The Running Wild Blog

Derek Olford has gone from nearly 400lbs to marathoner in two and a half years. After a car accident, he had to turn to cardio for working out and the […]

November 13th was a big day for our Running Wild family. Of the 44 participants in our marathon training program, 10 placed in their age groups, one placed 3rd OVERALL […]

Walter was born in Pensacola, FL but spent most of his life in Dothan, AL. He is the son of Guy, a retired mechanic and Randy, a surgical nurse at […]

From May through September there is no easy guessing our run apparel in the South East. Rule of thumb: Less is best. Men- shorts with MAYBE a singlet. Ladies- shorts, […]

Sara began her running journey with our My First 5k training program in December of 2015. Since then she has lost 50 lbs and now has her sights set on […]

Dear Support Team (this could be spouse, significant other, team mate, best friend, coach….that person or persons that the runner falls back on to achieve their goals),   You have […]

Eric began running in elementary school and hasn’t stopped since! Elementary school run club led to High School state championships and then a collegiate running career at Florida Southern. You […]

27 of our Golden Wings runners showed stellar performances at the AAU Regional Qualifier in Tallahassee, FL. Of those 27 runners, 18 qualified for the Junior Olympics held in Humble, […]

The perks are endless and indescribable. Our runners do it for the… “accomplishment you feel every time you finish your training run. Especially when you didn’t feel like starting.“ “time […]

 After graduating from the University of South Alabama, Jessica and her husband moved to her hometown, Loxley, AL. She was comfortably running solo a few days a week, until hearing […]