Fueling Your Distance Runner: What Every Parent Should Know
Losing just 2% of body weight through sweat is enough to measurably hurt performance, and that's an easy number to hit on a hot practice day, often before a runner even feels thirsty.
What I Actually Want Middle Schoolers Doing This Summer
Suggested Middle school summer training isn't about mileage. Here's what actually matters for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade distance runners right now.
A Note to Running Parents: You Can't Want It More Than They Do
A youth running program in Indiana built on the Norwegian model: no cuts, no rankings, just kids who fall in love with running for life.
Why The Distance Collective Exists
Cadence, posture, drills, the stuff that actually keeps kids healthy and fast over a lifetime, not just for one season. We celebrate progress here loudly. Nailing a drill. Fixing a stride. Showing up three weeks in a row. Those are the wins we talk about, not where someone finished in a race that happened once, eight months ago.
What It Looks Like Inside the Distance Collective
Not 1-on-1 coaching, but 25+ hours of on-site NCAA-level coaching, form work, and race prep for $500 a season. Here's exactly what's included in the Distance Collective's Race and Train program.