FitSugar reader PureGrace just finished her first half marathon and needs advice on how to train for the next one. She asked this question in our RunningSugar community group. Share your advice in the comments section below. I had been training for over nine months for my first half marathon, and I completed the Disney World Half Marathon this past weekend. I'm trying to figure out another half Read more

Are you a runner? Well, there's an app for that! Find out why FitSugar reader the13thmile can't get enough of the RunKeeper app. She shared her review in the RunningSugar community group. I’ve been using RunKeeper to track my training the past few months and I absolutely love it. It tracks time, elevation, and pace, all while graphing it out and providing mile splits. If you’ve ever wondered Read more

Find your motivation waning as the days shorten? One thing that never lets me down is having support from like-minded folks, and the FitSugar Community is here for you. There are a wide variety of groups focusing on everything from healthy recipes to dieting support. But we have some great fitness groups too: RunningSugar: If you like to hit the ground running, this group is for you no matter Read more

In the RunningSugar community group, FitSugar reader SpaceKatGal shared this story of how she sprained her ankle while running and nursed it back to health. My ankle gave way to the uneven terrain, and I tripped and flew face-first towards the ground. My first thought was that I had just seriously injured myself. All of this happened last Friday. They had closed the BU footbridge to the Read more

Here's a little reader inspiration to get you in the mood for all the upcoming Fall marathons! Hotlegs Runner recently completed the Disneyland Half Marathon and shared her review of the race in the RunningSugar community group. This race was six months in the making. Seemed just like yesterday when I talked my running buddy, Gail, into joining this race. I'm so happy to have shared this Read more

Help me congratulate FitSugar reader Leilanic1 for recently completing her first half marathon. Here's a bit of what she wrote about her experience in the RunningSugar community group: I didn't finish as fast as I wanted to but it is my first 1/2 marathon so I'm trying not to be too hard on myself. Next one will be about time this one was about finishing and doing it. I'm so happy and proud! The Read more

For me, running is not simply a love it or hate it issue. Like most relationships, my feelings about this form of locomotion are a little more complicated. My relationship to running seems more like an ongoing conversation. Sometimes it brings me joy, and other times running feels like a lot of work. Regardless, when I finish a crappy run, I'm more at peace with the world. If you run for Read more

FitSugar reader AZDaisy needs your help. She just accomplishd her fitness running goal of finishing a half marathon and wants to know where to go from here. Can you offer her any advice? Hey ladies! So I did it . . . I finished my first half marathon! It was a beautiful course, gorgeous weather, awesome people, and I finished in just under 2:20! (I was hoping for 2:15, but I guess for my first Read more

In our RunningSugar community group, FitSugar member nancita had a surprising realization while running over the holidays. I have always been one of those people who has to run with music. I even own an iPod Shuffle expressly for this purpose, since the jostling is bad for my big, hard drive-based iPod. But on a recent trip to visit my mom, I forgot my iPod Shuffle at her house. At first, I was Read more