for relief…and likely…

Overcome Your Top Running Excuses

Each time I tell a non-runner about my running, my face lights up and I get all gushy and excited like a love sick teenager, which ALWAYS provokes a response…

Is Running Fun? Do We Really Enjoy Running?

We talk a lot about the pure satisfaction of crossing a finish line and knowing you’ve achieved something you once thought beyond reach. We see the big smiles of #medalmonday…

Understanding Your Fitness Personality for Lasting Workout Motivation

I like eating cereal without milk. I adore cuddling with my cats, but only where I can quickly clean up their fur. I hate seams anywhere near my toes, making…

An Open Letter to the Middle of the Pack: Embracing the Average Runner

Lungs searing, legs aching for relief, she lunges forward finding the finish line respite, where she can finally stop hands on knees heaving with fatigue and accomplishment. She didn’t make…

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Amanda Brooks is a Certified Running Coach, Certified Personal Trainer and long time distance runner with a passion for every facet of running, which leads her to do more reading, research and running than necessary. Find all the tips, tricks and tools you need from this running coach for your best injury free running. Read More…

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