Topic: Kara Goucher

Get Fitter, Faster!

Use these secrets to peel off pounds.. Fire up your metabolism with intervals. . One study found that doing 10 four-minute speed bursts with two...

Kara Goucher's Baby Steps

Both eight-week-old Colt Goucher and his mom are currently taking baby steps. The marathon world record-holder had announced plans to run in Tokyo even before starting the ING New York City Marathon, which he dropped out of with a knee injury on ...

Kara Goucher

American long-distance runner Kara Goucher made her Olympic debut on August 15 , 2008 , at the Summer Olympics in Beijing . Goucher competed in the 113th Boston Marathon on April 20 , 2009 , finishing third with a time of 2:32:25. Ryan Hall, Kara ...

Meb Keeps Busy in NYC

When the 2009 five-borough marathon winner says New York changed my life, he means he's now very much in demand for TV appearances and parades, for an autobiography and a new philanthropic foundation that bares his name, and for all manner ...

Congrats, Kara and Adam!

We don't typically use this space to report actual news, preferring instead to devote it to such pressing topics as dogs on treadmills and my underpants. Today we get to announce the arrival of Kara and Adam Goucher's first baby ...

'Any Day Now'

It's a weird situation, writes Goucher, the 2007 World Championships 10,000-meter bronze medalist and third-place finisher at the New York City and Boston Marathons. And waiting for news from Goucher's pal Paula Radcliffe, who's due to give birth ...

Ask the Sports Dietitian

I read this month's feature story in Runner's World about elite runners who have trained through pregnancy with great interest. If you're running through your pregnancy, the additional weight should be from your baby, the placenta, and increases in ...

Shoes & Gear

The October issue of Runner's World, on newsstands now, is chock-full of pregnancy-related info: interviews with a pregnant Paula Radcliffe and Kara Goucher, postpartum training tips from quick-to-recover, new-mom Carrie Tollefson, baby joggers reviewed, etc. But, for all you expectant moms ...

The Once and Future Solinsky

What happens in today's (Thursday's) 5000 at the Weltklasse meet in Zurich could be a very good indication of which direction I go in. But I think as of now 26:59 has a little bit more weight than 12 ...

Crawl Inside Kara Goucher's Head

She is Kara Goucher, one of the most accomplished American runners of her generation. Three years ago, the Oregon Project coach brought in a sports psychologist, Dr. Darren Treasure, as a consultant to tune up his team's mental game. Though she ...