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In 2007, I started RunToTheFinish as a place to simply connect with other runners because there were so few where I lived. Over the years, it’s continued to evolve from a small community to a full time business. I’m often asked by new bloggers for my best tips to grow their site or connect with others and that’s exactly what you’ll find here!

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About Amanda Brooks

Amanda Brooks is a Certified Running Coach, Certified Personal Trainer and long time distance runner with a passion for every facet of running, which leads her to do more reading, research and running than necessary. Find all the tips, tricks and tools you need from this running coach for your best injury free running. Read More…

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5 RUN COACHES 😱When I started RTTF in 2007 and 5 RUN COACHES 😱When I started RTTF in 2007 and went full time, including coaching in 2012, I didn’t even have the dream I’d grow to a team of 5 running coaches.
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Crazier to know we’ll add 1-2 more coaches this year🥳🥳 It thrills me to my core that we’re helping runners:
👍Train smarter
🥳Enjoy their running
💪Get stronger
🤩Hit PRs
🤕Comeback from injuries
🤗Keep running healthy long after 40!
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These coaches all care as deeply as I do about who they work with and have different experiences which mean we all learn from each other to be better coaches!
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Beyond coaching certifications:
@lexilynne was a collegiate runner with a passion for women running healthy.
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@_kvfit trains people in person at a gym, she knows form!
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@swensurfers has done more ultras than most of us have done normal races.
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@eatwell.runbetter is a registered dietitian with a focus on runners!
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A large portion of my time is spent inside the Virtual Run Club, which makes this team so important to give runners that 1-1 personalized guidance.
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Have you ever worked with a coach or personal trainer?
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#runcoach #runningcoach #runningbuddies #werunsocial #runhappy #happyrunner #runforlife #distancerunner #marathontraining #lovetherun #runnerslife #womenrunners #futureisfemale
3️⃣HIP MOBILITY MOVES - I love that mobility i 3️⃣HIP MOBILITY MOVES - I love that mobility is a word we’re hearing A LOT because it’s so much more useful than the static stretching most grew up with.
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In mobility we are working on the end range of motion.
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🤗As a runner that means ensuring your hips can fully extend through the push off and pull up the knee in front of you for a powerful stride.
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😢Lack of mobility can place strain on other muscles and joints and we all know we don’t want that.
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HIP FLOW
2 rounds of 10 reps per side (or just do them once and I’ll dance for joy!)
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1️⃣Elevated Twist - Put something soft below your bottom knee. You can also do this standing by putting your leg in a pigeon pose on the counter.
2️⃣Kneeling Rock - what you do with your arms is optional, but I love the goal post arms for a chest stretch too.
3️⃣Angeled Bird Dog- After extending arm and leg, try bringing both to 90 degrees without dropping. You can definitely see where I’m working on that full opening of my hip.
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Let me know how this one goes!!
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#hipmobility #mobilitywork #runcoach #runningcoach #runtothefinish #womensrunning #runnergirl #runningwoman #halfmarathontraining #hipstretch #runforlife #runrunrun #teamwr #shapesquad #popsugarfitness
PICK A SUPERMARKET SWEEP STORE?? If you could run PICK A SUPERMARKET SWEEP STORE?? If you could run through any fitness type store for 90 seconds and get to keep what you grab, what store???
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Do you go @lululemon crazy? Remember you can only get 5 of one item? But mmm all my favorite run shorts are there...
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Do you think big at @rei? Though I imagine it might take all 90 seconds to get that SUP back to the counter.
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Me? I’d head in to @runnersroost! I mean running shoes are priority one, then tops and maybe a watch ya know!
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Ok your turn!! Pick a store! #dreamreallyfreakingbig #supermarketsweep
LIFES A BEACH...except when it’s sand dunes next LIFES A BEACH...except when it’s sand dunes next to a mountain range. Then it’s just confusing 😂 and a hard, but awesome workout. 
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Which feels exactly like my start to the year with running.
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What emoji best describes your recent workouts??
🤦‍♀️Errr not happening
😀Doing what I can
👍Having fun, consistently sweating
🔥Fired up to achieve big things
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While I had a good 10K time trial on the 2nd and I’m rocking some hard core workouts, I’m missing my longer runs. The legs just haven’t been feeling it though and I’ve been tired.
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A good reminder to us all that when adding intensity and new strength, it’s ok not to be hitting big miles. I’ll keep building slow and steady.
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Photo throwback from a visit to the Great Sand Dunes.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Do you look at those Buzzfeed WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Do you look at those Buzzfeed stories to see what childhood idols are doing now…this is my runner life version.
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Have you always loved running? Recently found it? Still trying to love it?🤔
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🔴Guaranteed no one would have guessed I’d become a runner.
In fact, they flat out told me I was not a runner. I was athletic, but not a runner.
🟣By high school I only ran as punishment at practice or once a year when they timed us in the mile for PE.
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🛹🛼On the flipside, stayed out late under the streetlights playing tag  for hours or I could joyfully go in circles around the yard with my big old Collie. 
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FUN. IT WAS FUN!!!! 
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💡Turns out that’s all it really took for me to like running. To find out that it could in fact be FUN:
👉to challenge myself
👉to see what I’m made of
👉to have time to think
👉to explore the world
✅and never worry about proving anything to anyone
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I never would have imagined going from hating a mile to running 31 solo last year just because I wanted to see if I could 😂
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