River Loop Runshttps://riverloopruns.com/An informal Kaunas running group: easy Tuesday loops along the Nemunas and Neris embankments, oak-park hills, winter snow and calm spring builds.enA calm twelve weeks towards a half marathon in springhttps://riverloopruns.com/journal/calm-twelve-weeks-to-a-spring-half/https://riverloopruns.com/journal/calm-twelve-weeks-to-a-spring-half/How a group that meets to run easy builds towards a spring half marathon: one long run, one honest session, and nine weeks of leaving things alone.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTKnowing when a pair of running shoes is actually finishedhttps://riverloopruns.com/journal/when-a-pair-of-shoes-is-finished/https://riverloopruns.com/journal/when-a-pair-of-shoes-is-finished/Mileage is a poor way to retire a shoe. What the midsole, the outsole and the upper each tell you, and how running two pairs changes the answer.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMTWinter on packed snow: what actually changes on the riversidehttps://riverloopruns.com/journal/winter-on-packed-snow/https://riverloopruns.com/journal/winter-on-packed-snow/Three kinds of winter footing on the Kaunas embankments, how pace and effort come apart in the cold, and the fortnight we give up on the river.Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMTThe oak park hills, and how not to turn them into a workouthttps://riverloopruns.com/journal/oak-park-hills-without-a-workout/https://riverloopruns.com/journal/oak-park-hills-without-a-workout/How we use the long diagonal climb and the wooden steps in the oak wood on ordinary evenings, and why we almost never run either of them hard.Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMTThe Tuesday loop: eight kilometres at a pace that lets you talkhttps://riverloopruns.com/journal/tuesday-loop-eight-kilometres/https://riverloopruns.com/journal/tuesday-loop-eight-kilometres/The eight-kilometre loop we run on Tuesday evenings along both embankments, why the pace stays conversational, and where it turns for home.Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT