Core Power Blog

Tips for Beginning Runners: Don’t Worry About Pace

With the fall marathon season quickly approaching, we have been approached by several people looking to get into distance running. One of the first questions we always get is, “Do you have any tips?”

Of course! We love sharing the lessons that we have learned along the … Read more »

Shoes…we don’t need no stinking shoes!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 6 months, you have probably read/seen/heard about the barefoot running craze. While we support the idea and enjoy the benefits we also know that this type of transition takes time. Here are a few tips from … Read more »

Working Vs. Working Out: 6 tips to find balance

For most of us, this is our reality: we have a full time job (or we’re full time students) and maybe a family and a million other responsibilities.  Sadly, this leaves very little time for working out.  We don’t want to compromise our physical and mental health of all things so … Read more »

Coach’s Corner: Better is Better

By Ethan Barron

Ethan Barron is in his 5th year as the Head Coach of Men’s Track and Field at Tufts University.  In his first four years of coaching his athletes earned 20 All American and 42 Academic All American honors. An athlete himself, Ethan was an All American hurdler at … Read more »

Embracing Racing: How to Get Back Into it

Miguel’s Training Tips

I never intend to go more than four to six weeks without racing. I absolutely love everything about it: adrenaline, goals, mental and physical challenge, camaraderie, awards, post-race feeling, training benefits, etc.

Despite all that, throughout my 13 years of running and racing, there have been many multi-month race-less stretches (due to … Read more »