Coached Audio Runner's Training Programs

If you're training for a 5K, 10K, want to run faster, or just looking to improve your fitness through running or jogging, Running Mate has the training tips, advice, and cutting edge, audio training programs you need!

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Jillian Michael’s Fitness Plan

Jillian has created a proven approach to weight loss that gets results. Her step-by-step plan includes customized nutrition guidelines based on your body type, killer exercises, and Jillian-tough motivation. How the Weight Loss Program Works Jillian has combined years of training experience with the weight-loss secrets from her success on NBC’s hit series The Biggest…

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How To Get Rid Of Arm Flab

[ Editor's Note:  Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ] Got arm flab? Know someone who does? Some women I know with a healthy sense of humor refer to it as “their wings” because their arm flab flaps when they walk or jog….

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A Runner’s Heart is Strong

Contributed by guest writer & 5K101 grad, Lori Vick of 3N1 Fitness. Running and the Cardiovascular System If the heart and lungs of a distance runner are not in good condition when a person first begins a running regimen—one of two things are bound to occur over time—either the heart will respond positively to the…

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Get off the Couch & RUN!

Get off the Couch and RUN! If only it were that simple right?  Why IS it so hard to stay motivated?  We’ve all been there.  Had a day where we just don’t really feel like getting off the couch and going for a run.  It’s too cold outside, my favorite show is on, too tired,…

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There will always be someone slower than you…

Rule # 1.49  There will always be someone slower than you. Taken straight from the pages of the Runner’s Rule Book by Mark Remy. (Which is really a great read, you should get a copy.) Many would-be runners are deterred by the conviction that they’re too slow, and the fear that if they enter a…

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2011 is the Year of the Beginning Runner!

Well another year has gone by and as we move into 2011, ripe with resolutions to lose weight, eat better, and exercise more; I want to invite all past participants and graduates of the 5K101 program to rejoin the latest incoming class of trainees. For you graduates, we can really use the advice and encouragement…

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