Will Baldwin

Pikes Peak Training Check In It’s that time of year again. Kate Bush said it best, it’s about time we start running up that hill, because the race is approaching…

Weighted Vests for Hilly Trail Races: A Really Good Tool, If You Respect the Risk If you look around your neighborhood these days, it’s incredibly common to see people out…

Shin Splints Guide (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome) First, an important clarification, because “shin splints” is a genuinely confusing term. There are two types. One is pain on the outside/front of…

How to Have a Great First 5K A guide for anyone standing at the starting line for the first time, wondering what they got themselves into. Racing is one of…

Are You Racing Too Much? The Case for a Smarter Race Calendar There is a version of this problem that shows up in high school running all the time. Two…

How To Stay Mentally Engaged During a Race One of the most common questions I get as a coach is how to stop zoning out during a race. It happens…

The Truth About Zone 2 Running I get asked about Zone 2 all the time. It comes up when people first start running, it comes up when people want to…

Recovery for Runners Training and recovery are equally important. They are not opposites. They are not one versus the other. They are the two parts that make up getting better.…