by Eva Dunn-Froebig, Run Wild Missoula Executive Director

by Candace Crosby 

Be a part of an art show representing the love of running!  "Art of the Run" to be held July 5 though July 15 will be a juried show of recently completed works held in conjunction with the Missoula Marathon. This is a joint venture of Run Wild Missoula and Dana Gallery.  It celebrates Missoula as host of one of America's premier marathons (as voted by readers of Runners World magazine) and a hub of artistic talent in the Northwest. Click here to read the entire article.  Click here to register for the Missoula Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K or Kids Marathon.

by Pam Gardiner, Leader, Back of the Pack 

The Back of the Pack (or BOP) emerged on the Run Wild Missoula scene about 2.5 years ago. The BOP e-mail list will soon pass 170, representing more than 10 percent of total Run Wild membership. The BOP has name recognition within the running community, and plays an influential role in building club events that address the needs of slower runners and walkers.  We now face the question "What to do with our success?"  A growing mailing list triggers a desire to grow the program. Growing (or even maintaining) the program means more work by more people. Click here to read the entire article.

by Run Wild Missoula Member Terry Stekly
"I was inspired to run by Ethel MacDonald, my friend. I've done many Bloomsday runs (started doing then in 1994 when I quit smoking) and even did the Missoula Half Marathon in 2010. But I really didn't make it a habit or know what I was doing.  Running always left me exhausted and sore.  But still I longed to find an activity I enjoyed that would get me active and fit. I signed up for the beginning running class with Miranda, Spring and Kelsi in September 2011 and have been running ever since."   Click here to read entire article about member Betsy Mulligan-Dague.

by Run Wild Missoula Member Sara Stahl
I'm on my way home from Boston where, as you may know, I was among the 25,000 people who awoke yesterday to run the world's greatest marathon and went to bed having been at the heart of a national tragedy. Enough friends and colleagues have asked about my experience that I decided to put it down here in hopes of saving it from becoming a worn-out anecdote. Click here to read entire article.  

by Run Wild Missoula Member David Schmetterling
It was around this time last year I tried to start running again and began training for the Missoula Marathon- the 2013 Missoula Marathon. That training lasted through the summer when I suffered another setback.  I resumed training again this winter, and joined the Missoula Marathon Training class this spring.   The last time I wrote an article for RWM it was about long range planning for the organization- so I decided to write one about long range planning for myself.  Here it is.

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by Kristi Moore, MSPT, Alpine Physical Therapy
If you want to improve as a runner and prevent injury, you need to do more than just run.  Running drills can be a great way to help you do both.  Running drills provide dynamic flexibility, strength training specific to running, and will help to improve your running form. What does this mean? You become a more efficient runner with less risk of injury. Click here to read the entire article by Kristi Moore.