Getty Images As a Girls on the Run coach, you have exactly 12 weeks to influence the girls that you work with. You want to help them develop ... Read More »
Getty Images It doesn't matter how many times you've run a certain race or covered a certain distance. Racing, whether you're an amateur or a ... Read More »
Getty Images As our Girls on the Run season winds down, our team is getting into the final training period for our 5K. After months of work, the ... Read More »
Commercial Eye, Getty Images At the end of a long day, elementary school kids are usually pretty wound up. Add in rain, canceled recess and 27 ... Read More »
Long-distance runners have notoriously odd habits concerning food. On race day, they are almost neurotic about which foods they eat, when they eat ... Read More »
As high school athletes across the country prepare for their end-of-season championship tournaments, my Girls on the Run team is quickly closing in on ... Read More »
If you coach long enough, you become accustomed to the normal aches and pains of childhood: A tummy ache, a hurt foot or a skinned knee. Last week, ... Read More »
By 3:15 p.m. when practice starts, the girls on my team are more than a little wound-up. They've been inside for the better part of the day and are ... Read More »
As a Girls on the Run coach, I attend regular training sessions to discuss various topics we'll cover throughout our season. The goal is to prepare ... Read More »
About 30 pre-teen girls sporting sneakers, T-shirts and shorts sat silently as JoEllen, a Girls on the Run head coach in New York City's Lower East ... Read More »

















