I recently had the distinct privilege of interviewing Caitlin Chock, or Cait as she prefers to be called. It’s not often I get to interview someone who I could ask about such things as how it feels to break a national record or what’s it like training under Alberto Salazar or to have Kara Goucher as your training partner. Yeah, Cait’s done all of those things. Like Mary Cain, Cait more » Read more
Don’t Worry Mary Cain, We’re All Headcases Until We Turn 25
Someone call Alicia Keys and tell her to change the lyrics to her smash hit because Mary Cain IS ON FIRE. The 16 year-old running sensation is a true prodigy as she has smashed three national high school indoor track records so far in 2013. There was the 4:16 1500 meters en route to breaking Debbie Heald’s 41 year-old mile record in 4:32. Then there was the 2 mile record in more » Read more
Why YOU Need a Running Resume
Here at Salty Running, we are a Spice Rack of multi-taskers. And just like our readers, we each play many roles in our daily lives. Chances are, all of us have written and revised our professional resumes at one time or another. But do you have a resume for any other areas of your life? Specifically, do you have a running resume? Related PostsCharity Running Helps You Help Others! Bandit more » Read more
The Full Girlfriend Experience
She’s a runner. Now she’s a masters runner, but in her prime she was an Olympian. She was at the top of the top. Over the years, she retired from world-class running, settled down and started a family. Now she’s the smiling face of the Disney and Rock-n-Roll races, she prides herself on helping women who struggle with depression discover the healing powers of running, she’s a successful real estate agent more » Read more
Equal Pay For Women Athletes: Elite Prize Purses
It’s Election Day, and here at Salty Running we’re a binder full of opinionated spicy women! And this spicy lady would like to talk about equal pay. Now that the election is almost over though, I don’t want to get into the candidates’ opinions on equal pay for women in the work force, I want to talk about the dynamics of elite prize purses for professional running and triathlon. My boyfriend more » Read more
Jenny Scherer: Make What Seems Impossible Possible
Twenty-four-year-old Jenny Scherer is what you might call an unlikely professional runner. The Wisconsin native was first and foremost a basketball player, even walking onto the hoops team at Division III St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. She didn’t give track a try until college, but when she did, she made a splash! Jenny went on to set school records and win All-American honors nine times during her collegiate cross more » Read more
Ariana Hilborn: You Owe it to Yourself to Chase Your Dreams
Dream big. Then dream bigger. You’re capable of so much more than you think. No elite runner today reminds me more of this Salty Running Manifesto principle than Ariana Hilborn. In 2008, Ariana ran her first marathon in 4:36. In 2011 she upped the ante and ran a 2:37, an Olympic Trials A Standard! Look at her 4 year progression. It’s nothing short of amazing! Date Marathon Time 1.13.08 RNR more » Read more
Clove’s Olympic Adventure: When It’s More Than Just Running
I was nine years old in 1984. The Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles and I watched Mary Lou Retton with the fixation of cat-to-mouse. I was too young to know that the Cold War was raging on, with Russia boycotting our Olympics as payback for our boycott of the Moscow games four years prior. I was too young to know how big the world really was, and that more » Read more
A Girl’s Guide To Letsrun.com
Letsrun, home of the (in)famous message boards, is a self-proclaimed place where dreams become reality. It’s a running website that provides unparalleled news on elite running and indeed hosts a “World Famous Message Board.” But it has a bit of a website equivalent of a bad-boy reputation that might put you off and prevent you from discovering the plethora of useful information and tips to improve your running life that lurk deep within its more » Read more
5 Women Who Blazed the (Running) Trail
The London Olympics have given us plenty of rising stars to watch in the years to come, both those who made the podium and those who came achingly close. Girls today have their pick of female athletes to idolize: Katie Ledecky, Jessica Ennis, Allyson Felix and, of course, Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher, just to name a few. And let’s not forget 19-year-old Sarah Attar, the first female Olympian to represent Saudi more » Read more