The Way of Running

Specialties

Looking for a boost in your running performance?

You can do it!

Sticking to a running routine is hard enough as it is, and that’s before you factor in shortcomings of form and technique. Let experienced running professional Art Ives show you how to run with ease and grace.

If you currently find yourself, stuck on a plateau or have simply fallen behind on meeting your fitness goals don’t feel lonely, it happens to everyone! You can meet Art for a private coaching session or come check out his new training group, Boulder Peak Makers Running Club, a perfect fit for all levels of runners. The group meets every week for a fresh new workout on the roads, tracks and trails around Boulder County.

Art welcomes everyone, including beginners, to try his running activities whether their goals are for fitness, performance or just plain fun! Your first workout is always complimentary!

He offers an optimal coach — runner ratio so both beginners and experienced runners can get individual attention a

History

Established in 2011.

Art Ives, creator of The Way of Running welcomes everyone, including beginners, to try his running activities whether their goals are for fitness, performance or just plain fun!

Why Run? Exercise science has proven how few other activities match the benefits of running to your health and fitness and longevity. In many ways the sport is beautifully simple. All you do is lace up your running shoes and head out the door.

So on the surface it may seem like running requires less learning time, less training time, less equipment and less organization than almost any other fitness routine out there. At one time it was a logical conclusion that there should be little need to learn skills, hire an instructor or join a club but times have changed.

This is a «Golden Age of Citizens Running.» Everyone is welcome. Statistics show that race participation by runners of every level of ability and ambition, in events of all sizes has grown higher than at any other time in history. Whatever your age

Meet the Business Owner

Art I.

Business Owner

Art Ives of Boulder, Colorado has competed and coached runners successfully at every running distance from 100 meters to 100 miles. His love for running is as infectious as his legs are versatile. The way he works with clients is comprehensive and creates lasting positive changes in their biomechanics, physical capability and mental attitude.

Art’s work synthesizes running science, training theory and practical experience by delving into the global history, philosophy and spirituality of running. He is at his best when putting those lessons directly into practice and his advice can make an otherwise complicated analysis so understandable it boosts a runner’s confidence off the chain!

His «3-​pillared» approach looks at everything involved with successful distance running with a wide lens. This perspective combined with his love for under taking great physical challenges helps people take a giant step toward achieving the results they really want and connects them with other people who