Matt Fitzgerald

Whether you're training for a 10K or a 10-mile race, these training plans will help you stay on track and reach your goals.

Take your health, fitness, and performance to the next level in 2022 with our comprehensive four-week plans.

Eat (and drink) these items to up your carbohydrate intake and reap their endurance performance benefits.

Is there a special quality shared by top athletes who triumph over great challenges? And can anyone acquire it?

This total-body strength workout is ideal for runners of all levels. Start with one round and work your way up to two to three sets.

This powerhouse in a bowl can be served as a smaller side with meat, chicken, or fish.

When your 13.1 race is a month away—but you haven’t exactly been “training”—this plan is perfect.

Remember when we spent the early months of pandemic life baking up a storm? Those times may have past, but banana bread is still delicious. Change up the add-ins with our two recipes to give it a sweeter taste or different texture.

Sharpen your speed and build high-intensity fatigue resistance with this simple cut down track workouts designed for improving 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon times

Carbohydrates are a key part of ensuring you're performing your best.

Making wild salmon at home doesn't need to be complicated. This recipe uses fewer than five ingredients to bring healthy protein to the table.

If you’ve never run before, 26.2 miles can feel like an impossible distance—but it’s more than doable with our zero to 5K to 10K to half to full marathon training plan.

These pancakes are delicious on their own, but you can top them with syrup or additional sliced banana if you like.

Advanced training methods proven effective by scientists, coaches, and athletes.

New to strength training? Harness the power of your own bodyweight to build practical strength that will help you become a better runner.

Psychological skills training can significantly reduce stress and negative thoughts before and during a marathon — that’s important for your time, and for having a good time.

New science shows a disconnect between injury and pain, and suggests we may be better able to self-manage training pains than we think.

Training in the African running powerhouse of Ethiopia may look completely different, but their practices reflect universal principles you can use.

Jenny Simpson's final race as a college runner was a fascinating example of how the mind can limit the body.

The psychological characteristics that lead to over-reliance on data, and 3 ways to teach yourself how to trust your own perceptions and judgments more than you trust your watch.

Why marathon pacing is so hard, and how can you improve your ability to pace optimally and not to hit the wall hard during the 26.2-mile challenge.

What percentage of your running volume can you replace with other types of exercise and not have to adjust your goals?

Don’t sabotage the purpose of a workout by trying to nail the numbers. Here's how to trust and adjust to maximize each workout's purpose.

Your hunch is indeed the truth: You run well when you’re enjoying it, and you enjoy running when you run well.

Get the most out of your treadmill workouts by trying these three approaches.

Healthy fats and lean protein combine to make a delicious main.

Every endurance athlete should practice at least the first of these measures in order to stay satisfied throughout the day.

These cheesy stuffed poblano peppers work great for lunch or dinner.

The world's most widely used drug boasts some powerful benefits for runners.

This spinach and feta pie makes a fabulous breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Use these performance nutrition tips to stay healthy.

This peanut sauce gets a low-fat makeover thanks to peanut flour.

Even those running less get faster when abiding by the golden ratio of training intensity.

Healthy eating has two components: healthy food and a healthy relationship with food.

Muscle soreness is part of the training process, but what you consume can reduce it.

Speed work will raise your aerobic capacity; but to improve performance, you need every piece of the fitness puzzle.

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