Late last year, the Institute of Medicine drastically increased its recommendation of Vitamin D from 200 international units to 600. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease, immune system health and others health issues. Scott Reaves, PhD, a good friend of the show, recently came on Living the Run and talked about this very important topic.

                                                                                      I get asked a variety of questions about hopeful first time marathoners seeking to conquer the 26.2 mile barrier. How should I train for it? Where should I race? When should I start training? How should I plan my trip? Although there is no perfect answer to any of these [...]

The truth is that most people have no idea how to coach themselves in our sport and many can’t comprehend that running is an actual sport in the first place. There is no difference in any other sport really. So how do you go about training for a certain race or distance?

Dean Karnzaes, who once ran nonstop for 80 hours, will be back on our radio show tonight at 6:00 p.m. PST. You can listen live online via this link. You can listen to his first appearance here.