If you are training for a race it’s time to start thinking not only about your training plan, but also your recovery plan. While recovery is part of any good training plan, a specific recovery strategy, a plan within the plan, will help keep you healthy and uninjured through the training and the race. […]
5 Tips to Increase Your Cadence to Run Faster (and Prevent Injury)
Do you want to run faster, more efficiently, with less effort, and with a reduced chance of injury? Don’t we all? There are many things you can do to improve your running, but one of the most important is to increase your cadence. Cadence, or stride rate, is how many times your feet hit the […]
26+ Weird and Crazy Things Runners Do (that normal people don’t get)
The other day I got to thinking about some of the weird, gross, and crazy things runners do. While for most runners these are completely normal behaviors, the rest of the world, which already thinks of us as kind of nuts since many of us “run farther than they can drive,” finds them a little […]
Massage for Runners: How Massage Can Help You Run Better
Running (and many other sports) can be tough on your body. The repetitive motion of running, the pounding, poor body mechanics, or simply the mileage alone can lead to aches, pains, reduced performance, and potential injury. While I recommend many different recovery options, massage for runners is one of my favorites. The key is to […]
Stop the Shuffle: My Journey to Better Running
If you have followed my misadventures on Instagram, you know that I’m on a journey to improve my running. At 66, that doesn’t mean I’m looking to make any new PRs. Nope, it means that I am working to Stop the Shuffle. Lately (like the last few years) I find myself falling way too often. […]
Stop the Negative Self-Talk! 5 Tips to Turn It Around and Improve Performance
A while back, I failed to complete my 20-mile training run. A combination of heat, tired legs, and my own negative self-talk combined to not only cut the run off at 17 miles but to make most of it pretty miserable. Heat and tired legs are easy to understand, but what about my own attitude? […]
