Craig dos Santos

Beginner Running

7+ Running Tips for Beginners to Learn How to Run (the Right Way)

Learn how to run properly while staying happy and injury-free! Use these running tips for beginners to start running right from the get-go.

Advice and Motivation

Running Shoes for Flat Feet - How to Choose the Best One

Are you a runner with flat feet? Get the tips from experts to select the best running shoes for flat feet and run injury free.

Warm Up & Cool Down

9 Best Post-Running Stretches for Runners to Do After a Run

Add these 9 equipment-free best post-running stretches for runners to your normal post-run routine to give your body the cooldown it deserves.

Run Form and Technique

8 Tips for How to Run in Cold Weather

8 tips for running in the cold. Learn how to run outside in the winter, whether it's 10 degrees, 30 degrees, or 50 degrees outside.

Run Form and Technique

Correct Hip Posture: How to Achieve Proper Hips Running Form

Learn how your pelvic position can create correct hip running posture and you'll avoid one of the most common running mistakes.

5K Training

How to Prepare for a 5K (From the First Week)

No matter your fitness level, you can learn how to prepare for a 5k race (3.1 miles). You may be coming back from a running layoff, or you’re a new runner with a fitness goal. Maybe you just want to organize your training a bit better and hit

Run Form and Technique

Uphill Running: 3 Hill Running Tips for Your Next Incline Run

Uphill running can be an absolute joy—if you train right. While some runners love running hills more than others, none of us are strangers to them! Hills are incredibly useful tools in tackling running challenges, developing muscle strength, and learning how to run properly. If you’re like most

Run Form and Technique

Top 7 Running Drills for Faster Running (Form & Technique)

What runner doesn’t love a new PR? Speed drills can help you snag one, but sometimes taking a closer look at your running form can help, too. Adding a few running form drills into your routine can make fantastic long-term improvements. Use these 7 head to toe running drills

Announcement

Announcement: The New Run Experience Mobile App on iOS

Over the next week, we will be rolling out the new Run Experience mobile app on iOS. We’ve been hard at work for a long time and we’re super excited to show it to you! If you have our app already on an iDevice, you’ll see this

Advice and Motivation

Runner, Triathlete, Nutritionist and MUSIC LOVER!

Elizabeth Inpyn has enjoyed a long and successful career as an athlete and nutrition coach. An NCAA Division I distance swimmer and water polo player, she transitioned into running and triathlons after college. Moving to Atlanta from San Francisco was a huge culture shock but there are plenty of running

Run Form and Technique

The Ultimate Guide To Improve Your Running

Ultimate Guide To Improve Your Running The real secret to running faster means that YOU believe you are in control of your own running, and YOU have the power to get as strong, as mobile, and as efficient as you need to be to accomplish whatever you want to do.

Advice and Motivation

Are you a runner...only if being chased by a bear!

Prior to 4 years ago, Tracy was a never runner.  She made fun of runners and would have put herself in the “only if being chased by a bear” category.  She had been a mediocre athlete in her  younger days and had developed a more sedentary lifestyle in her  late

Advice and Motivation

Must you always wear the same running shoe?

It is said that runners are a non-violent people. Sure they’re motivated, focused, and competitive but not outwardly aggressive, manipulative, or combative. Heck, you’d want one as your neighbor. But start messing with their running shoes and well don’t be surprised if your house gets TP’d

Run Form and Technique

Video: Better Jumping For Faster Running

This video demonstrates two key jumping exercises you can start doing right now to take your running to new heights. Built on our squatting foundation, the squat jump teaches us how to be powerful, which will help us clear a stream in a single bound and shift gears for a

Strength Training

For Competitor, Uncommon Core Workouts for Runners: The Weighted Pushup!

As unexpected as it may sound, a weighted pushup can do great things for all runners. New runners, experienced runners, sprinters and marathoners: It’s time to do more pushups. Adding weight, as we know, has many benefits. Hormonal balance (heavy weights naturally release testosterone and Human Growth Hormone) for

Advice and Motivation

Hormone Balance, Training, and Sex Drive

Originally published June 28, 2012 via Helming Athletics… This quick article provides a background on how different training affects our hormones and what our hormones do in return for our training. Take a read and then watch some of our latest videos on strength training for runners! Can bouts of

Run Form and Technique

For Competitor, Uncommon Core Exercises For Runners: Headstands!

This unconventional maneuver reinforces the tenets of good posture and core strength. We know what you’re probably thinking; why on earth would a runner need to stand on his or her head?! Surprisingly, there are many ways that a well-executed headstand can improve the key components of your running

Run Form and Technique

For Competitor: Better Pushups For Better Running

How you perform a pushup reveals a lot about how you run. While many don’t consider the pushup a technical exercise, we can apply the principles of basic athletic skills — moving with posture, load, and torque – in a way that elevates this exercise to something that can improve our

Run Form and Technique

For Competitor, Uncommon Core Workouts for Runners: The Farmer's Carry

Stop everything you’re doing and take note of your posture at this very moment. There’s a good chance you are slouched a little, probably sitting in a chair and hunched over your laptop or phone. This is common—even for athletes and runners—because we don’t always

Run Form and Technique

For Competitor.com, Uncommon Core Workouts for Runners: The V-Up

This gymnastics move will help build a stronger core, which will lead to better running form. Summer is all about fun in the sun and running strong. As runners, we are always trying to improve our technique to run stronger, smoother and with less injury. The V-Up is a great

Run Form and Technique

Featured on Competitor: Fixing Two Common Running Form Flaws

Are you committing these running form flaws? Sometimes we make mistakes because we are not paying attention or simply because we do not know. And sometimes we make mistakes because we are paying attention to the wrong things. So today we talk with Olympic running coach and Competitor editor Mario

Run Form and Technique

Featured on Competitor: Best Core Exercise for Running with Carl Paoli

In this video we get right to it, talking with international movement coach and upcoming author Carl Paoli of his book: Freestyle: Maximizing Sport & Life with Four Basic Movements on the best core exercises you can do right now to both hone and perfect your running form. But before we

Run Form and Technique

Featured on Competitor: Avoid these Mistakes with Barefoot Running!

Are you thinking about throwing away your shoes? Are you excited about the prospect of going back to your roots and feeling the earth beneath your feet? Many coaches and athletes claim barefoot running can improve your efficiency and prevent injury. BUT…only if you do it right! After consulting

Advice and Motivation

Featured on Competitor: Three Tips For Buying Running Shoes

Our 2nd installment for Competitor is up! Here are three things to know before you buy your next pair of shoes. Has anyone ever told you they just found the best pair of running shoes? They may have found the best pair for their feet, but how do you know

Run Form and Technique

Three Tips for Better Running Form!

This is the first installment in The Run Experience series for Competitor.com! Look for more in the following weeks! You might love running, or (ahem), at times you might hate it, but either way chances are you want to run faster and with better form. This video will help