Author: Jonathan Beverly

Jonathan Beverly is author of Your Best Stride and Run Strong, Stay Hungry. A lifetime runner, his passion is to help others experience the joy of training, competing and being fit and fully alive. He served as editor of Running Times from 2000-2015 and has coached runners of all ages and disciplines.

Food is Good Three Ways to Improve Your Nutrition Without Obsessing Over Your Diet

| Jonathan Beverly
Food is good.

There are only a few aspects of human behavior more elemental than running. One of those is eating. We eat to fuel our bodies and minds, of course, but eating represents far more than that in the human experience. From the beginning of time, preparing, sharing and enjoying food has been a central part of… [view more]

Four Ways to Improve Your Feet at Your Desk Improving foot health and strength can happen all day.

| Jonathan Beverly
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Feet do a lot of work when you’re running. And while experts agree that they often get more attention than they deserve when it comes to influencing the stride, they often get less help than they need to perform their job well. That job involves cushioning your landing, balancing and supporting your weight, and assisting… [view more]

The Whole Athlete: Three Truths About Foot Strike You can have an effective stride no matter what part of your foot hits the ground first.

| Jonathan Beverly

No aspect of running form has garnered more attention than foot strike. For many runners, any talk of form boils down to whether you are a heel striker or a forefoot striker. Experts agree, however, that the emphasis on your running foot strike is misplaced. Here’s why: 1) Foot strike is a result, not a… [view more]

The Whole Athlete: The Fine Art of Goal Setting The right goals can motivate you to new heights. The wrong ones can send you back under the covers.

| Jonathan Beverly

What gets you out of bed in the morning? What drives you to run more each week, go longer on the weekends, dig deeper on speed days? For many runners, motivation comes in the form of a race goal, a date on the calendar when we want to run our best. Choosing an appropriate goal… [view more]

The Whole Athlete: Five Habits That Can Sabotage Your Run Have these negative patterns snuck into your routine during the winter cold and slop?

| Jonathan Beverly

A fresh breeze is in the air and runners are out on the roads and trails, dreaming of great performances in spring road races. Often, however, we emerge from our caves and find ourselves unusually sluggish. Our running feels difficult, our strides awkward and gunked up. To shake off these cobwebs, it may be helpful… [view more]