Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the physical and mental health of a great number of people… Read more »
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Tayte Pollmann’s First Virtual Race Experience
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, races around the world are cancelled and many runners are turning… Read more »
How to Support Your Local Running Specialty Stores
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for all of us in the running community, including running… Read more »
Tayte Pollmann’s In-Home Strength Routine for Trail Runners
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. Strength training is a great form of exercise that trail runners should incorporate into their weekly… Read more »
Six Tips For Staying Healthy While Training
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. Trail running can help us feel mentally and physically strong even in the toughest of times…. Read more »
Optimize Your Training During the Coronavirus Racing Drought
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. With nearly all the country’s trail races cancelled or suspended until further notice due to the… Read more »
How to Find and Enjoy “Secret Trails”
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. Do you have a favorite trail that not many people know about? Perhaps it’s hard to… Read more »
Tayte Pollmann’s First Snowshoe Racing Experience
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. This past weekend February 28 through March 1, I attended the 2020 Dion Snowshoes U.S. National… Read more »
How to Fix Your Trail Running Blisters
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. Blisters are one of the most common trail running injuries and can sideline runners for days… Read more »
A Trail Runner’s Vocabulary
“At bat,” “Scrimmage,” “Deuce,” “Hail Mary,” and “Knock Out.” Nearly every sport has its own vocabulary, including trail running. Familiarizing yourself with common trail running jargon can help you learn more about the sport and feel like a part of the trail running community. Listed below are some of the most common trail running specific… Read more »
Interview with Jimi Oostrum: A Dutch Trail Runner Living in Nepal
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you liked this article, read even more of Tayte’s articles on our website. Photos by Anuj Adhikari. In this interview, I speak with Jimi Oostrum, Dutch expatriate trail runner, race… Read more »
54 Years Apart: Tayte Pollmann and Ian Maddieson Talk About Overcoming Age Barriers
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. At the 2019 US Trail Running Conference, there were discussions about how both “young” and “old” populations are underrepresented in the sport of trail running. To have broad age representation in… Read more »
Opportunities for Youth in Mountain, Trail and Skyrunning
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. One of the highlights of my running career has been competing for Team USA in the junior race at the 2015 World Mountain Running Championships in Wales. It was my first… Read more »
Tayte Pollmann’s Tuesday Trail Tip: How to Fix Your Niggles
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. What is a “niggle?” Niggles are what I call small discomforts in your muscles that usually heal quickly without medical attention and most often don’t hamper a runner’s ability to continue… Read more »
Tayte Pollmann’s Tips for Eco-Friendly Road Trips
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Road trips are a great way to get away for a trail running vacation, but it can often be harder to be eco-friendly when we’re away from home. On the road,… Read more »
Improve General Fitness and Performance Potential with Proper Base Training
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s trail running antics on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. There’s more to base training than the popular belief that it’s all about running “easy mileage.” Base Training is a period of training that prioritizes increasing general aerobic fitness… Read more »
Tayte Pollmann’s Tuesday Trail Tip – Mental Fitness
Tayte Pollmann’s Tuesday Trail Tips series of articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This past Saturday, I awoke from a two hour anesthesia nap in the London Independent Hospital and saw my left leg hidden from knee to… Read more »
Holiday Gift Ideas from Trail Runners
The holiday season is upon us, and it’s a great time to think about gift ideas for friends and family. You’re friends at the American Trail Running Association (ATRA) would like to share some of our top picks of running and non-running related holiday gifts. We hope you enjoy! Ashley Brasovan – Hoka One One… Read more »
A Mountain Runner Visits the Big City
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s trail (and city!) adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This past weekend, I traveled from France to London, United Kingdom for a medical visit with a sports doctor at the London Independent Hospital. Following my medical appointment… Read more »
What Can Trail Runners Learn from Cross Country (XC) Training?
This past weekend, November 17, the top 31 women’s and men’s college cross country teams competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Madison, Wisconsin (photo above by Michael Scott). Cross country races are typically from 5 to 10K on grass and dirt (sometimes mud and creek crossings) at golf courses or parks. Even though… Read more »