I was sitting on my couch, drinking a cup of coffee and beating myself up for not getting up at 4:00 a.m. to run seven miles. It was Monday; the second Monday in a row that I had missed my…
Fueling Your Run: What to Eat Before, During, and After
Whether you’re lacing up for an easy morning jog or gearing up for a long training run, what you put in your body matters just as much as the miles you log. Proper nutrition can be the difference between feeling…
A Note from Brandon & Autumn: Our Next Chapter
In 2018, Jeanne and Pete Snell blessed us with the opportunity to acquire Southwest Endurance Training when they were ready to move on to their next entrepreneurial challenge. We were handed something incredibly special — a community of runners with…
How to Run in the Desert Heat
If you train and race in the desert, triple-digit temperatures aren’t a rarity — they’re a reality. Whether you’re deep in a marathon training block or just trying to keep your base miles going through a brutal desert summer, learning…
Whitney: Running and Empowerment
By Whitney Price (I Pooped Myself and I’m Proud of It) I joined Southwest Endurance Training during the height of the COVID pandemic in late 2020, on the suggestion of a friend. I figured that maybe beyond helping me meet…
Introducing 5K Performance
SWET is always looking to keep our training options fresh and challenge our runners, so we are proud to introduce 5kP Our strategy behind 5kPerformace is that we will be performing 2 time trials, one at the start and mid…
Power Walking, Really?!
But SWET is a running group! Why Power walking? Sometimes you need to walk before you run! We are bridging the gap for individuals who are just beginning on their movement journey. While our Running Start 5k is a beginner…
2022 Stat Results
Results from the 2022 SWET Strength Track and Trail Session Yet another group of intrepid runners have survived my torture whilst going fast. Not all of the pain was my idea, sometimes the bad ideas were Sean’s fault. Luiz S…
Rat Race…
…or SWETrats. (I couldn’t settle on a title). As we are wrapping up our 2021 Fall running sessions (not you Ultra runners – keep getting up at ugly o’clock to do your miles), we are faced with having too much…
2021 Strength Track and Trail Results
Another Great STaT Session! We just wrapped up our third STaT – Strength Track and Trail session. This was the biggest “graduating” class yet (runners who recorded an opening and closing mile). A recap for those of you who don’t…