Five Minutes to Injury Prevention and a Faster Run Tomorrow: The Dynamic Cool Down You should know by now that a dynamic warm up is essential to being able to train most effectively, efficiently and to stay injury free. Watch the Dynamic Warm Up video here. The other piece to your runs includes a …
Most of us dislike running hills. That’s probably because we don’t know how to run hills or we don’t run them often enough! There are a few guarantees from running hills: you will get more comfortable and faster on them over time and you will be come a better runner from doing them! Incorporating hill …
Have you ever had a slight ache in your leg that you thought would go away, but didn’t? Have you ever wished you could see your doctor as soon as you had a question and that you didn’t have to wait weeks to get an appointment? Do you have some questions on your training plan …
The long run can be a daunting and confusing, however absolutely necessary, task in your preparation for a half marathon or full marathon. The purpose of this article is to take some of the confusion out of planning your long run pace (and to help you put faith in your coach when they tell you …
REFINED RUN CASE STUDY First marathon saved after severe ankle pain and swelling appeared during a routine marathon training run, with no obvious Incident. The Phantom Injury: Rachele, a 23 year old female runner was training for her first marathon and after a snowy and icy 12 mile long run, she started having foot pain …
Here’s a cheat sheet that you can print out or save for your continued use on all of the important components of your race day taper plan. See the article on tapering here, for more details, as well. Refined Run Taper handout Enjoy! – Kari
Dr. Brown Budde has teamed up with Michele, from Yoga on High to provide 4 workshop and educational sessions throughout 2014. Stability is the 2nd in a 4 part series of Yoga for Runners. You don’t have to come to all 4 – just attend what class dates work for you. In the Stability session …
Attendees will learn the ins and outs of running form during this workshop. You will learn about proper, injury-proof running form, common abnormal running forms and techniques and how to modify your form to provide less stress to your body and help you run faster and more efficiently! You will also learn about the most …
Some winters we have to deal with bitter cold, freezing wind, ice covered trails and lots of snow! It’s these winters that can make us stronger – as long as we train appropriately. Here are some suggestions for how to train outside safely and most effectively when the weather is working against us. If you …
If you don’t have access to an indoor gym or treadmill, you don’t have to channel your inner Emil Zatopek – the 1965 Olympic Champion who would run in place on top of dirty clothes piled up in his bathtub when the weather outside prevented him from running. Do a circuit routine in the …