I have been in physical therapy for my injuries for about six months now. We finally finished rehabbing a few weeks ago, and now we are focused on prevention. What my therapist calls performance-based therapy has consisted of strength and explosive exercises. The exercises are sport specific, and he observes my running pattern, as well. […]
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Listen.To.Your.Body. Four simple words, and yet they’re so hard to follow. It seems that when I am in the throes of a training plan, I adhere only to the next workout on the list. I silence the aches and pains or anything else that might keep me from my prescribed run and press on. It […]
I don’t just mean that in the sense of I can’t believe that this is my story to tell; I also mean it in the sense that I am embarrassed about what took place this morning and can’t believe that I am willing to share it. So let’s just say that this is one of those […]
You may think it is funny that I am writing about an injury four months out. What sort of milestone is four months, anyway? Well, it’s less scary than six — which is what, in good faith, I would have to call this if I was writing a couple of weeks from now. Because the […]
I am still in physical therapy for the injury that just doesn’t seem to want to disappear completely. Though, I am now well enough to run regularly. And running regularly means my mind is churning with new goals, both long (Ironman, Boston, ultras) and short (a huge PR in the half, fall cross country, another […]
I came across this quote a few times recently and it is quickly becoming my new mantra in running and in life. “Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’. The answer is usually: ‘Yes’.” -Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner I hope it inspires you, too.
Today I ran a route that I have been putting off running for weeks, for fear it wouldn’t go so well. The path is the four-mile center loop of Central Park. It has three significant rolling hills on the west side of the park and one large hill on the east. It takes you past […]
Ordinarily, my transition to spring running is rather seamless. After training through the winter, I gradually begin to shed layers as the weather warms up. Having spent much of this past winter indoors, nursing an injury, I never really did acclimate to the cold. I never had to. So my transition to spring has been […]
I am not a fan of the treadmill (a.k.a. the “dreadmill”). When I was in high school and law school I had one in my bedroom and used it almost daily. In college, I used the one in my in-building gym, despite living in one of the most beautiful places in the world to run […]
I am not currently in training, specifically. However I am working towards healing my injury and building up my strength, speed and endurance. My focus on endurance training is a bit different from what it was before my injury. My prior strategy was just to hang on for as long as possible. Now, I focus so much […]
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