Training Tips by Jenny Hadfield

Jenny Hadfield is the co-author of the best-selling Marathoning for Mortals: A Regular Person's Guide to Running or Walking a Half or Full Marathon and The Penguin Brigade Training Log, and has written for HerSports Magazine, Cooking Light Magazine, Prevention, Chicago Tribune and Outside Magazine.

She is currently writing her third book on running with Running Guru John "the Penguin" Bingham.

Running Tips:

Top 10 Tips for Hydrating On The Long Run… Getting fluids in you during your long runs is key for optimal training. But how much, when and why? Here are 10 tips to making sense of it all…

Green Guide for Runners These days, it seems like everyone is going green. There are a variety of ways to live green, but have you thought about greening up your next run? Here are a few easy tips for saving the planet all in a day's run…

Tips For Shopping For Running Shoes It takes a village to raise a runner… that is, everyone in your village plays a key role in your running career. A good relationship with your local running specialty store will keep the aches and pains away…

Tips for New Runners Set a tangible goal like running a 5K (3.1 miles) race… Start with where ARE, rather than where you want to be… and many more tips.

Winter Training Tips Running outside in winter? Are you crazy? Although cold weather and the holidays can really play havoc on your running regimen, it is one of the best seasons to be a runner…

Evolution-Resolution: The Key To Making Your New Year's Resolutions Stick! It's New Year's Resolution time again and a chance to make positive changes in your life. This year, use Coach Jenny's "Evolution-Resolution" System and make good on those resolutions!

What is your Sweat Rate? We all have varying sweat rates which makes our hydration strategies unique. Some of us sweat profusely while others struggle to break a sweat.

Training Through The Cycles of Life: It never failed. Every month, about 5 days prior to my period starting, running would get really hard. My breathing would get labored, I felt like I had never run before and my legs felt like lead.

Adventure Racing Tips:

The 2000 Eco-Challenge: It is said that you are not a true adventure racer until you experience hunger, pain, humiliation, tears and take a close look at your soul.

Going Solo: I've spent 34 years believing I was living the life of an independent women. I thought I knew what it felt like to be completely alone.

Getting in Gear: The most comprehensive and time-consuming aspect of adventure racing isn't the training or the racing. It's the preparation to get to the race. Every race has a different mandatory gear list.

Adventure Food: It's funny what you'll eat when you're really hungry. I remember trekking through in the heart of the jungle, days into the Eco-Challenge and savoring a water bottle full of iodine treated water and roman noodles.

Training Tips: You've done it. You're on a team, registered for an adventure race and ready to take the next step. Planning a realistic and structured training plan is as important as showing upon race day.

Adventure Racing and YOU: Adventure racing is one of fastest growing sports in the US and worldwide. Popularized by the Discovery Channel's Eco-Challenge, a variety of races are popping up all...

Mental Strength: It was 40 hours in to a very hot and humid Florida Adventure Race. We were competing for fourth place and pushing beyond our limits.

Off the Beaten Path: I began my season of adventure racing with two very lofty goals. One, to finish the Eco-Challenge New Zealand in October with or without my limbs attached. And second, to learn how to...

The Wild Onion: September 21, 2001 - 5:15pm There was calmness in the air at the start of the 24-hour Wild Onion Urban Adventure Race. 62 coed teams of three stood united while reciting the pledge...

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