Matteo Sargenti

He is the founder of The Running Week, a runner, and a lifelong sports enthusiast dedicated to sharing practical advice, inspiring stories, and evidence-based training tips.

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21 Ways to Make Time for Running (Even When Life Feels Packed to the Brim)

Make running stick by building it into your week: schedule specific runs, lower the barrier to starting, and use simple anchors like routines, partners, and small goals. Consistency—not perfection keeps your momentum alive even when life gets busy.

6 Tricks to Easily Improve Your Running Stamina

Break through the running plateau with six small, sustainable tweaks: steady consistency, sharper mental focus, bite-size speed work, smarter warm-ups, supportive cross-training, and better fueling so stamina builds quietly but fast.

14 Things Only Runners Truly Understand

Running isn’t just exercise it’s rituals, food math, GPS ceremonies, secret dawn wins, and calendar-wide race obsession. A look at the small, strange satisfactions only runners truly understand.

15 Best Supplements for Runners (What Actually Helps Performance and Recovery)

Supplements can help runners chase small gains, but most don’t need many. This guide cuts through the hype with evidence-backed picks for pre-run energy, long-run fueling, and faster recovery without replacing the fundamentals.

What Runners Should Never Apologise For

Stop apologizing for taking up space as a runner. Gear, pace, results, tight hips, another race (or none), the time you spend, group runs, and your goals don’t need disclaimers nothing is broken. Run your way, own it, and let sorry mean something again.

Bad Running Habits: 10 Things That Quietly Hold You Back

Stop sabotaging your runs with quiet habits that feel harmless: wrong shoes, ignoring pain, skipping warm-ups, under-fueling and under-hydrating, comparing yourself, repeating the same run, and demanding a personal best every time.

Average Mile Run Time by Age & Sex (and How to Run Faster)

Your mile time is your speed fingerprint: a simple benchmark that reveals your current fitness and unlocks faster 5Ks, steadier 10Ks, and easier long runs with consistent training and smart, targeted speed work.

15 Running Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier

Running teaches you the hard-earned truths most beginners miss: strength and rest matter as much as miles, fuel and easy runs unlock progress, and mindset, safety, and community keep you consistent for the long haul.

10 Tips to Make Time to Run

Consistency beats motivation: how to build a running habit that survives busy weeks, low energy, and imperfect routines by making runs part of your system, reducing friction, and keeping goals small enough to repeat.

What Happens When You Run 5 Miles Every Day

Running 5 miles every day sounds simple, but over a couple of months it reshapes your body and habits fast: early fatigue gives way to efficiency, hunger rises, weight loss may be slow, aches can signal overuse, gains plateau, and mental clarity grows.

Prungo FluxGo Red Light Therapy Module Review: Our Hands-On Experience

I tested the PRUNGO FluxGo, a wearable red light therapy module that targets sore muscles and joints. After a few weeks, I noticed less soreness, faster recovery, and improved mobility.

9 Fartlek Workouts to Help You Run Faster

Try 9 simple workouts from landmarks and music cues to dice rolls to build speed, resilience, and real enjoyment.