Category Archives: injuries
Performing to Your 100% Potential and Injury Risks
Is pushing yourself harder to get a 100% performance worth the extra risk of injury, or is ‘safer’ to back off in an attempt to lower your injury risk but wind up with a 90% performance? This is the question … Continue reading
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Adjusting ‘The Plan’: A Training Plan is Etched in Stone, More Like an Outline
When it comes to workouts and training I like plans. I like knowing what I’m going to be doing ahead of time. I feel most productive if I know where I am, know where I want to end up, and … Continue reading
Warning: Injured Runners May Bite
Today’s post is short and to the point. To all my injured, grumpy runners…it may only be fair to warn those who must coexist among us until we’re back and able to put in the miles. 1) Best stay happy … Continue reading
My Adventure in Cryotherapy: The treatment that’s reportedly 4 times better than ice baths (read: FREEZING!!)
Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit US Cryotherapy. I’d been hearing a bit about cryotherapy from a few places (ie: Oregon Project Runners getting a Cryosauna and more comically Usain Bolt’s little foot and frostbite situation) and the … Continue reading
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Turning Those Blah Days Around and Keeping Perspective
Today was just one of those days. Blah. I was really not feeling it, and truth be told I knew exactly why. It’s been a rough few days/weeks/months blur and one of those not so happy events has been this … Continue reading
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A Self-Massage Survival Guide and Running Through the Holidays
You know how I was saying not too long ago about runners being in a sort of constant pain from one thing or the other? If you want a real laugh take a gander at this chick the first few … Continue reading
“The First Run is the Sweetest”…or Something Like That, Cat
Six weeks and the legs went to the dogs! I know I haven’t talked about it too much on here (I’ve been playing by the ‘if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all’ rules a … Continue reading
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When Life Throws junk Your Way…
“Live for the unexpected.” Whoever said that I’m sure wasn’t rolling along the freeway and BAM had their tire blow out…if that had been the case I think their choice of word may have been more along the lines of, … Continue reading
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A Runner’s Reality — The Ever-Constant Annoying Aches and Pains
Fun fact: virtually anyone who’s been running for at least a few years is always in some kind of pain. Not the everyday grinding it out, ‘that was a tough run’ type of pain, I mean in the sense of … Continue reading
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All About the IT Band — Regular Upkeep to Avoid Troubles
It’s IT. The Illiotibial Band runs along the outside of your thigh, from the top of your hip (the iliac crest, that bony ridge) and down to your knee. With runners the IT Band is a common malady and I’ll … Continue reading
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